My ssd drive contains OS and programs only, all other files, photos, documents go directly onto a 2nd internal hard drive which again is backed up regularly.
This laptop since 2014 is a Dell Precision M4800 ws with 32gb ram, 2 hard drives, intel I7 cpu 2,8ghz, with integrated video plus an amd fire pro gpu , etc.
Also i have an older since 2009 self build pc also with I7 cpu max ram at 16ghz, still running perfectly a bit on the slow side compared to the mentioned workstation laptop.
Thanks