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Samsung Geek Squad Certified Refurbished 860 EVO 1TB Internal SATA Solid State Drive GSRF MZ-76E1T0B/AM - Best Buy $79.99

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Model: Samsung - Geek Squad Certified Refurbished 860 EVO 1TB Internal SATA Solid State Drive

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02-27-2022 at 12:57 AM.
02-27-2022 at 12:57 AM.
870 EVO or 860 EVO?

for the same price? Any suggestions

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sams...Id=6451687
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matusrules
02-27-2022 at 08:22 AM.
02-27-2022 at 08:22 AM.
Quote from 9999999 :
870 EVO or 860 EVO?

for the same price? Any suggestions

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sams...Id=6451687 [bestbuy.com]
870 is a better 860 evo, so 870

if you can, i'd get the 970 evo plus for the same price
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02-27-2022 at 07:30 PM.
02-27-2022 at 07:30 PM.
Quote from 9999999 :
870 EVO or 860 EVO?

for the same price? Any suggestions

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sams...Id=6451687

Thanks hadn't seen the 870.
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02-28-2022 at 01:37 AM.
02-28-2022 at 01:37 AM.
You can buy the excellent Crucial MX500 1 TB SATA SSD for $90 on sale at Amazon. Why take a chance on a refurbished product, which is arguably not better?

I have a Crucial MX500 drive for 5 years running on one of my PCs and I never had an issue. And yes, it has DRAM - the BX models do not.

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX...078211KBB/
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03-01-2022 at 03:06 AM.
03-01-2022 at 03:06 AM.
Quote from pugboy75 :
You can buy the excellent Crucial MX500 1 TB SATA SSD for $90 on sale at Amazon. Why take a chance on a refurbished product, which is arguably not better?
The Crucial MX500 is not even a contender to the Samsung 860 and 870. A used SSD can be a great buy, because with programs like CrystalDiskInfo and Samsung Magician, any problem is out in the open. You know exactly how many hours power on and how many TB written and any bad block. No chance to be taken. You can return for exchange or refund if you don't like the SSD in the warranty period.

Edit to add. Consider all "refurbished" SSD's as used items. No exception.
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03-01-2022 at 04:31 AM.
03-01-2022 at 04:31 AM.
Quote from BlueVoyager308 :
The Crucial MX500 is not even a contender to the Samsung 860 and 870. A used SSD can be a great buy, because with programs like CrystalDiskInfo and Samsung Magician, any problem is out in the open. You know exactly how many hours power on and how many TB written and any bad block. No chance to be taken. You can return for exchange or refund if you don't like the SSD in the warranty period.

Edit to add. Consider all "refurbished" SSD's as used items. No exception.

The MX 500 is an excellent drive. I'm not sure what you are talking about.

There's no reason to buy a refurbished drive if one can help it.

It you want to take a chance, and deal with a more limited warranty, that's on you. For most people, it makes no sense.
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03-01-2022 at 10:19 PM.
03-01-2022 at 10:19 PM.
The "CPU" (controller) of the MX500 is Single-core, 4-ch, 8-CE/ch
The Samsung 860 and 870 EVO are Tri-core, 8-ch, 8-CE/ch

One core vs three cores. 4 channels vs 8 channels.
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03-01-2022 at 10:45 PM.
03-01-2022 at 10:45 PM.
With that said, one core controller will do the same job, only takes longer time than a three-core controller. In real word applications, the user probably won't notice any difference. So there's that.
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03-01-2022 at 10:55 PM.
03-01-2022 at 10:55 PM.
Quote from pugboy75 :
There's no reason to buy a refurbished drive if one can help it.

It you want to take a chance, and deal with a more limited warranty, that's on you. For most people, it makes no sense.
I don't buy many things used, but I do buy used Samsung SSD Not any SSD mind you. I demand the seller to show the SMART screen shot. If I like what I read, I'll buy it or keep it.
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03-10-2022 at 02:39 PM.
03-10-2022 at 02:39 PM.
Geeksquad took the return and put it back on the shelf with a 'refurb' sticker on it.
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