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Oct 9, 2022 12:15 AM

1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (Refurbished)

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Best Buy has 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (Geek Squad Certified Refurbished, GSRF MZ-V7S1T0BAM) on sale for $69.99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.

Thanks to community member xlrgwillystyles for finding this deal.

Note, pickup availability will vary by location.

Features:
  • 1TB Storage Capacity
  • PCI Express 3.0 x4
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • Up to 3500 MB/s Sequential Read Speed
  • Up to 3300 MB/s Sequential Write Speed
  • 600 TBW Endurance
  • 1.5 Million Hour MTBF
  • AES 256-Bit Encryption
  • Samsung V-NAND 3-Bit MLC Flash
  • SMART & TRIM Support

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Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $10 lower than this Frontpage Deal for a new, non-refurbished model of this drive.
  • About this product:
    • Comes with a 90 day limited warranty.
  • About this store:
    • Information about Best Buy returns can be found here
  • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.

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Best Buy has 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (Geek Squad Certified Refurbished, GSRF MZ-V7S1T0BAM) on sale for $69.99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.

Thanks to community member xlrgwillystyles for finding this deal.

Note, pickup availability will vary by location.

Features:
  • 1TB Storage Capacity
  • PCI Express 3.0 x4
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • Up to 3500 MB/s Sequential Read Speed
  • Up to 3300 MB/s Sequential Write Speed
  • 600 TBW Endurance
  • 1.5 Million Hour MTBF
  • AES 256-Bit Encryption
  • Samsung V-NAND 3-Bit MLC Flash
  • SMART & TRIM Support

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $10 lower than this Frontpage Deal for a new, non-refurbished model of this drive.
  • About this product:
    • Comes with a 90 day limited warranty.
  • About this store:
    • Information about Best Buy returns can be found here
  • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.

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Oct 9, 2022 2:07 AM
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rahmad1085Oct 9, 2022 2:07 AM
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The 980 is $65 (non pro)... What's the difference between the two?
Oct 9, 2022 2:24 AM
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bigtommytOct 9, 2022 2:24 AM
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Ok for ps5?
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Oct 9, 2022 3:02 AM
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ShimejiiOct 9, 2022 3:02 AM
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Quote from bigtommyt View quoted comment :
Ok for ps5?
No this is Gen3, you need Gen 4 for Ps5.

Also Samsung 970 evo plus, 980, 980 pro, and 870 line have had Reports of Defective NAND and such, just be aware of that. A lot of reports of sudden failing drives with errors in Samsung Magician leading to the drives becoming unusable, expect a RMA for a few batches of drives soon.
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Oct 9, 2022 4:05 AM
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mtfreakOct 9, 2022 4:05 AM
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Quote from Shimejii View quoted comment :
No this is Gen3, you need Gen 4 for Ps5.

Also Samsung 970 evo plus, 980, 980 pro, and 870 line have had Reports of Defective NAND and such, just be aware of that. A lot of reports of sudden failing drives with errors in Samsung Magician leading to the drives becoming unusable, expect a RMA for a few batches of drives soon.
I have a 960 EVO I have been using for 5 years and a 970 Pro for 2 and have not had one single issue reported by SMART so perhaps there is specific lot# you can identify?

However, I am not sure how one refurbishes a device like this outside of blowing off dust.
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Oct 9, 2022 5:18 AM
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CaptainCheap0Oct 9, 2022 5:18 AM
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All the ones that I have bought have been low runtime and good. Great price. If you want to see the runtime and read and write when you buy it just download Crystal disk info. If you don't like what you see return it Smilie
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MBisOct 9, 2022 5:19 AM
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Quote from Shimejii View quoted comment :
No this is Gen3, you need Gen 4 for Ps5.

Also Samsung 970 evo plus, 980, 980 pro, and 870 line have had Reports of Defective NAND and such, just be aware of that. A lot of reports of sudden failing drives with errors in Samsung Magician leading to the drives becoming unusable, expect a RMA for a few batches of drives soon.
Damn, so what SSD is currently most reliable?
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Oct 9, 2022 5:25 AM
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Anthonyy232Oct 9, 2022 5:25 AM
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Quote from MBis View quoted comment :
Damn, so what SSD is currently most reliable?
Samsung is pretty much the most reliable SSD manufacturer on the market. Pay no attention to a few reports here and there, they make a TON
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MBisOct 9, 2022 5:26 AM
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Quote from Anthonyy232 View quoted comment :
Samsung is pretty much the most reliable SSD manufacturer on the market. Pay no attention to a few reports here and there, they make a TON
Yes which is why I'm confused what to do if these have random failures. Only SSD I've had die was an inland drive with less than 100 hours.
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Oct 9, 2022 5:27 AM
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Anthonyy232Oct 9, 2022 5:27 AM
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Quote from MBis View quoted comment :
Yes which is why I'm confused what to do if these have random failures. Only SSD I've had die was an inland drive with less than 100 hours.
Samsung has fantastic warranty and makes top tier SSD for years. Inland drives have their uses but are basically bottom of the barrel budget shopper SSD. No disrespect to people who use them but there's no comparison

I believe Bestbuy also has decent warranty
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On a serious note, how badly have refurbs been used? TBW? What did they do to refurb? What was wrong in the first place?
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Oct 9, 2022 5:48 AM
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Quote from MBis View quoted comment :
Yes which is why I'm confused what to do if these have random failures. Only SSD I've had die was an inland drive with less than 100 hours.
Ironically the only SSD I've had fail was a Samsung, and I've been pretty much exclusively Inland ever since 😆
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ShimejiiOct 9, 2022 5:50 AM
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Quote from Anthonyy232 View quoted comment :
Samsung is pretty much the most reliable SSD manufacturer on the market. Pay no attention to a few reports here and there, they make a TON
Theres a defect with them thats only been recently brought to light sadly. They are still a gold standard, but expect quite a lot of RMAs with that batch Frown I still use a 970 Evo and 850 evo (so far from what ive seen its only the 970 evo plus and beyond) and the 870 Sata based ones that have this specific defect in the NAND. It was first reported with a decent amount of detail about a month ago, and if you actually use the Samsung magician software or one of those it does help to keep track. Its something to just be known about, and the more people know about the potential issue the better!
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Oct 9, 2022 5:51 AM
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Anthonyy232Oct 9, 2022 5:51 AM
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Quote from Shimejii View quoted comment :
Theres a defect with them thats only been recently brought to light sadly. They are still a gold standard, but expect quite a lot of RMAs with that batch Frown I still use a 970 Evo and 850 evo (so far from what ive seen its only the 970 evo plus and beyond) and the 870 Sata based ones that have this specific defect in the NAND. It was first reported with a decent amount of detail about a month ago, and if you actually use the Samsung magician software or one of those it does help to keep track. Its something to just be known about, and the more people know about the potential issue the better!
I will take that mental note
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Oct 9, 2022 5:52 AM
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ShimejiiOct 9, 2022 5:52 AM
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Quote from ghostfreckle View quoted comment :
On a serious note, how badly have refurbs been used? TBW? What did they do to refurb? What was wrong in the first place?
GeekSquad ( By far the least trustworthy Tech people in the US imo) generally just get open box drives and sel them as refurbs. They generally have low usage (under 10 TBW) although it does vary. Thankfully the Crytpo Chiacoin that destroyed these drives pretty much died a while ago so i dont expect it to be too bad.
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