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expired Posted by Meowssi | Staff • May 24, 2023

Samsung EDU/EPP: 870 EVO SATA 2.5" SSD: 1TB $57, 2TB $99, 4TB

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Samsung has for EDU/EPP Members: 870 EVO SATA 2.5" Solid State Drives on sale when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Meowssi for sharing this deal.

Note: You may need to sign in to your eligible program and add product to cart to see deal price; discount may vary depending on your program.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit the Samsung Discount Program page and select your qualifying program
  2. Choose from the following:
  3. You may be prompted to sign in to your EDU/EPP Account
  4. Proceed to checkout
  5. If eligible, your total should be as listed above after EDU/EPP savings + free shipping.
Specs:
  • SATA 6 Gbps Interface, compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s & SATA 1.5 Gb/s interface
  • Read/write speeds of up to 560/530 MB/s
  • Encryption: Class 0 (AES 256) TCG/Opal v2.0, MS eDrive (IEEE1667)

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that the 4TB Drive is $25 less (10% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $249.99 at the time of this posting. -StrawMan86
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional deal ideas & discussion.

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Samsung has for EDU/EPP Members: 870 EVO SATA 2.5" Solid State Drives on sale when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Meowssi for sharing this deal.

Note: You may need to sign in to your eligible program and add product to cart to see deal price; discount may vary depending on your program.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit the Samsung Discount Program page and select your qualifying program
  2. Choose from the following:
  3. You may be prompted to sign in to your EDU/EPP Account
  4. Proceed to checkout
  5. If eligible, your total should be as listed above after EDU/EPP savings + free shipping.
Specs:
  • SATA 6 Gbps Interface, compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s & SATA 1.5 Gb/s interface
  • Read/write speeds of up to 560/530 MB/s
  • Encryption: Class 0 (AES 256) TCG/Opal v2.0, MS eDrive (IEEE1667)

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that the 4TB Drive is $25 less (10% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $249.99 at the time of this posting. -StrawMan86
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional deal ideas & discussion.

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DerProfi
Because many legacy computers lack nvme support AND the performance difference with everyday tasks is actually minimal.
trza
Because I have more SATA ports than nvme slots and it's still faster than my network speed so it's not really that slow at all.
dankim1987
Also 7% cash back through PayPal under offers.

Most likely will drop further in the coming months. I couldn't wait any longer as my 2TB 860 EVO is out of space, so I pulled the trigger on the 4TB. With the cash back, this puts it around the same price as the 4TB Crucial MX500. Not crazy slick, but pretty decent.

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Also 7% cash back through PayPal under offers.

Most likely will drop further in the coming months. I couldn't wait any longer as my 2TB 860 EVO is out of space, so I pulled the trigger on the 4TB. With the cash back, this puts it around the same price as the 4TB Crucial MX500. Not crazy slick, but pretty decent.
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Quote from dankim1987 :
Also 7% cash back through PayPal under offers.

Most likely will drop further in the coming months. I couldn't wait any longer as my 2TB 860 EVO is out of space, so I pulled the trigger on the 4TB. With the cash back, this puts it around the same price as the 4TB Crucial MX500. Not crazy slick, but pretty decent.
I watch NAND prices closely. Strong agree on this. Samsung has been very slow to react to the price pressure and has lost out on a ton of sales as a result. They are behind the curve on reducing prices.

However, in the long term, I suspect they may kill the 860 series, or nerf it somehow. It's too expensive to produce and sell at the prices we are going to hit.
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Quote from BigBG :
I watch NAND prices closely. Strong agree on this. Samsung has been very slow to react to the price pressure and has lost out on a ton of sales as a result. They are behind the curve on reducing prices.

However, in the long term, I suspect they may kill the 860 series, or nerf it somehow. It's too expensive to produce and sell at the prices we are going to hit.
Soooo true. Samsung has been behind the curve big time. I honestly wanted to get some of the 4tb's for a 2 bay mini-NAS. I have two 2tb set up in my workstation for processing cloud point data and they have held up very well for 4 years of abuse.
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Yay, prices are slowly sliding down. My dream of building an 8 x 8TB SSD NAS may yet happen in my lifetime, but it still is at least 2 years until it looks to be economically viable for me (unless a significant and wonderful development happens in mass storage).
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Quote from LightProtector :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
Because many legacy computers lack nvme support AND the performance difference with everyday tasks is actually minimal.
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Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
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Quote from LightProtector :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
Because I have more SATA ports than nvme slots and it's still faster than my network speed so it's not really that slow at all.
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Quote from LightProtector :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
They are starting to get to the point where they are great for archival/read-heavy storage.
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Quote from LightProtector :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
I need them for creating cache drives in unraid. Cache drives allow me to move tons of movies over super quick and they also run programs fast. Plex etc..
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However, in the long term, I suspect they may kill the 860 series, or nerf it somehow. It's too expensive to produce and sell at the prices we are going to hit.
The 860 EVO is long dead. I wish it wasn't. It's successor, the 870 EVO, has been riddled with issues.

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Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
In addition to what others have mentioned, those impressive "up to" numbers you see are only part of the story, and an often insignificant one. Most people wouldn't notice the difference between a SATA and an NVMe drive. Additionally, there are cases where a SATA drive can outpace an NVMe SSD. SATA is nowhere near as useless as many make it out to be.