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expiredDLV9100 posted Jun 3, 2025 7:24 PM

Refurbished: Samsung 870 EVO Series 2.5" SATA III V-NAND Internal SSD: 500GB

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Best Buy has Select Samsung 870 EVO Series 2.5" SATA III V-NAND Internal Solid State Drives (Geek Squad Certified Refurbished) on sale from $34.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy Members (free to join).

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Available Options:
  • Samsung 870 EVO Series 2.5" SATA III V-NAND Internal Solid State Drives (Geek Squad Certified Refurbished)
    • 500GB (GSRF MZ-77E500B/AM) $34.99
    • 4TB (GSRF MZ-77E4T0B/AM) $224.99

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  • Reviews:
    • These Drives are highly rated receiving 4.8 Stars out of 5 Stars based on over 50 Customer Reviews.
  • Warranty:
    • Includes 90-Day Warranty for parts and labor
  • Refer to Best Buy Return Policy
No Longer Available:
  • 1TB (GSRF MZ-77E1T0B/AM) $54.99
  • 2TB (GSRF MZ-77E2T0B/AM) $109.99

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Best Buy has Select Samsung 870 EVO Series 2.5" SATA III V-NAND Internal Solid State Drives (Geek Squad Certified Refurbished) on sale from $34.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy Members (free to join).

Thanks Community Member for sharing this deal

Available Options:
  • Samsung 870 EVO Series 2.5" SATA III V-NAND Internal Solid State Drives (Geek Squad Certified Refurbished)
    • 500GB (GSRF MZ-77E500B/AM) $34.99
    • 4TB (GSRF MZ-77E4T0B/AM) $224.99

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • Reviews:
    • These Drives are highly rated receiving 4.8 Stars out of 5 Stars based on over 50 Customer Reviews.
  • Warranty:
    • Includes 90-Day Warranty for parts and labor
  • Refer to Best Buy Return Policy
No Longer Available:
  • 1TB (GSRF MZ-77E1T0B/AM) $54.99
  • 2TB (GSRF MZ-77E2T0B/AM) $109.99

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Jun 4, 2025 4:43 PM
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mja28Jun 4, 2025 4:43 PM
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Quote from 78StayUpLate :
Drive makers have mostly moved on, so yes, I feel like on average an NVME drive is more reliable in 2025. 870 evo is a hold out to when SSD was made better, as reliable as anything else with a different formfactor. NVME is faster, granted you have a computer that can use them. Most people buying a SATA SSD can't install an NVME M2 drive so it's less of a choice than a necessity with older computers.



FWIW, the one I bought one of these (2TB) refurbished from Bestbuy a couple of months ago had a manufacture date of December '24, long past the past firmware issue. Still good to check but I'd expect these to be relatively recent and way past that problem period. Agree on all points, MWink knows their drives.



I ordered a 2TB drive, BestBuy refurb about two months ago. It was manufactured in December of 2024, had been booted three times (my turning it on being the third time), and had transferred maybe 250GB of data during those two other boots (I don't recall the exact number transferred or the powered on hours). It was effectively a brand new drive. Can't promise that they are all that low use but I'm two for two so far (also bought a 500GB drive last year for a different project).

My understanding is that most of these are GeekSquad techs backing up someone's data and then transferring it back to the customer's computer. The numbers I've seen match this theory but I have no inside knowledge. Getting 2-3 years out of it makes me think there was nothing inherently wrong with the drive being used but rather some underlying problem that would have popped up regardless... maybe one of the bad drives/firmware that MWink mentioned above.

Presumably BestBuy as these are used drives. I don't believe they are refurbished in any meaningful sense, just used once or twice and then wiped/verified before reselling. Obviously they can't sell them as new, at that point. I didn't try to register mine but even "refurbished" it's only 6-7 months old.
Which one is more reliable? The 500 or the 1 TB? I'm going to test it in the eufy HB3
Jun 4, 2025 4:49 PM
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daneboy83Jun 4, 2025 4:49 PM
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Quote from iissmart :
Refurbished or new?
Refurbished
Jun 4, 2025 4:52 PM
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daneboy83Jun 4, 2025 4:52 PM
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Quote from 78StayUpLate :
Drive makers have mostly moved on, so yes, I feel like on average an NVME drive is more reliable in 2025. 870 evo is a hold out to when SSD was made better, as reliable as anything else with a different formfactor. NVME is faster, granted you have a computer that can use them. Most people buying a SATA SSD can't install an NVME M2 drive so it's less of a choice than a necessity with older computers.



FWIW, the one I bought one of these (2TB) refurbished from Bestbuy a couple of months ago had a manufacture date of December '24, long past the past firmware issue. Still good to check but I'd expect these to be relatively recent and way past that problem period. Agree on all points, MWink knows their drives.



I ordered a 2TB drive, BestBuy refurb about two months ago. It was manufactured in December of 2024, had been booted three times (my turning it on being the third time), and had transferred maybe 250GB of data during those two other boots (I don't recall the exact number transferred or the powered on hours). It was effectively a brand new drive. Can't promise that they are all that low use but I'm two for two so far (also bought a 500GB drive last year for a different project).

My understanding is that most of these are GeekSquad techs backing up someone's data and then transferring it back to the customer's computer. The numbers I've seen match this theory but I have no inside knowledge. Getting 2-3 years out of it makes me think there was nothing inherently wrong with the drive being used but rather some underlying problem that would have popped up regardless... maybe one of the bad drives/firmware that MWink mentioned above.

Presumably BestBuy as these are used drives. I don't believe they are refurbished in any meaningful sense, just used once or twice and then wiped/verified before reselling. Obviously they can't sell them as new, at that point. I didn't try to register mine but even "refurbished" it's only 6-7 months old.
That's why I tried one out in the first place, no moving parts compared to old 7200 rpm drives. Yet it still went kaput. I will have to look into updating the firmware if I go this route again. Thanks for the info.
Jun 4, 2025 7:49 PM
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78StayUpLateJun 4, 2025 7:49 PM
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Quote from mja28 :
Which one is more reliable? The 500 or the 1 TB? I'm going to test it in the eufy HB3
Both the 500GB and 2TB ones that I own have been reliable and without issue, but I've only had the 2TB model for a couple of months and haven't stressed it much. So, I can say it was effectively brand new but I can't say much more beyond that. I haven't done any benchmarks or testing. I have no experience with the 1TB model, specifically.

I did have bad experience with Crucial MX500, twice, which is why I bought the Samsung 870 to replace it.
Jun 5, 2025 1:05 AM
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CoralPen737Jun 5, 2025 1:05 AM
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isnt $59.99 the price of a brand new 1TB drive?
Jun 5, 2025 2:03 AM
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guest2011Jun 5, 2025 2:03 AM
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I still have 512gb samsung geek squad refurb NVME from a few years back in a laptop but it doesn't get heavy use like my desktop drives. It had very few megabytes written when i bought it. About or less than 150MB. Almost new. At these prices i'd rather get something brand new with 5yr warranty even if it's a cheaper brand.
Jun 5, 2025 6:16 AM
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boobolooJun 5, 2025 6:16 AM
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Quote from myanth :
You can get new m.2 and other reliable SSD brands for this price or less brand new.
No, this is the best dram tlc peak tech tree for sata.

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Jun 6, 2025 1:22 AM
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crazycreationsJun 6, 2025 1:22 AM
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Quote from FuschiaSink525 :
I want to get it for a ps4. 1TB or 2TB?
2tb if you have subscription, 1tb is not enough.
Jun 6, 2025 3:29 AM
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fgg1991Jun 6, 2025 3:29 AM
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Quote from FuschiaSink525 :
I want to get it for a ps4. 1TB or 2TB?
I think 1t is enough
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Jun 6, 2025 11:30 AM
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Spaceman6969Jun 6, 2025 11:30 AM
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Quote from FuschiaSink525 :
I want to get it for a ps4. 1TB or 2TB?
Mine is 250 GB. I don't need more nor have extensive library of games
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Jun 6, 2025 12:01 PM
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Jun 6, 2025 12:01 PM
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Quote from daneboy83 :
I purchased one of these from Best Buy. It only lasted me 2 or 3 years. It was a 1TB. I read some where that a lot of these are returns that people didn't know how to install. I didn't get the same luck I guess.
The last time these were on sale bought two of these. They had POH of 1 and 5 respectively, so your theory tracks. My guess is a sizeable chunk of people buys these SSDs thinking they are 2280s.
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Jun 6, 2025 12:18 PM
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Jun 6, 2025 12:18 PM
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Quote from CoralPen737 :
isnt $59.99 the price of a brand new 1TB drive?
Yes, no idea why this is front page for refurbished. You can get 1tb and 2tb name brand new drives at this price, and NVME ones at that. These need to be like 35-40 for the 1TB and 75ish for the 2tb for this to be even considerable.
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Jun 6, 2025 12:52 PM
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epiczailJun 6, 2025 12:52 PM
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Quote from gocartone :
Yes, no idea why this is front page for refurbished. You can get 1tb and 2tb name brand new drives at this price, and NVME ones at that. These need to be like 35-40 for the 1TB and 75ish for the 2tb for this to be even considerable.
Please enlighten us with some links then
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Jun 6, 2025 12:59 PM
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Jun 6, 2025 12:59 PM
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Quote from epiczail :
Please enlighten us with some links then
Since you are too lazy to do it yourself-

1TB-
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y5VDNT9
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08M49JGKB

2TB-
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYLNY4V8
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GB8S6R3
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08M446772

Offbrand, but new not refurb, probably same risk as a refurb Samsung-
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q37V1C9

Like I said, wild that this is a front page refurbished 2.5" SATA SSD deal at these prices. At 120-130 for 2TB you can get Samsung/WD Black NVME drives also.
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Have an 840 Evo 250 GB with 11589 running hours connected to an i7 3770 CPU. Boot time is 16 sec with W10 LTSC after optimization. Opening big folders is instantaneous. Same setup with optimized W11 LTSC requires 18 seconds to boot. It can take up to 2 seconds to open a big folder. Microsoft gives away W11 for $10 in exchange for your personal data.

A hard dive with high bandwidth is of little use unless you're reading/writing massive amount of data.

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