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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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  • 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 6, 2025 2:45 PM
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DontTaxBeerJun 6, 2025 2:45 PM
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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.
which ones have reliability and the performance that this has? i dont have anymore empty pcie or nvme slots left.
Jun 6, 2025 3:43 PM
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cjltrekkerJun 6, 2025 3:43 PM
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I have been looking for new Hard Drives, and i saw this. A word of warning, I owned a brand new Samsung 870EVO 500GB V-NAND SSD, as my main drive. And yes, it had issues and I lost it all when it failed.
I ignored the warning in the customer reviews before I purchased. I should have heeded the warnings.
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Jun 6, 2025 4:11 PM
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BlitzmobJun 6, 2025 4:11 PM
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Quote from epiczail :
Please enlighten us with some links then
I just checked on Amamazon and u can get a PNY 2.5 1TB for $53. If you want 1 1TB NVME I see Kingston and Crucial around $60. For that difference I would personally buy new.

Anything 2TB around that price is obviously a stretch.
Jun 6, 2025 4:13 PM
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alexsemiJun 6, 2025 4:13 PM
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Just in time for expiring today $5 coupon from BestBuy
Jun 6, 2025 4:17 PM
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yapchagiJun 6, 2025 4:17 PM
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i'm still waiting for a brand new 4 TB 870 EVO for under $200.
Jun 6, 2025 6:02 PM
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WavesBeneathJun 6, 2025 6:02 PM
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YMMV, but I've bought several of these refurbished 860/870 SSDs from Best Buy in the past few years.

All of them had very low writes, power on counts, and powered on hours. If you buy this, I'd recommend checking that the manufacture date (printed on the SSD) is relatively recent (to avoid any firmware issues that were previously mentioned in this thread). Worst case: just return it if anything seems off.
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Jun 6, 2025 7:51 PM
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Quote from cjltrekker :
I have been looking for new Hard Drives, and i saw this. A word of warning, I owned a brand new Samsung 870EVO 500GB V-NAND SSD, as my main drive. And yes, it had issues and I lost it all when it failed.
I ignored the warning in the customer reviews before I purchased. I should have heeded the warnings.
Have you confirmed that it is genuine with Samsung Magician?

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Jun 6, 2025 8:09 PM
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CalmLeopard786Jun 6, 2025 8:09 PM
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Quote from Joshua.Mattingly :
These are a great upgrade for older computers that only have SATA, not m.2.You can get free software download from Samsung's website. Magician Software will let you clone from the old drive to your replacement refurbished 870. Magician Software also provides firmware updates for the Samsung drives. Very stable, useful drives at a great price point for those on a budget but want a quality name brand drive.https://semiconductor.samsung.com...ort/tools/
Three or four years ago, I put a 256GB one of these into a 2010/2011 vintage Thinkpad. Runs regular Windows activities (MS Office, web, etc.) flawlessly. Only ditching it now because Windows 10 support is ending.
Jun 6, 2025 8:22 PM
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rushe244Jun 6, 2025 8:22 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank rushe244

BestBuy is also offering these drives through eBay for same price, added advantage is 1 year warranty through Allstate included. Link below is for 2TB drive
https://www.ebay.com/itm/205471519568
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Jun 6, 2025 10:18 PM
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MaKlounkeeJun 6, 2025 10:18 PM
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thanks my ITX sys has only a single m.2 slot so SATA is it for more internal storage

and TLC does have its perks even on SATA. A cheap QLC nvme drive would be better in most uses if a slot is available, but not necessarily all.

those drives will have much faster write rates as long as there is free space/cache space to take advantage of, but once there isn't they slow down a lot.

a bottom-tier QLC 1TB drive like the Crucial P3 will slow to about 100 MB/s when there's no cache left to absord the data, whereas this drive can write at 500 MB/s until full.

how much cache is available will depend on how full the drive is and how long a big transfer will take
Last edited by MaKlounkee June 6, 2025 at 03:23 PM.
Jun 7, 2025 12:11 AM
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FormerAstronutJun 7, 2025 12:11 AM
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Quote from MaKlounkee :
and TLC does have its perks even on SATA. A cheap QLC nvme drive would be better in most uses if a slot is available, but not necessarily all.
If only QLC drives were really that much cheaper than TLC drives. While yes they are cheaper than TLC drives, QLCs simply are not cheap enough to justify the endurance and/or speed issues.
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MWinkJun 7, 2025 2:16 AM
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Quote from gocartone :
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.
These are all low end or bottom barrel drives. The 870 EVO is a top of the line SATA drive. The others may be fine for most people but let's not pretend they're in the same class.
Last edited by pur June 9, 2025 at 02:46 PM.
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Jun 7, 2025 4:22 AM
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talontsJun 7, 2025 4:22 AM
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Quote from gocartone :
Since you are too lazy to do it yourself-

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


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.

Dude, no. Just...NO. NO ONE who is serious and knows ANYTHING about SSDs is going to put a Samsung 870, even refurb, against a PNY CS900, and choose the PNY unless it's HALF the cost, and they're willing to risk every bit of data they put on them.

CS900 are VERY well known for crapping out. I've had to replace 1 of 4 bought new, luckily PNY did replace, but all data was of course lost. Since it was just a boot drive with no local data stored (the reason I even risked a CS900), it didn't matter. But anyone risking real data with them had better back up from Day One.

The SP drive is a better comparison, some may agree, but I'd STILL take an 870 BB "refurb" over that.
Last edited by pur June 9, 2025 at 02:46 PM.
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MWinkJun 7, 2025 4:45 AM
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Quote from talonts :
Dude, no. Just...NO. NO ONE who is serious and knows ANYTHING about SSDs is going to put a Samsung 870, even refurb, against a PNY CS900, and choose the PNY unless it's HALF the cost, and they're willing to risk every bit of data they put on them.

CS900 are VERY well known for crapping out. I've had to replace 1 of 4 bought new, luckily PNY did replace, but all data was of course lost. Since it was just a boot drive with no local data stored (the reason I even risked a CS900), it didn't matter. But anyone risking real data with them had better back up from Day One.

The SP drive is a better comparison, some may agree, but I'd STILL take an 870 BB "refurb" over that.
I'd take the PNY CS900 over the Silicon Power A55 any day. Of the cheap SATA drives I tested a couple years ago, the CS900 was the best performer by a hair. The SP A55 was arguably the worst, which isn't surprising since it was the only QLC drive. However, I'd rank the Team Group Vulcan Z last, simply because it suffered from rapid degradation. Regardless, none of these drives hold a candle to the Samsung 870 EVO. The post-pSLC write speeds on these drives is roughly 40-80MB/s, while the Samsung will maintain its 450MB/s+ all the way through.

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Jun 7, 2025 10:17 PM
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Calicar805Jun 7, 2025 10:17 PM
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Not sure why this was downvoted the 2 & 4 Tb options are new and the 4 tb is only 5 dollars more. The 1tb is also cheaper.
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