Refurbs don't get any better. This 1 TB drive arrived in pristine condition, with a grand total of 2GB written. A quick performance test pushed that up to 28GB written. Effectively never been initialized, and manufacture date was September 2020. Expected speeds were exceeded, see image from Samsung Magician software. I now have 3 Samsung SATA drives and 1 Samsung NVMe drive. It's hard for me to ever want to use drives from another company. The quality of the free cloning software and great design keep me coming back.

So as you can see in the picture attached, the SSD I got had only 4 hours total on it, and 3 of those hours were installing windows and all the updates that take forever to do. So i actually received a “refurbished” SSD with 1 hour of use! I was super hesitant to buy something like this used but I and very surprised and happy with the outcome. Drive works amazing btw!

Refurbished ssd works like new! Definitely buy again. Worth the moner for this capacity. 1 terabyte.

First off, I'm a novice when it comes to computer repair.. I have replaced RAM, replaced network cards, the occasional can of air blowing out the inside.. But this is my first SSD upgrade and install. I bought the refurb, because it was a little cheaper. The refurb comes with literally just the SSD. No sata cable at all. JUST the SSD. It also comes with NO instructions. Samsung has that part taken care of.. I went to Samsung's website and downloaded the the Samsung Magician and the Data Migration tool. I bought a used desktop for dirt cheap. It had a 128 SSD installed already with a fresh copy of Windows 10. I plugged in this refurb SSD into the secondary slot. I powered up the computer, saw that the Samsung Magician recognized the new drive. Opened the Data Migration tool, used the original 128 as the source, and the new 1TB as the destination. Less than 5 minutes later, I unplugged the 128 and placed the new 1TB in its slot. Copied everything over (including Windows 10) without a problem. If I hadn't have done it myself, I would have never believed it would be THAT simple. Highly recommended. Other reviews have said these drives are hit and miss. Mine was a hit. Again, no sata cable, no instructions. Literally just the SSD. But Samsung makes it simple with their tools. If I can do it, you can do it.

I upgraded from a 10,000 RPM mechanical drive to this SSD. The boot up speed difference was amazing. If you are thinking about upgrading to solid state, do it now. Samsung made the transition easy with their clone software available to download on their website. Once the clone was done I was immediately able to use this as my main drive. I recommend this product to everyone. In regards to Geek Squad Certified Refurbished, I would buy again to save money. After almost two months of use I am currently at 1.8 TB for total writes. Given that this is a 1 TB drive, I have already cloned and installed games, I would say the total writes was low when I received this product.