Customers commend the Geek Squad Certified Refurbished 970 EVO Plus 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe for its excellent performance, competitive price, and ease of installation. Many appreciate the ample storage capacity and the generally good condition of the refurbished drives. While some users experienced compatibility issues, the positive feedback regarding speed, value, and user-friendliness outweighs the negative. The majority of users found the installation process straightforward and reported significant improvements in boot times.
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Pros mentioned:
Performance, Speed, Ssd
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Paid less for brand new.
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
When I received this item in the mail; it came in its original box/packaging and instructions. After close inspection it looks brand new and unused. Shortly after installing the ssd i had to download the Samsung Magician software to ensure that all drivers are installed to my laptop. The Samsung evo plus 1tb works great, fast and is reliable. Installed this ssd 3 months ago and there is no sign of degrading or issues with this ssd. I would recommend buying refurbished again especially with Samsung ssds.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Definitely recommend
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I was wary about buying a refurbished nvme ssd but didn't hesitate because I could buy a geek squad warranty with it so if anything went bad I could replace it or use the amount I paid for it and buy brand new, I love best buys geek squad warranty. I posted pictures of my built gaming pc comparing my first initial install 980 pro nvme to the refurbished 970 pro nvme of power on count/hours. So basically the refurbished 970 pro was brand new, I didn't keep track when I bought it to expand my hard drive memory as my 980 pro got full. Just for curiosity I downloaded Crystaldiskinfo to take a look at the refurbished 970 pro before I wrote this review and was amazed, I installed the 970 pro same day I bought it
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
One more of this
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Great quality and performance for the price. Reliable, easy to use, and definitely worth recommending to others
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing Drive for the price
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
after getting several bum drives in a row from a different online store, I decided to go with this drive from BB and wow. Barely used, clean packaging, amazing price.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ssd
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect ssd
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Was thinking betwen new and sertified refurbished from BB. Came in a good condition. Only has around 650gb writes and 100% of life. Prrfect fit to my Lenovo T480
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ssd
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Basically new
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
See attached image for crystaldisk info. YMMV but a basically new drive for a heavy discount.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Works
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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Good value refurbished but would not buy for retail.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Don’t sleep on those Best Buy emails!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This was a Best Buy recommendation I got in an email. I got two of these at almost half price. The
Discount was due to them being open box. When I ran disk utility they were both almost brand new. Got one as my boot drive, the other in a small enclosure for pocket sized data with the quickness.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The box is a little worn but the SSD works great and I haven't have a issue with it yet, hopefully it'll stay that way.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Couldn't be happier with it.
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Works great and has a lot of life left in it. Great price on a 1 tv m.2 nvme. Shipped quickly also.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Buy It On Sale!
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Ive Purchased So Many And Have Never Had Issues, Amazing Load Speeds And Installs!
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Compatibility
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Never get refurbished:))
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
First of all gross it came with that nasty stuff out of box but still had to try it out
And guess what it did not work w either my pc nor ps5
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good replacement as a trustworthy brand SSD
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Well fit. Well performing. No heat pad is one minor thing to consider
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Not good :(
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Crashed after a year. Today I was unable to install or delete games. CrystalDiskInfo say's Health is bad 100%
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed, Ssd, Storage
Cons mentioned:
Compatibility
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Value SSD, Fast Speeds!
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Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD is a High Speed SSD and is a great upgrade for some laptops in terms of storage and in terms of speed. The SSD is an M.2 type, meaning that it can't be used on most SSDs which means that this SSD is suitable for more recent laptops.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
It's actually only 465GB
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It says 1 TB on the box, but it's only 465GB, and the logical sector size is only 512GB. It's so weird.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Buy it. Refurbished is the best deal ever.
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Awesome little NVMe drive. BLAZING fast, 6x faster than my 860 Evo SSD which is already pretty fast. 1TB storage is nice, I migrated my OS (cloned the SSD) over really easily with AOMEI Partition Assistant, and now Windows boots in about 10 seconds from start. It's incredible. Games have almost no loading time. Forza no longer has loading times. I don't know what to do with all of this spare time anymore.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic, Refurbished Internal SSD at Great Price
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I wanted an Internal SSD with a lot more storage with faster read and write speeds and of course at a great price. This does the job for me. It's Geek Certified Refurbished AND I registered it with Samsung, so it's under warranty. I did a few checks on how "NEW" it is and yeah this is basically a new Internal SSD. I'm guessing maybe someone opened the box, resized it was wrong one and returned it? Dunno, I would normally pass on buying used Storage and Memory but this was such a lie price that it was a no brainer knowing that I can return for refund if it didn't work out.
Easy Peasy install after cloning & partitioning using an external adapter with software. Didn't use Samsung software due to many mixed reviews.
I definitely recommend this Internal SSD.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great, nice discount
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I was looking to replace an SSD that died and was always happy with Samsung. It was an older laptop which did not support Gen4, so I was looking to save some money - being refurbished saved me some more. This one performs well, no different than the 3-4 other 970 EVO Plus drives that I have. Very happy with the purchase.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great if you only need PCI Gen3.
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this for my daughter's computer to expand her storage for downloaded games. She hasn't complained, and it's been a while that she's had it, so I'm assuming it's working well. I did benchmark it when I installed it and it works at Gen3 speeds just fine, so I'd say it does what it says it will do.