I was very concerned about using a refurbished ssd, but the process couldn't have gone more smoothly. My 2 year old notebook computer with great specs had become increasingly crippled, but I was able to download the software to clone the drive and the cloning process went smoothly with no errors. I got my grandson to help me with opening the notebook after we both watched a video showing how to swap it out. When we finished and turned it on it was on immediately, no waiting and it is running better and faster than when it was new. I couldn't be happier.

Purchased this in hopes of speeding up my ageing computer. Replaced the C drive/OS boot drive, a 5K rpm 10 yr old seagate drive. First I installed the new sssd drive in an open slot and sata port. Used a program to mirror the boot drive onto the sssd drive. Powered down and removed the old hard drive, and moved the sssd drive to its SATA interface. Powered the computer back on, and voila up and running in about 30 minutes total time. It is definitely faster!, boot time is cut in about half. Running apps, such as Photoshop and video editing, are 10x faster. Would definitely recommend this as an upgrade.

evo is the cheaper one in the Samsung 860 lineup. However, lower price doesn't translate into lower performance. I ran crystsl disk info to check the usage of ssd. I got one that has been up for 2 hours and counted two times. It seems ssd price has come down significantly. Bestbuy messed up my order of 2. Sent me one 2.5" and one m.2. In store return was not possible. But 1800 was great. I was able to drop off the return to UPS for free. Make sure to check packages before opening since both are SATA III.

Really, $150 for 1TB SSD isn't bad at all, but I like a deal, and it's pretty tough to find deals on Samsung's EVO SSD's. But, if you're willing to wait a bit, Best Buy seems to have one in their Outlet about every week. I've bought two of these "refurbished" ones and haven't a problem to date. I have a bit of a concern about wear-leveling or how many writes are left in the device, but the savings is a good offset and the performance is great.

One of the best deals I've gotten from Best Buy in a long time! When I checked the age & warranty status with Samsung, I found this SSD to only be a couple of months old with nearly the entire 5-year warranty remaining. It performs flawlessly, and since I saved so much off the price of a new one, I bought two!

So you have that new camera, larger files sizes and all....yet when you load the files on your system, it lags like it is moving a pile of bricks. On way to make a major jump back to quick editing is to use a SSD for your work flow. Store your work on the regular drives when you're done

I'm not sure how much I trust a geek squad refurbished product but I am only using this as external storage for my Xbox One X so, since it is only being used to store games and not important files, I feel like the savings are worth the risk. So far it is performing as expected.

Samsung is one of my favorite electronic technology brands, and this SSD has won my respect. I finally decided to switch my boot drive from a HDD to this Samsung SSD, and MAN was I missing out! I'm happy to see that the prices on these things are quite reasonable now says.