SAMSUNG 870 EVO SATA III SSD 1TB 2.5” Internal Solid State Drive, Upgrade PC or Laptop Memory and Storage for IT Pros, Creators, Everyday Users, MZ-77E1T0B/AM

Replaced my old HDD with this SSD. Now installations, data transfer and overall laptop speed has greatly increased.

Quadrupled the speed of ny old laptop. Could not be happier!

I bought over a dozen different size EVO 870 SSD in the beginning of 2021 and more than 80% of them were RMA after a very light TBW usage with multiple unreadable sectors and SMART failures. I used a lot of different models and vendors disks but never seen such a high failing rate in SSD. And that is not just my observations. Search on NAS forums similar complains and discussions. EVO 850 and EVO 860 models are great but EVO 870 is a disaster.

Great product. Even faster than the (128GB) Crucial SSD I was replacing. Love the product.

The drive works well. These drives need to be initialized before use. This process can easily be searched. In this case, I was upgrading from a 1Tb M.2 to this 2Tb SATA III drive. Typically, I would use a drive cloner since the process is fast, and seamless. I decided to see if peoples complaints about the Samsung Magician software were valid. I had no problem with the software. I downloaded it, and once it was open, followed the on screen instructions. They very specifically state to have no other programs running. I also disconnected from the Internet in order to prevent push notifications. My main thought is how slow the process is. Transferring about 900Gb to the drive via a USB 3 enclosure took almost three hours at about 100Mbps. Once the copy process was completed, the computer automatically shut down. I removed the old disk and installed the new one. I turned the computer on and didnt even have to enter the BIOS. This was surprising since I went from M.2 to SATA III. Windows loaded normally, and my activation software didnt require reactivation which is why I normally clone the drive. The only program that detected a new configuration was my NAS backup program making me have to plug the laptop to the NAS via Ethernet in order to transfer the entire drive at a reasonable speed.

I decided to go with this Samsung unit for an Xbox one X internal drive replacement to match the storage I had but reduce boot and load times. I found the performance of either an SSD or SSHD was much more noticeable on the XBOX 1 S. The X is able to get so much out of a 5400 rpm HDD that going SSD isn’t that much of an improvement, no slight to this SSD.

Good price for the quality!

My daughters 3 year old laptop was slowing down due to the hard disks age. The reboot times and responsiveness were terrible even with web surfing. I replace the hard drive with this unit, and the laptop is better than new. Seriously, if you have an old laptop with a standard hard disk, you can breathe new life into it with an SSD drive. Note that you need to download the migration software off the Samsung site in order to clone your drive before installing it. It also didnt come with a transfer cable, but luckily i had one handy.

I like it

Buying anything these days you hold your breath when installing or assembling. So when you are replacing your entire OS as a clone with Samsung Software, you intuitively think something is going to go wrong. Took 30min to move 500gb from older Samsung SSD EVO to new 1TB, booted up without issue. Side note: had no idea SSD degraded over time, the new SSD is lightning fast comparatively. Not sure if its newer tech or SSDs like anything else degrade over time. Either way pleasantly surprised and happy with the product.