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

I have a 1TB I bought many years ago when these first released and it has excelled at everything and still registers through Samsung Software 70% productive. This new one is twice the capacity and actually runs above advertised specs a small percentage. And just like the other, firmware updates are a breeze, and this one shows 100% battle ready.The value now, versus then, is superb; no regrets at this cost whatsoever. I use it as a gaming drive and have turned my 1TB into a development drive. It runs a little warmer than I anticipated, but that’s on me, I bought a pre-built and the cooling is 75% effective at best. Nothing I can do, I will build my own again, this pre-built leaves much to be desired in the cooling department.It hooked up and registered and I had it running in no time. ParrotOS and Windows 11 Pro read it just fine and it runs Forza, Gears 5, No Man’s Sky, Sims 4, and other demanding games with ease. I’m rocking 64GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 7, and a great power supply, so it has everything it needs to push along just fine.Samsung delivered on these drives. I will, in all likelihood, stick with these for my SSD needs. On a side note, the software registered the other 870 with this updated software versus the old version I was running, but it will not, and does not, read the 970 Pro M.2 I’m pushing as my Parrot drive. I don’t know why the software doesn’t work for a similar device, yes the form factor is different, but having to install two versions of software that are near identical annoys me.If you want consistent speed, reliability, chill temps, and peace of mind on your investment, Samsung gives all of that here. Perfection. Outright.

Perfect fit. Very simple to swap out for the old hard drive. Well written, easy to understand instructions and an excellent cloning app make drive swap simple and fast. Computer booted perfectly first time after the clone and swap.My old 2010 Intel Core I7 Windows 7 laptop now boots in seconds, runs a LOT faster, and uses a lot less power – runs maybe 2x as long on battery,For about $100, this was way cheaper than a new laptop and a huge boost in performance!This is one of the more durable solid state drives (rated for more write cycles) from a brand name I trust.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

I replaced the SAMSUNG 128 GB SSD OS drive with this one since it was almost at capacity which was affecting performance! Excellent product (I have used SAMSUNG SSDs before with excellent results). The SAMSUNG software made it easy to clone the boot drive and in a few minutes and I was up and running again, this time with better performance and noticeably faster. I trust SAMSUNG SSDs and definitely recommend them. We don’t use our computers to play video games.This machine is a Windows machine which I built for my wife 10 years ago using a Cooler Master tower enclosure. It has a 6-core AMD processor, 32 GB RAM and an upgraded video card. I have a 27″ iMac and a Mac mini (Intel) and I have installed a flight simulator on my iMac and my wife does do the UK Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle every day.I think we should both be good for a while now.

These days, M2 is where it is at if you have the support for it, but for those older motherboards that do not have an M2 slot or won’t work with an add-on M2 card, this is the next best thing. Not nearly as fast as the M2 drives, but still much faster than a spinning drive. Works the same as a traditional spinning drive, now replacing traditional spinning drives as the common sense baseline storage. Connects up via a sata cable. and will work without much fuss for a motherboard that supports SATA hard drives. The actual throughput you get depends on which level Sata interface your motherboard supports, typical is ~600MB/s .

I put five of these in our Synology 1515+ music server replacing the old Iron Wolf spindle hard drives. The old drives were fine, just noisy and hot.We have a home theater and when the sound level dropped to fainter background noises, all we could hear was the clicking of the read/write heads. SSDs were the solution and these work just fine.We store our CDs, downloaded high-res music, and 4K Bluerays on this server so these drives get a lot of exercise every day.These drives work perfect for our needs being totally quiet and run much cooler. They are expensive but in our case SSDs were the solution and Samsung makes good drives.

SATA based SSDs have given way to their faster, more feature-rich M.2 NVMe counterparts in new systems but for desktops and laptops “of a certain age” your only option is the older technology.If you happen to be running your system OS from a spinning disk, there has never been a better time to switch and the SATA based 870 EVO should be on your very short list.The SATA interface is largely the limiting factor these days so you won’t find much of a performance difference amongst the top brands but Samsung has consistently delivered in the line.Regarding cloning software, In some instances, you may have trouble with Samsung’s software when using some external SATA to USB converters because they don’t pass on the brand of the drive. That causes an issue because the software needs to recognize at least one Samsung drive for the software to run. This is not a limitation of other free and retail cloning packages however.Finally, the Samsung Magician utility isn’t required for the drive to operate but it is a useful tool to monitor the health of your drive, apply firmware updates etc.Hard to go wrong with this drive; it just works.

now fixed. I have this dell 2 in one display/computer that for the past half a year has been supppeer slow in all aspects. Start up would take 4 minutes, to open programs even as simple as chrome would take 4 minutes, etc. I spent a while trying to play with defragmentation and getting the old drive to work again like it used to, but with no success. With that being said, when I ended up purchasing this SSD and popping it in the computer, it was as if the problem magically disappeared. The “Disk usage” was back down to normal levels from the prior 100%, and the computer now work’s actually faster then when I first got it! Great SSD if your in the market.

peed + no faults + good price = happy camper. In one of my old Windows dinosaur rigs (built in 2012 for W8 Pro, upgraded to W10 Pro), I had been using a Vertex 4 256GB SSD for the OS and the more important programs. As Windows users all know and don’t love, it has an ever increasing hunger for more space more space MORE SPACE, and I had to keep removing programs from the drive just to accommodate the OS’s ever expanding waistline (bloat), so I finally had to buy a larger drive just to run the same programs I wanted to host on an SSD instead of platter drives.Samsung is apparently the cat’s meow in the SSD world nowadays, so I bought this one in October 2022.According to Samsung’s Magician software, I have so far written 2.1TB to the drive. S.M.A.R.T. says it’s still in good health, no errors so far and the speed is fine for my use with this older rig, so I don’t care to benchmark it.I paid $90 for this model last October, which was a good price at the time. It’s now just $65 and I would have no qualms about scooping it up for that price, if I needed another one.

SD but Samsung’s warranty is weak. I replaced the HDD in an HP computer. It was an amazing boost in performance. No problem at there. The install was simple. I have done the same with other computers. It is now about a week less than 2 years past installation. Samsung Magician is now reporting 2 ECC critical errors. I called Samsung. It took longer going through their menu ladder that it took with the service rep. He asked where I bought it. When I said Amazon, he ask if I lived in Texas to which I confirmed my address. He said I would receive an email with info about how to return the drive. Unfortunately they do not cross ship. So I would be without the drive until they receive it (their UPS label), “attempt repairs”, and then send a replacement. It has a 5 year warranty but after 90 days, they will replace with a refurbished unit. This isn’t really helpful.I order a new one from Amazon that will arrive tomorrow. I will swap it in then send the old one to Samsung, mostly for grins. I am not willing to have a computer down for an unknow amount of time for an $80 part that is being replaced with a refurbished old part. I may add the old one back as a secondary drive or maybe mirror them. I am not unhappy with my purchase, just disappointed.

year old desktop. Updated after a few weeks of use.This thing is WELL worth the price, if your computer is loud (any audible sounds coming out really) and old, or if you have a HHD, just upgrade to this and be amazed. My computer went from noisy and slow to booting up almost instantly and making near 0 noise. I didn’t even notice really but now I can’t go back. My 8 (almost 9) year old desktop runs as good as new, even better actually, and now I probably won’t have to upgrade for at least another year or more.So far so good. I have an 8 year old desktop. It had a 2tb hhd installed. But lately it was slowing down. So I upgraded my ram and that helped a bit but things were still slow. After installing this, things are way faster and smoother. It only took 20 minutes to transfer my files from my old hhd to this. 83 gigs of data. I had to buy the sata/usb connector to make it easier but that only cost $13. I didn’t realize how LOUD my old hhd was until installing this. Now my computer starts faster, loads everything faster and is much much quieter. Well worth the price.

slx this will work!. I installed this after my 2tb HDD died. All you have to do after installing is partition the SSD. This thing installed a video game of 56gb in less than 6 minutes. It’s way better than any HDD. Origin department said not to get it and just by another HDD but I got it anyway and it’s sturdy. The HDD is no longer sold on the market… well the brand I had. This is a good upgrade I will buy an m2 card next with 2tb and install it as well in about 2 months. You will not be disappointed getting this product. Samsung is the way to go.

I purchased this to update a good running Windows 10 PC with upgraded RAM and a relatively fast quad-core processor being held back by the HDD. Any time a program was opened there was a delay due to the HDD. Windows “task manager” illustrates the HDD vs SSD for a typical large program.The job was comically easy and the results are a drive that now reads 5-6x and writes 7-8x faster than the HDD (per the Samsung software metrics) with no observed downside (other than the cost and a couple of hours of my time).I’m not a computer tech and have no special skills or equipment. Here’s how I did it.1. PrepareKnow how to open a PC and work in it safely. Know the basics. The drive will need power via a power cable and signal to the main board via a SATA cable. I used the power and SATA cables from the original drive, and removed the HDD to “archive” in case of future failure / retrofit (I do not need a 2nd drive for storage). Decide how you intend to mount a smaller 2.5″ drive in place of a 3.5″ original (buy an adapter). Easiest way I found to clone the drive is to buy an aftermarket USB to SATA drive “adapter” cable. This allows the old drive to stay installed as-is while connecting the new SSD via USB to do the drive clone. Know what kind of USB ports your machine has. Mine has USB 2.0 and a USB 3.0 to SATA cable is usually not backward compatible.2. Clone the driveDownload and install the (free) Samsung “Data Migration” software from their website. Make sure when you open this software nothing else is running, and you don’t run anything else while it is running. Connect the USB to SATA cable to the SSD and then plug it into the PCs USB port. The software should detect it. If it does not I have no idea what you would do. Then it’s as simple as picking the source drive, picking the new SSD as the destination drive, and clicking OK. This cloning process can take 4-5 hours easily on even a moderately large drive (1TB). Don’t panic, just let it run. At points it may appear to have not started or not finished but it is likely working fine. At the end, the PC will shut down.3. Install the driveWith the power off and your hands grounded, open the case and unplug both the power and SATA cables from the old drive. Remove the old drive. Physically mount the new drive. Connect both the power and SATA cables to the new SSD. Power the machine back up.4. Check functionIf you did it correctly, the PC should boot back up, and a lot faster than before. Download and install the (free) Samsung “Magician” software from their website. This has all sorts of neat diagnostic tests to show speed, update firmware, etc.Rejoice in spending a little bit of money to get a huge performance increase and not needing to go out and buy a new computer.**UPDATE**I performed the same upgrade on an older but still very good laptop computer than has very similar issues and results. It was even easier than the desktop PC as the original 2.5″ HDD was the exact same physical size. I couldn’t be happier with the performance and ease of this upgrade. The computer boots up in seconds. It runs quietly and cool. Every function works perfectly and noticeably (a lot) faster. This appears to be the best performance upgrade you can give an older computer with an OE HDD.