[SOLVED] Amazon sent wrong SSD, but should I keep it?

[Jason H.]

So I ordered another 500gb samsung 860 evo so I can get more games.

But they sent me a 1tb 860 qvo, which I see is slightly slower than the evo.

However the 1tb qvo is worth 105$ and they only charged me 70$ for the 500gb evo.

So should I just keep this drive? Is it substantially slower or would it be fine for gaming, also considering I somehow got it for 70$? Or should I send it back?

I mean its double the space... idk.. any advice?

 

[USAFRet]

"substantially slower " ?
No. You be hard pressed to see the actual difference from the EVO.

 

[Jason H.]

"substantially slower " ?
No. You be hard pressed to see the actual difference from the EVO.

So what do you think I should do? Would it be worth keeping this drive since they only charged me 70$ or should I send it back?

 

[bioax]

So what do you think I should do? Would it be worth keeping this drive since they only charged me 70$ or should I send it back?

I would keep the drive, since the performance might be like a second which I hope doesn't matter to you.

 

[USAFRet]

So should I just keep this drive? Is it substantially slower or would it be fine for gaming, also considering I somehow got it for 70$? Or should I send it back?

Again, in a gaming situation, you'd be hardpressed to see an actual difference.

In sustained copy functions, it would slow down after a bit.
In a game level? Not at all.

 

[Jason H.]

I would keep the drive, since the performance might be like a second which I hope doesn't matter to you.

nahh Im not really worried about 1 or 2 seconds

 

[Jason H.]

Again, in a gaming situation, you'd be hardpressed to see an actual difference.

In sustained copy functions, it would slow down after a bit.
In a game level? Not at all.

Yea I dont do a lot of batch transferring. Most I do is gaming and music production.

 

[USAFRet]

The issue you might run into is if you need a warranty action from Samsung, and they ask for the receipt from Amazon.
Which will list a 500GB EVO.

 

[Jason H.]

The issue you might run into is if you need a warranty action from Samsung, and they ask for the receipt from Amazon.
Which will list a 500GB EVO.

Im not really a warranty guy, when something breaks I just buy a new one lol. I know, 1st world problems lol.

 

[COLGeek]

Did you contact Amazon about the mistake? Let your conscience be your guide.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Keep it.

 

[Jason H.]

Now I need actual help. I connected the SSD, it shows in my BIOS that its connected along with the name of the SSD, but the SSD dont show up in the boot priority or in windows.................

It wouldnt show up at all on a couple of the power cables coming from the PSU, but those same power connectors power my LED Controller, so I do not understand that. So I switched plugs and it shows up now but its not being recognized in windows nor in boot priority.

My drives that do show up have a red "U" on them. IDK if this matters.

 

[USAFRet]

Does it appear in Disk Management?
It probably needs to be Initialized.

 

[Jason H.]

Does it appear in Disk Management?
It probably needs to be Initialized.

It does not all I see is C, D, and Disk 0 partition 2 and Recovery.

C is my main SSD, D is my 500gb HDD

I just did "Disk rescan" and it still didnt come up.

 

[USAFRet]

Is your "main SSD" an M.2 drive?

 

[USAFRet]

Please....one thread on this:

[SOLVED] - BIOS shows SSD is connected but it dont show up in windows

My bios shows my SSD is connected to sata port 3, but it dont pop up in the boot priority options nor does it show up in windows... WHATS WRONG? I cannot figure this out....

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[Jason H.]

Is your "main SSD" an M.2 drive?

the 3rd drive (the new 1tb qvo) shows up in Device Manager. I tried updating driver, said its up to date.

And no my main drive is a 250gb samsung 860 evo. And then I have my HDD thats 500gb, and now I just installed this new SSD. And I made that thread before I realized I could comment here about it.

 

[Jason H.]

Is your "main SSD" an M.2 drive?

Also when I click on properties on the drive in device manager and go to events, it says could not migrate due to partial or ambiguous match. Whats that mean?

 

[Jason H.]

Is your "main SSD" an M.2 drive?

Now it shows in Disk Management. It shows disk 2, Unallocated with a red downward arrow on it. but it only shows it at the bottom section not up in the list of available drives.

EDIT* I Initialized disk 2, but it still dont show up. Ill try to reboot. *** Rebooted, still dont show up but its now initalized.

EDIT* I clicked "Create New Volume" on the new ssd, and it gave access to the drive. I DID NOT have to do this on my 1st or second drives so I never knew I had to do this. However the picture for the new drive is not the same, it has a CD logo on it. But I trasnferred a file to it and it went so it must be working now. Thanks for the help.

It shows I have Over 1billion bytes of free space, but its only giving me 931gb but everywhere else it shows I should have 958gb? Is there like a reserve on the drive of 20gb?

 

[USAFRet]

After Initialize, you need to create a New Simple Volume, Format, and give it a drive letter.

 

[Jason H.]

After Initialize, you need to create a New Simple Volume, Format, and give it a drive letter.

Yea I figured that out thanks so much.

However the icon for the drive shows a CD, I tried to go to customize in properties to change the icon but it dont bring me to icons...

Do you know how to do this?

 

[USAFRet]

It shows I have Over 1billion bytes of free space, but its only giving me 931gb but everywhere else it shows I should have 958gb? Is there like a reserve on the drive of 20gb?

A drive advertised as "1TB" WILL read in Windows as 931GB.
My 1TB 860 EVO is exactly the same.
As is every other "1TB" drive, SSD or HDD.

 

[Jason H.]

A drive advertised as "1TB" WILL read in Windows as 931GB.
My 1TB 860 EVO is exactly the same.
As is every other "1TB" drive, SSD or HDD.

Okay thanks I only asked because everywhere else in the PC it says 958gb. So thats odd lol.

Did you by chance see my comment about the logo?

 

[USAFRet]

'everywhere else'?
Where, exactly.

And no, I don't know about that CD icon.

 

[Jason H.]

'everywhere else'?
Where, exactly.

And no, I don't know about that CD icon.

Well I thought it showed it in more than 1 place, but it only shows 953852mb when I populate the drive when going to Device Manager, then properties, then volume, then populate.

So actually 953gb not 958, but yea it only shows that there. Thats why i asked if there might be a reserve on the drive.

And damn thats weird they would put a CD drive (its a yellow CD with a drive under the cd) icon on a new disk drive lol but when I go to properties/customize and try to change the icon it just brings up normal folders that dont contain icons lol. idk. not a huge deal.