[SOLVED] Refurb 970 EVO or new Crucial P1?

[Baumber]

I am looking at 2 nvme drives

Samsung 970 evo refurbished:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsun...ith-v-nand-technology/6315438.p?skuId=6315438

or Crucial P1 New:
https://www.newegg.com/crucial-p1-5...al p1&cm_re=crucial_p1-_-20-156-200-_-Product

Is it worth buying a refurbished ssd that is faster or brand new slower ssd?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Crucial P1 , go new.

 

[USAFRet]

Refurbished by who, exactly?
"Geek Squad® Certified Refurbished products "

hmmm....

What warranty does it come with?

• Manufacturer's Warranty - Parts
  90 Days
• Manufacturer's Warranty - Labor
  90 Days

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90 days?
If it were from Samsung - "5 years or 300 TB TBW"


Thats a hard pass for me.


And a new 500GB 970 EVO is only $15 more.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-500GB-MZ-V7E500BW/dp/B07BN4NJ2J

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Refurb is not in my vocabulary , I don't want used parts in my setups.

 

[popatim]

Well since BB is ripping you off on the "refurb" and the p1 isn't a performace drive,
I would get a new 970evo and it's only $10 more then the refurb price.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

I am not going to comment about performance. Instead, I urge you to contact Best Buy and determine if there is a manufacturer's warranty available. I know over at newegg the warranty for refurbished products is usually only one month. I do not know if it is the same at Best Buy. I would suspect it is similar to the newegg policy.

On top of that if the first owner already registered the ssd with Samsung there is another problem. Samsung will not recognize you as a legitimate owner.

EDIT - ^5 what USAFRet and others said They posted while I was typing. If only $15.00 more, then get the Samsung. You will not regret it.

 

[Baumber]

Refurbished by who, exactly?
"Geek Squad® Certified Refurbished products "

hmmm....

What warranty does it come with?

• Manufacturer's Warranty - Parts
  90 Days
• Manufacturer's Warranty - Labor
  90 Days

------------------------
90 days?
If it were from Samsung - "5 years or 300 TB TBW"


Thats a hard pass for me.


And a new 500GB 970 EVO is only $15 more.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-500GB-MZ-V7E500BW/dp/B07BN4NJ2J

Okay sounds like I'll spend the extra $15 for the new ssd. Dumb question though, I currently have my os installed on a Samsung 850evo.

Can I just transfer the os to the new NVME drive without any problems or do I need a whole new install of windows in order to take advantage of the NVME interface?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Perform a clean install.

 

[popatim]

You can clone if you wish but it won't fix anything that might be wrong.
Install the 970 and let windows load drivers to the 850 before you clone.

 

[USAFRet]

Can I just transfer the os to the new NVME drive without any problems or do I need a whole new install of windows in order to take advantage of the NVME interface?

Going from SATA III to NVMe, a clean install on the new drive is strongly recommended.