Samsung Electronics 870 EVO 2TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-77E2T0B/AM)

I got this Samsung 500gb 2.5" SATA SSD to upgrade from the 512gb HDD in an old HP Pavilion laptop (model HP 15-f233wm). It's a perfect fit and works great. It's made the old device MUCH faster and improved the overall performance immensely. I consider myself a functioning illiterate when it comes to computers. So, when I tell you that this drive was easy to install and get working you can believe it. Once I got the laptop open and ready it was an easy process to swap over the new SSD for the older HDD. With the ongoing phase out of Windows 10 I've decided to better educate myself on computer systems by tinkering around with this older laptop that cannot run the newer system (Windows 11). It was recommended to me that, given the outdated system and limited room for improvement, the best thing I could do to upgrade the old Pavilion was replace the original HDD with a newer SSD to improve overall performance. I was a little nervous as I've never done this type of thing before and I don't really have much tech savvy. I watched a few YouTube videos, ordered this Samsung SSD replacement, and got to work. It was a major improvement. The old laptop runs better than it has in years; faster, quieter, overall better functionality. It's still old and outdated but it works well for basic productivity. BOTTOM LINE: I think this is a great product and a wonderful value. I have no complaints at all and I highly recommend it.

its a shame sata III will likely be disappearing in the next 5 to 7 years, the formfactor is so much nicer then nvme and it is still more then fast enough for like 99 percent of people, there are sata III drives available with real ecc error correction and super durable enterprise grade drives, trying to find equivalent in nvme is literally impossible, to say a Kingston DC 600m or the old Samsung 860 pro which used real mlc memory and had real error correction, the Samsung 970 pro was literally the only actual professional nvme ssd and ever since the 980 pro and beyond, they removed ecc error correct and now use inferior tlc memory, much like this drive does, but at least this drive strikes balance of being affordable and pretty reliable, irs certainly more then enough for average work loads. I just wish Samsung didn't cheapen and ruin their pro line with inferior products that normies couldn't appreciate. sure nvme is faster, but in most cases most people hardly notice a difference. Im using the 500 gig version of the Samsung 870 Evo, for Linux mint cinnamon edition 22.2 and it is more then adequate, I also used a 1tb version to rebuild a friends laptop and used workarounds for him to use windows 11, surprise surprise, its still more then enough even for windows 11 and how much of a bloated mess it is, especially when performance mode is selected in Samsung magician and rapid mode driver is installed and it uses 2 gigs of ram as a fast cache pool, on another old desktop running an i7 6700 Skylake cpu with dual channel mode two 8 gig sticks of jdec standard 2133mhz ram which has a 1tb Samsung 860 pro "the best ssd they ever made" with write caching on as well, it gets around 3,500mb per second... Nearly nvme 3.0 speeds and ofc is dependent on how fast your ram is... For a sata III drive which the interface is technically limited to around 600mb per second after that cache pool and the ddr4x one on the drive fill up, I still dont "really miss the extra speed" buy with confidence... If I had the money I'd buy several just to have before they stop making them.

I have an older HP Envy, Windows 10 laptop from 2017 that laid down a few weeks ago. I upgraded to Windows 11 from the drop but it always struggled running 11. It finally became so corrupted that the graphics driver was toast. It would boot but dark screen no matter what. So, what's a guy to do? Punt and buy a new rig at todays prices and get a lesser unit for more money or...attempt a fresh install. After the fresh Windows 11 install I decided to update the rig before I loaded the backup. I formatted the EVO, and cloned the drive externally before cracking the case. Once open I replaced the network adapter w/Wi-Fi 6 unit, I removed the optical drive altogether, and using an adapter I moved the OE 1 TB HDD into it's bay and installed the 2TB 870 EVO in the main bay. My thinking was I could mod the boot order in the bios to load from the SSD, then format the HDD for extra storage and change the drive letters. This didn't work. Upon power-up, the bios kept seeing the HDD first and loading from it regardless the boot order in the bios. The fix was to remove the HDD from the optical bay, power-up the laptop, the bios sees the SSD and prioritized it (changed the drive letter to C:) automatically, then hot swapped the old HDD into the former optical bay. Powered down completely, rebooted and all is well. From there I buttoned it up and then formatted the old HDD. It boots as it should from the SSD and man, is it FAST! From power on to desktop is only seconds! The rig is silent! No more, power-on, listen to the drive wind up, and the fan come on and the HP circle going round and round...and the drive spool-up...and the circle go around and round...and...roun...you know the drill...while you age. Now, in spite of it's age, it runs like a new machine. For around $300.00 odd, it offers the performance and capability of an equivalent $1300.00 contemporary machine. If you're thinking of upgrading from a HDD to SSD, you'll be glad you did! So much more efficient, faster by an order of magnitude, more storage, weighs less, quieter and anecdotally is easier on the battery. Good value for the money! Highly recommend!

Picked this up to replace a failing drive in a 10+ year old desktop, and wow — this Samsung SSD woke the whole machine up. Boot times went from “go make a sandwich” to “blink and you miss it.” Installed easily, no drama, no surprises. It’s fast, quiet, and does exactly what an SSD is supposed to do. If you’ve got an older PC and you’re debating whether it’s worth upgrading, this drive makes the decision easy. For the price, it’s the best upgrade you can do. Highly recommended.

This Samsung 2TB 870 Evo SSD is a top rated product on pretty much any review site you can find & they are correct. Purchased for video backup for my home security camera's instead of a full paid cloud solution. Samsung does not mess around with the 870 Evo, very fast & reliable even when it comes to "re-write" SSD solutions. Can you buy something cheaper? Absolutely, but if you want a SSD that checks 99% of the boxes for a reliable top tier item while also being reasonable with price in mind the Samsung 970 SSD is it.

I dropped this SSD into my Dell Alienware setup and it honestly brought the whole system up to today’s standards. My old 1TB HDD was slowing everything down, but this thing fires up like light speed in comparison. Boot times are instant and programs load the second I click them. I used AI to double-check compatibility before buying and it was dead on—installation was smooth, no issues at all. If you’re still running a mechanical hard drive, this upgrade is night and day. My system feels brand new again. Highly recommend.

Hard Drive is working great so far. I purchased 2 of the 4TB drives. However they were only about $220 each 3-4 months ago. I want to buy 2 more, but I'm not spending $400-$500 each on them. They are not THAT good. I don't understand why the huge jump in price. Don't buy at this price. Great drives for $200 range though.

The SSD was described as used, very good condition. No original box or documentation. But a great low price. I formatted the drive and restored the Linux Mint 21.3 OS, from the HDD I removed from my slow 17 year old laptop, over the SSD's installed Window OS, using Linux Timeshift. The SSD handled the process very well. The laptop is noticeably faster. It also made the heavy laptop lighter. It fit perfectly in the HDD's mounting bracket using the existing screws from the HDD. And the 250GB capacity, even thought less than the 500GB HDD it is replacing, is plenty big enough for my needs.