Paul Haddad May 3, 2023
970 EVO Plus 1TB refurb for $39, decent deal specially if you have some BestBuy credits (which for some reason I did).
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-geek-squad-certified-refurbished-970-evo-plus-1tb-internal-ssd-pcie-gen-3-x4-nvme-for-laptops/6351466.p?skuId=6351466
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Show threadPaul Haddad May 8, 2023
This is why I don't care about getting a BestBuy refurb drive, it's basically an un-used return.
Show threadWinter (engineering sample)

@paul Don't refurbishers wipe/modify the SMART data? Probably not the case here, though, but definitely something to keep note of.

(Not that it really matters IMO, drives die all the same -- as long as it lasts a reasonable amount of time, who cares.)

May 8, 2023 at 10:55pmWeb
Show threadPaul Haddad May 8, 2023
@winter some of the unscrupulous ones do, but I'd very much BestBuy would.