Samsung is the only brand I buy apart from the Crucial MX series. It is worth the extra 10 over the cheaper options as it will not slow down randomly when you need it the most.
Plugged in, partitioned and formatted in seconds, all good.
The Blackmagic RAW write/read test came out better than my Macbook Air M1’s soldered on SSD.
Enough said. 😉
Notes:
1. It comes with no screws, you have to buy your own. I used double sided tape instead.
2. Like all SSD manufacturers, they cheat with the size. It’s not 1TB, it’s 1,000,000,000 bytes that actually works out as 931MB storage space. So don’t be surprised if that’s the free space you see, it’s by design.

I Bought this 2 TB sata SSD so I could store all historical familiy photos within my PC. It has absorbed everything and more in record time, with the speedy silence expected from an SSD. Both my laptop and main pc are now exclusively drived by Samsung SSDs, after a recent mistake of buying a cheaper make, now rectified, I will not stray away from dependable Samsung again. I also have an off line 2TB Samsung SSD, for fast backup.

If you are looking for a fast, reliable, and spacious solid-state drive (SSD) to upgrade your PC or laptop, you might want to consider the Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive. This SSD is the latest model in Samsung’s QVO series, which stands for Quality and Value Optimized. It offers a great balance of performance, capacity, and price for mainstream users who want to enjoy the benefits of SSD technology.

—Pros—
+The Samsung 870 QVO has a sequential read/write speed of up to 560/530 MB/s, which is much faster than traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) and comparable to some of the higher-end SSDs on the market. This means you can boot up your system, load applications, and transfer files in a matter of seconds.
+The Samsung 870 QVO has a large capacity of 1TB, which can store plenty of games, photos, videos, and other files. You can also choose from other capacities ranging from 2 TB to 8 TB, depending on your needs and budget.
+The 870 QVO has a long lifespan and reliability, thanks to its advanced QLC NAND flash memory technology and Samsung’s Intelligent TurboWrite technology. The SSD has a terabytes written (TBW) rating of 360 TB, which means you can write up to 360 TB of data before the SSD wears out. That’s equivalent to writing 98 GB of data every day for 10 years.
+The Samsung 870 QVO is compatible with most PCs and laptops that have a SATA interface and a 2.5-inch drive bay. It also comes with Samsung’s Magician software, which helps you monitor the SSD’s health, optimize its performance, and update its firmware.

—Cons—
-The Samsung 870 QVO is not the fastest SSD on the market, especially when it comes to random read/write speeds, which are more relevant for multitasking and heavy workloads. If you are looking for the best performance possible, you might want to consider other SSDs that use NVMe or PCIe interfaces, which are faster but also more expensive than SATA SSDs.
-The Samsung 870 QVO is not the cheapest SSD on the market, either. You can find other SSDs that offer similar or slightly lower performance and capacity for a lower price. However, you might also compromise on quality and durability if you opt for cheaper SSDs from less reputable brands.

—Reasons to Buy—
*You should buy the Samsung 870 QVO if you want to upgrade your PC or laptop with a fast, reliable, and spacious SSD that offers great value for money. You will notice a significant improvement in your system’s responsiveness, boot time, loading time, and overall performance. You will also enjoy more storage space for your files and less noise and heat from your system.
*You should buy the Samsung 870 QVO if you are a mainstream user who mainly uses your PC or laptop for browsing the web, watching videos, playing games, or doing office work. *You will get enough speed and capacity for your everyday needs without breaking the bank.

—Reasons to Avoid—
*You should avoid the Samsung 870 QVO if you are looking for the fastest or the cheapest SSD on the market. You might be disappointed by its random read/write speeds or its price tag compared to other SSDs that use NVMe or PCIe interfaces or that have lower quality and durability.
*You should avoid the Samsung 870 QVO if you are a power user who frequently runs multiple applications or heavy workloads that require high performance and endurance. You might experience slowdowns or reduced lifespan of the SSD due to its QLC NAND flash memory technology and its limited cache size.

———-Conclusion———-
The Samsung 870 QVO is a great SSD for upgrading your PC or laptop with a fast, reliable, and spacious storage device that offers great value for money. It is suitable for mainstream users who want to enjoy the benefits of SSD technology without spending too much or compromising on quality and durability. However, it is not the best choice for power users who need the highest performance and endurance possible from their SSDs.

perfect for gaming tower easy to install if you know where the leads go

Have tested severel times after installing it on a Thinkpad sata 3 laptop with new Windows 10 Pro, Low 80Mb/s write speed.
Have returned it back, no good as it was specified over 540MB/s, that’s a huge difference
Samsung is not so great as it used to be, unfortunately.

Came a day early and worked as soon as I pop it in. A friend recommended the product which happen to be on sale at the time, got nothing bad to say

I’d already used a 128gb one of these to upgrade my desktop PC. These are so much faster than a conventional hard disk – you will really notice a faster boot-up time. In addition, if you are short of memory the page file will be quicker too. People typically use the SSD as the windows disk and use the original, larger hard-drive for all the data. This is fairly simple to do (samsung have migration software) but make sure you have space to mount the disk and an available sata socket on your motherbord ans a sata cable. Loads of help online if you are not confident. HELPFUL HINT: I thought I needed to replace my smaller SSD with this larger one because itunes insists that my partner’s iphone and ipad are backed up to the C-drive, hence my 128gb disk was not big enough. However, you can get around this – google “symbolic link” and “iphone backup” to find out how to fool itunes into using another disk for backups. This saved me having to use the larger SSD, which I returned. Sorry Samsung, but I have bought two of these disks so far, and it probably won’t be long until I want another one.

I used a tooless installation kit to put this into my PC. Took about 15 minutes to install and boot the PC up. You need to install the magician software for driver and software that manages the way that the drive is filled up. You can’t just use this out of the box as mechanical hard drive because the solid state components can get corrupted. You also need to disable disc defragmentation on this item as well so you don’t get the same issue. The software records the temperature onboard the drive as well as the write speed. I have a data drive installed inside my PC 2tb. I moved over 700 gb from that drive in the the Samsung Drive and rather than being hours to copy over data it too seconds. The speed shows about 560 gbps. That is faster than my internal drive and external drives I have. The price now is nearly on par with mechanical drives ie moving part drives hence 8 plucked up the courage to jump into SSD tech. Samsung is also a name you rely upon for quality. The drive is 2tb but holds about 1.81tb. This is not one of those drives that continuously writes and overwrites files ie a faked drive. This is the real McCoy. Beam me up scotty. The drive is small compared to normal 3.5 and 2.5 drives. The SATA connection within the PC a Dell 870has two electrical connections I can’t remember the size but I think there was 14 and a 19 cable and connectors. You need to use the cable numbered 19 to power the drive. The Dell 870 sneakily hides that cable. Great product. Fast and easy to install.

I bought this SSD as a replacement/upgrade to our old ‘Late 2012’ 27″ iMac, after it started to cough and splutter a bit. I used it with a cradle to make is easier to secure it safely within the chassis and there are loads out there that perform this job well. (If you’re interested, this is the one I used: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07QVX8TWJ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details). This new drive has greatly improved the performance and usability of the iMac. Before the upgrade I was thinking it was barely useable, particularly comparing it to my newish work machine, the drive has breathed new life in to the iMac. Tested drive performance is about 3x faster with the new SSD but this performance is most noticeable in the overall usability – booting, opening and closing apps etc.
At 70 you can’t really go wrong, great value for money, and having used external Samsung SSDs before, I’ve never experienced any hardware issues at all. Highly recommended.

Being a SATA SSD rather than a high-performance NVMe means that out and out performance is limited by the form factor.

I purchased this drive for it’s local storage capacity, and for this it does well, and performance isn’t too shabby – a benchmark when new returned 55,664 read IOPS and 34,912 write IOPS and a respectable sequential read throughput – though writes can sometimes be less impressive, sometimes performing 485MB/s and other times less than half that.

However, after months of use the drive is still working perfectly, and the performance benchmarks are still performing well.

This may be pricey compared to other brands, but you are paying for a trusted brand, and the excellent Samsung Magician software, for a drive that offers good reliability and reasonable performance.