960 pro real or fake ?

[nacho_man1]

Amazon would never sell a returned item as new. That's what Warehouse Deals are for. Factory mistake? New variant?

New variant, i did wonder this but have seen nothing to suggest this would be the case. Drive swap at factory this did cross my mind cause the packaging looks like new and the label looks perfect. But who`s to say someones not a dab hand as doing this. Either way i will never know i just hope i get my replacement without any trouble, time will tell as it was sent back today.

 

[jrwagh333]

Amazon would never sell a returned item as new. That's what Warehouse Deals are for. Factory mistake? New variant?

I believe they would if all the stickers still looked intact. What is 'new variant' though, please?

 

[mattyg]

So did samsung magician say it was ok

 

[nacho_man1]

Did not get the drive to work at all. Purchased new Z370 Hero board along with the drive and other parts as listed in my sig. However could not get past the bios or windows 10 install and neither could see the drive.

 

[a66as]

Return it and purchase another one of a reputable seller.

 

[Deleted member 138126]

What is 'new variant' though, please?

If Samsung changed something about the drive without changing the part number.

 

[jrwagh333]

Thank you

 

[bledd]

Amazon would never sell a returned item as new. That's what Warehouse Deals are for. Factory mistake? New variant?

I've had plenty of things from them that weren't new.

Complained and got half off.

 

[Deleted member 138126]

I've had plenty of things from them that weren't new.

Complained and got half off.

Interesting... I've bought probably thousands of items over the years, and never once has anything been 2nd hand.

 

[bledd]

It's rare, but not unseen

 

[CyberScy]

The chances of buying something illegitimate from Amazon is slim

 

[jrwagh333]

I think it's not as slim as many people would like to think.

 

[Spudgun]

I've just received the exact same drive from the same seller today. My drive looks like the upper one in the image in the OP. Won't be installing it until Sunday to know i it works though!

 

[nacho_man1]

Replacement arrived and installed. No issues, bios located drive and windows. So no banging head wondering what is going on.

So make sure the drive edge connector is as above and you have no worries.

Can now enjoy the new rig !!

 

[GWANGY]

someone would have to be quite technical to know that say , a sandisk m.2 is worth less than a samsung m.2 ? iT looks like its either a one-off chancer trying for a quick upgrade or just a faulty bit of kit

 

[DarrenM343]

The chances of buying something illegitimate from Amazon is slim

You have to look closely at where stuff is shipping from. I only like to purchase direct when I do use them. Remember it's also like a market place, where sellers use AMZN to sell their own stuff. I wanted to pick up a phone for my mother recently. Looking closely at the name of the seller and then searching them out, it was a damn market stall in Barnet or somewhere .

 

[CyberScy]

You have to look closely at where stuff is shipping from. I only like to purchase direct when I do use them. Remember it's also like a market place, where sellers use AMZN to sell their own stuff. I wanted to pick up a phone for my mother recently. Looking closely at the name of the seller and then searching them out, it was a damn market stall in Barnet or somewhere .

Well yeah that's a very fair point to make I guess, Amazon is mainly comprised of 3rd party sellers (if my wording is correct ). Funny you said that though, I was raised in Barnet!