Crucial 0.5TB M.2 NVMe SSD - Live Prices

2 drives tracked. From $275.98/TB. Updated about once a day.

Buy or Skip?

✓ Buy if: you want 10% below-average pricing on 0.5TB Crucial drives. These are datacenter pulls - verify SMART data on arrival.

✗ Skip if: you require new-only drives for production RAID or need guaranteed OEM warranty - consider new alternatives.

Buy on Amazon $137.99

Best $/TB

$275.98

Drives

Interface

NVMe-PCIe4

At $275.98/TB, Crucial 0.5TB NVMe drives are $6.60/TB above the 0.5TB NVMe category average of $269.38/TB.

Crucial 0.5TB NVMe - should you buy?

Crucial 0.5TB NVMe SSD available from $275.98/TB.

Condition

2 of 2 part numbers

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$275.98 Lowest $/TB	Crucial P310 500GB SSD Crucial P310 500GB SSD, PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280, Up to 6,600MB/s, for Laptop, Desktop (PC), & Handheld Gaming Consoles, Includes Acronis Data Recovery Software, Solid State Drive - CT500P310SSD801	512GB NVMe-PCIe4	Not sourced	$137.99	Refurb	Buy on Amazon
Part number:Crucial P310 500GB SSD, PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280, Up to 6,600MB/s, for Laptop, Desktop (PC), & Handheld Gaming Consoles, Includes Acronis Data Recovery Software, Solid State Drive - CT500P310SSD801 RPM:— Cache:— Sector:— Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:M.2 2280 Series:P310 ASIN:B0DC8K6KQD Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by Seek&Find (S/N Recorded) · Amazon says Used / LikeNew · Seek&Find (S/N Recorded)'s note: New OEM bulk SSD. No retail packaging. Full page for this listing
$335.70 ~ 30d avg	Crucial SSD 500GB M.2 Crucial SSD 500GB M.2 (2280) P310 NVMe PCIe Gen4 Internal	512GB NVMe-PCIe4	Not sourced	$167.85	New	Buy on Amazon
Part number:Crucial SSD 500GB M.2 (2280) P310 NVMe PCIe Gen4 Internal RPM:— Cache:— Sector:— Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:M.2 2280 Series:P310 ASIN:B0DM8RW2TK Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by SiliconValleySeller (SN# Recorded) · Amazon says New / Unknown Full page for this listing

$275.98/TB$137.99
Crucial P310 500GB SSD
Crucial P310 500GB SSD, PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280, Up to 6,600MB/s, for Laptop, Desktop (PC), & Handheld Gaming Consoles, Includes Acronis Data Recovery Software, Solid State Drive - CT500P310SSD801
512GB · NVMe-PCIe4
Refurb
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$335.70/TB$167.85
Crucial SSD 500GB M.2
Crucial SSD 500GB M.2 (2280) P310 NVMe PCIe Gen4 Internal
512GB · NVMe-PCIe4
New
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Guides for this capacity: the SSD price outlook · fill a NAS at today's prices

Drive Specifications

Crucial P310 500GB SSD

Crucial P310 500GB SSD, PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280, Up to 6,600MB/s, for Laptop, Desktop (PC), & Handheld Gaming Consoles, Includes Acronis Data Recovery Software, Solid State Drive - CT500P310SSD801

REFURB

This offer: sold by Seek&Find (S/N Recorded) · Amazon says Used / LikeNew · Seek&Find (S/N Recorded)'s note: New OEM bulk SSD. No retail packaging.

$275.98/TB

$137.99 total

Capacity

0.5TB

Interface

NVMe-PCIe4

Form Factor

M.2 2280

Recording

Not sourced

RPM

N/A

Cache

N/A

Sector Size

—

Workload

—

Warranty

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Crucial SSD 500GB M.2

Crucial SSD 500GB M.2 (2280) P310 NVMe PCIe Gen4 Internal

This offer: sold by SiliconValleySeller (SN# Recorded) · Amazon says New / Unknown

$335.70/TB

$167.85 total

Capacity

0.5TB

Interface

NVMe-PCIe4

Form Factor

M.2 2280

Recording

Not sourced

RPM

N/A

Cache

N/A

Sector Size

—

Workload

—

Warranty

—

Other Crucial NVMe capacities

0.5TB 1TB 2TB 4TB

Other brands at 0.5TB NVMe

Acer Crucial Ediloca Kingston Kioxia Micron Patriot SK Hynix SK hynix Samsung Transcend WD WD_BLACK fanxiang

Frequently Asked Questions

2 listings, 2 in stock from $137.99 (cheapest: P310 500GB SSD). 1 of the in-stock offers are new; the rest are used or recertified, labelled per row.

As stored on the rows: M.2 2280. The form factor decides the slot or backplane it needs - check your machine against the form-factor column before buying on price.

Use Case Scenarios

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OLTP Database Primary Storage

PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle requiring low latency and high IOPS.

✓ Excellent fit

NVMe delivers sub-200μs latency vs 5ms for HDD — a 25x improvement that directly reduces query response times. At 1 DWPD verify your daily write volume stays within endurance limits.

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AI/ML Training & Inference

GPU server loading training datasets or serving inference at high throughput.

✓ Excellent fit

NVMe at 6,900MB/s eliminates storage bottlenecks when loading datasets to GPU memory. Consider multiple drives for larger datasets.

💾

Bulk Cold Data Archive

Storing large volumes of infrequently accessed data.

✗ Not ideal

At ~$276/TB, NVMe costs 10x more than enterprise HDD for cold data. Unless you need fast retrieval, HDDs or LTO tape are far more cost-effective.

Maintenance & Troubleshooting

Maintenance Checklist

On installUpdate drive firmware

Check manufacturer website for latest firmware. Enterprise SSDs receive updates that fix performance and reliability issues.

On installEnable power loss protection verification

Enterprise NVMe drives have onboard capacitors for power loss protection. Verify in drive logs after first power cycle.

MonthlyCheck SMART/NVMe health attributes

Run nvme smart-log /dev/nvme0 (Linux). Monitor: Media_Errors, Available_Spare, Percentage_Used.

MonthlyMonitor write endurance consumption

Track Percentage_Used SMART attribute. At 80%+ consider planning replacement. At 0.5TB and 1 DWPD you have 934,400GB lifetime writes.

QuarterlyReview error logs in server BMC

Check iDRAC, iLO or IPMI logs for NVMe errors, PCIe link speed downgrades, or unexpected resets.

Troubleshooting Guide

Cause: PCIe slot not initialized, missing NVMe driver, BIOS not updated, or U.2 cable issue.

Fix: Check BIOS for NVMe in PCIe enumeration. Update server firmware. Reseat U.2 cable. Verify PCIe bifurcation if using adapter. Test in another slot.