Kingston 0.5TB M.2 NVMe SSD - Live Prices

6 drives tracked. From $204.92/TB. Updated about once a day.

Buy or Skip?

✓ Buy if: you want 39% below-average pricing on 0.5TB Kingston 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 $102.46

Best $/TB

$204.92

Drives

Interface

NVMe-PCIe4

At $204.92/TB, Kingston 0.5TB NVMe drives are $64.46/TB cheaper than the 0.5TB NVMe category average of $269.38/TB — strong value at this capacity.

Kingston 0.5TB NVMe - should you buy?

Kingston 0.5TB NVMe SSD available from $204.92/TB.

Condition

5 of 5 part numbers

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$204.92 Lowest $/TB	Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD \| PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 \| Up to 5000 MB/s \| SNV3S/500G	512GB NVMe-PCIe4	Not sourced	$102.46	Refurb	Buy on Amazon
Part number:Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD \| PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 \| Up to 5000 MB/s \| SNV3S/500G RPM:— Cache:— Sector:— Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:M.2 2280 Series:NV3 ASIN:B0DBR9RZLV Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by Amazon Resale · Amazon says Used / LikeNew · Amazon Resale's note: No item damage observed during inspection. Packaging shows minimal signs of wear, consistent with being opened. Full page for this listing
$289.98 ~ 30d avg	Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2230 NVMe SSD Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2230 NVMe SSD \| Up to 5000MB/s \| SNV3SM3/500G	512GB NVMe	Not sourced	$144.99	New	Buy on Amazon
Part number:Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2230 NVMe SSD \| Up to 5000MB/s \| SNV3SM3/500G RPM:— Cache:— Sector:— Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:M.2 2230 Series:NV3 ASIN:B0FD2NQKQ8 Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by Amazon.com · Amazon says New / Unknown Full page for this listing
$296.98 ~ 30d avg	Kingston 512GB 2230 M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0x4 SSD SSD TLC NAND Kingston 512GB 2230 M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0x4 SSD SSD TLC NAND (Speeds up to 4700 MB/s) OM3PDP3512B Compatible with Steam Deck Surface Ally Mini PCs	512GB NVMe-PCIe3	Not sourced	$148.49	New	Buy on Amazon
Part number:Kingston 512GB 2230 M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0x4 SSD SSD TLC NAND (Speeds up to 4700 MB/s) OM3PDP3512B Compatible with Steam Deck Surface Ally Mini PCs RPM:— Cache:— Sector:— Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:M.2 2230 Series:— ASIN:B0GK9Z65K9 Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by BG Saint ( Expedited Shipping Available ) · Amazon says New / Unknown Full page for this listing
$439.90 ~ 30d avg	Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD TLC NAND Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD TLC NAND (Speeds up to 4700 MB/s) OM3PGP4512Q-A0 Compatible with Steam Deck Surface Ally Mini PCs	512GB NVMe-PCIe4	Not sourced	$219.95	Refurb	Buy on Amazon
Part number:Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD TLC NAND (Speeds up to 4700 MB/s) OM3PGP4512Q-A0 Compatible with Steam Deck Surface Ally Mini PCs RPM:— Cache:— Sector:— Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:M.2 2230 Series:— ASIN:B0CXTQTD22 Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by CyberEZQ · Amazon says Used / LikeNew · CyberEZQ's note: This SSD was pulled from a brand new Steam Deck OLED 512GB model. We upgraded the Steam Deck, so this unit is practically new. It still has SteamOS installed Full page for this listing
$439.98 ↑ vs 30d avg	Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD OM3SGP4512K-A00 Compatible W... Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD OM3SGP4512K-A00 Compatible With Steam Deck Surface Ally Mini PCs Up To 7000 MB/s	512GB NVMe-PCIe4	Not sourced	$219.99	New	Buy on Amazon
Part number:Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD OM3SGP4512K-A00 Compatible With Steam Deck Surface Ally Mini PCs Up To 7000 MB/s RPM:— Cache:— Sector:— Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:M.2 2230 Series:— ASIN:B0FT8B1FGP Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by CyberEZQ · Amazon says New / Unknown Full page for this listing

$204.92/TB$102.46
Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 5000 MB/s | SNV3S/500G
512GB · NVMe-PCIe4
Refurb
Buy on Amazon
$289.98/TB$144.99
Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2230 NVMe SSD
Kingston NV3 500GB M.2 2230 NVMe SSD | Up to 5000MB/s | SNV3SM3/500G
512GB · NVMe
New
Buy on Amazon
$296.98/TB$148.49
Kingston 512GB 2230 M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0x4 SSD SSD TLC NAND
Kingston 512GB 2230 M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0x4 SSD SSD TLC NAND (Speeds up to 4700 MB/s) OM3PDP3512B Compatible with Steam Deck Surface Ally Mini PCs
512GB · NVMe-PCIe3
New
Buy on Amazon
$439.90/TB$219.95
Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD TLC NAND
Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD TLC NAND (Speeds up to 4700 MB/s) OM3PGP4512Q-A0 Compatible with Steam Deck Surface Ally Mini PCs
512GB · NVMe-PCIe4
Refurb
Buy on Amazon
$439.98/TB$219.99
Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD OM3SGP4512K-A00 Compatible W...
Kingston 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD OM3SGP4512K-A00 Compatible With Steam Deck Surface Ally Mini PCs Up To 7000 MB/s
512GB · NVMe-PCIe4
New
Buy on Amazon

Guides for this capacity: the SSD price outlook · fill a NAS at today's prices

Other Kingston NVMe capacities

0.5TB 1TB 2TB 2.048TB 4TB 4.096TB

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

5 listings, 5 in stock from $102.46 (cheapest: NV3 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD). 3 of the in-stock offers are new; the rest are used or recertified, labelled per row.

As stored on the rows: M.2 2280, M.2 2230. 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.

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Bulk Cold Data Archive

Storing large volumes of infrequently accessed data.

✗ Not ideal

At ~$205/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.