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Kioxia 0.5TB M.2 NVMe SSD - Live Prices

3 drives tracked. From $193.98/TB. Updated about once a day.

Buy or Skip?
✓ Buy if: you want 4% below-average pricing on 0.5TB Kioxia drives. New with manufacturer-year warranty.
✗ Skip if: you need higher workload rating than 550TB/year.
Buy on Amazon $96.99
Best $/TB
$193.98
Drives
3
Interface
NVMe-PCIe3

At $193.98/TB, Kioxia 0.5TB NVMe drives are $75.40/TB cheaper than the 0.5TB NVMe category average of $269.38/TB — strong value at this capacity.

Kioxia 0.5TB NVMe - should you buy?

Kioxia 0.5TB NVMe SSD available from $193.98/TB.

Condition
3 of 3 part numbers
  • $193.98/TB$96.99
    Kioxia Internal SSD
    KIOXIA Internal SSD, 512GB PCIe Gen 3 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive, M.2 2230, Model KBG40ZNS512G, OEM Package
    512GB · NVMe-PCIe3
    New
    Buy on Amazon
  • $199.98/TB$99.99
    Kioxia SSD 512GB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 x 4 BG5
    KIOXIA SSD 512GB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 x 4 BG5 (OEM)
    512GB · NVMe-PCIe4
    New
    Buy on Amazon
  • $209.82/TB$104.91
    Kioxia SSD 512GB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 KBG40ZNS512G BG4 Solid St...
    Kioxia SSD 512GB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 KBG40ZNS512G BG4 Solid State Drive for Surface Pro Steam Deck Dell HP Lenovo Ultrabook Tablet
    512GB · NVMe-PCIe3
    New
    Buy on Amazon

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

Drive Specifications

Kioxia Internal SSD
KIOXIA Internal SSD, 512GB PCIe Gen 3 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive, M.2 2230, Model KBG40ZNS512G, OEM Package
This offer: sold by CorteseInc · Amazon says New / Unknown
$193.98/TB
$96.99 total
Capacity
0.5TB
Interface
NVMe-PCIe3
Form Factor
M.2 2230
Recording
Not sourced
RPM
N/A
Cache
N/A
Sector Size
—
Workload
—
Warranty
—
Kioxia SSD 512GB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 x 4 BG5
KIOXIA SSD 512GB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 x 4 BG5 (OEM)
This offer: sold by Skyerd Tech · Amazon says New / Unknown
$199.98/TB
$99.99 total
Capacity
0.5TB
Interface
NVMe-PCIe4
Form Factor
M.2 2230
Recording
Not sourced
RPM
N/A
Cache
N/A
Sector Size
—
Workload
—
Warranty
—
Kioxia SSD 512GB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 KBG40ZNS512G BG4 Solid St...
Kioxia SSD 512GB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 KBG40ZNS512G BG4 Solid State Drive for Surface Pro Steam Deck Dell HP Lenovo Ultrabook Tablet
This offer: sold by CorteseInc · Amazon says New / Unknown
$209.82/TB
$104.91 total
Capacity
0.5TB
Interface
NVMe-PCIe3
Form Factor
M.2 2230
Recording
Not sourced
RPM
N/A
Cache
N/A
Sector Size
—
Workload
—
Warranty
—

Other Kioxia NVMe capacities

0.5TB1TB3.2TB3.84TB

Other brands at 0.5TB NVMe

AcerCrucialEdilocaKingstonKioxiaMicronPatriotSK HynixSK hynixSamsungTranscendWDWD_BLACKfanxiang

Frequently Asked Questions

3 listings, 3 in stock from $96.99 (cheapest: Internal 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 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

🗄️
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.
🤖
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 ~$194/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.