Kioxia 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD - Live Prices

2 drives tracked. From $195.88/TB. Updated every 4 hours.

Buy or Skip?

✓ Buy if: you want 5% below-average pricing on 1TB Kioxia 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 → $195.88

Best $/TB

$195.88

Drives

Interface

NVMe-PCIe3

At $195.88/TB, Kioxia 1TB NVMe drives are $47.38/TB cheaper than the 1TB NVMe category average of $243.26/TB — strong value at this capacity.

Kioxia 1TB NVMe - should you buy?

Kioxia 1TB NVMe SSD available from $195.88/TB.

$/TB ▲	Brand / Model	Cap	Interface	Tech	Cache	Sector	Wty	Price	Cond.	90D	Buy
👑$195.88 👑 Best	Kioxia SSD 1TB BG4 M.2 2230 30mm KBG40ZNS1T02 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 Solid Stat... Kioxia SSD 1TB BG4 M.2 2230 30mm KBG40ZNS1T02 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 Solid State Drive for Dell HP Lenovo Laptop Desktop Ultrabook IoT Refurb ·	1TB	NVMe-PCIe3	—	—	—	—	$195.88	REFURB		Buy →Details	▼
$215.00 ↑ High	Kioxia SSD 1TB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 x 4 EG6 KIOXIA SSD 1TB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 x 4 EG6 (OEM)	1TB	NVMe-PCIe4	—	—	—	—	$215.00	new		Buy →Details	▼

Drive Specifications

Kioxia SSD 1TB BG4 M.2 2230 30mm KBG40ZNS1T02 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 Solid Stat...

Kioxia SSD 1TB BG4 M.2 2230 30mm KBG40ZNS1T02 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 Solid State Drive for Dell HP Lenovo Laptop Desktop Ultrabook IoT

REFURB

$195.88/TB

$195.88 total

Capacity

1TB

Interface

NVMe-PCIe3

Form Factor

M.2 2230

Recording

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RPM

N/A

Cache

N/A

Sector Size

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Workload

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Warranty

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Kioxia SSD 1TB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 x 4 EG6

KIOXIA SSD 1TB M.2 2230 30mm NVMe PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 x 4 EG6 (OEM)

$215.00/TB

$215.00 total

Capacity

1TB

Interface

NVMe-PCIe4

Form Factor

M.2 2230

Recording

—

RPM

N/A

Cache

N/A

Sector Size

—

Workload

—

Warranty

—

Other Kioxia NVMe capacities

0.5TB 1TB 3.2TB 3.84TB

Other brands at 1TB NVMe

Acer Addlink Crucial Kingston Kioxia Micron PNY Patriot Samsung SanDisk Seagate TeamGroup WD

Frequently Asked Questions

The Kioxia 1TB NVMe SSD is designed for enterprise mixed workloads including virtualization, databases, and analytics. Check DWPD rating: 1 DWPD suits read-intensive; 3 DWPD handles write-heavy OLTP.

Kioxia 1TB NVMe drives use U.2 or U.3 connectors. Compatible with Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant Gen10+, Supermicro, and any server with NVMe U.2 backplane. U.2 to PCIe adapters ($15-50) work for desktop servers.

TLC (Samsung PM9A3, Micron 7450) offers higher write endurance for mixed workloads. QLC (Solidigm D5-P5336) is cheaper per TB, ideal for read-heavy AI data lakes and CDN. Match NAND type to your write volume.

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 ~$196/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 1TB and 1 DWPD you have 1,868,800GB 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.