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Kingston 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD - Live Prices

2 drives tracked. From $119.99/TB. Updated about once a day.

Buy or Skip?
✓ Buy if: you want 9% below-average pricing on 4TB 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 $479.95
Best $/TB
$119.99
Drives
2
Interface
NVMe-PCIe4

At $119.99/TB, Kingston 4TB NVMe drives are $61.45/TB cheaper than the 4TB NVMe category average of $181.44/TB — strong value at this capacity.

Kingston 4TB NVMe - should you buy?

Kingston 4TB NVMe SSD available from $119.99/TB.

Condition
Capacity
2 of 2 part numbers
  • $119.99/TB$479.95
    Kingston NV3 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
    Kingston NV3 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 6000 MB/s | SNV3S/4000G
    4TB · NVMe-PCIe4
    Refurb
  • $145.00/TB$579.99
    Kingston NV3 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
    Kingston NV3 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 6000 MB/s | SNV3S/4000G
    4TB · NVMe-PCIe4
    New

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Drive Specifications

Kingston NV3 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
Kingston NV3 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 6000 MB/s | SNV3S/4000G
REFURB
This offer: sold by MobileMonster · Amazon says Used / LikeNew
$119.99/TB
$479.95 total
Capacity
4TB
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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Kingston NV3 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
Kingston NV3 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 6000 MB/s | SNV3S/4000G
This offer: sold by MobileMonster · Amazon says New / Unknown
$145.00/TB
$579.99 total
Capacity
4TB
Interface
NVMe-PCIe4
Form Factor
M.2 2280
Recording
Not sourced
RPM
N/A
Cache
N/A
Sector Size
—
Workload
—
Warranty
—

Other Kingston NVMe capacities

Frequently Asked Questions

2 listings, 2 in stock from $479.95 (cheapest: NV3 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe 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

🗄️
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 ~$120/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 4TB and 1 DWPD you have 7,475,200GB 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.