I found a local seller offering a used 1TB Kioxia XG6 KXG60ZNV1T02 M.2 NVMe SSD for $128. Similar drives in the area cost around $120–$130, and this model seems like one of the better options. The seller says the drive reports 100% health in CrystalDiskInfo. Is that a fair price for a second-hand drive? I'm considering using it for video editing. The reported usage is only about 2 days and 21 hours of power-on time, with roughly 578 GB written, which makes me wonder whether the drive was barely used or whether there's something unusual about it.
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The XG6 is generally a solid drive, and the price seems reasonable if comparable new SSDs are significantly more expensive where you live. Still, don’t rely only on the 100% health indicator. Ask for the full SMART data, including total host writes, power-on hours, unsafe shutdowns, temperature history, and any media or integrity errors. The usage numbers you found are very low, so it may simply have come from an office laptop that was barely used.
The XG6 has a DRAM cache and is a good-performing SSD, although DRAM usually doesn’t make a dramatic difference for everyday NVMe use. For video editing, sustained writes and scratch-disk workloads can make drive quality, thermals, and free space more important, so this model is a sensible choice if the SMART data is clean. I’d still compare the price against a new drive with a warranty, since $128 for used storage is only worthwhile if the savings are meaningful.
I’m mainly interested in it for video editing, which is why I was wondering whether the DRAM cache matters more in my case. I’ll also check sustained-write performance and the seller’s return policy.
That was my hope too—that it was installed in a laptop that was used briefly and then stored. I’ll ask for the complete SMART report before buying.