WD Green SN350 240GB M.2 NVMe SSD

Using as a cache drive with Primocache to speed up a much larger hard drive. For the price the speed is excellent. Limited size isn't an issue as it's being used as a cache drive. It has breathed much needed new life into an older system at the fraction of the cost that any other upgrade could have achieved.

Conflicting Specifications Make This SSD Bad

This is a very slow Gen 2 SSD. The spec sheet on WD.com says it's 3200 read and 2900 write but it's actually 2400 MB/S read and 900 MB/S write. The latter is stated on one web page and the faster speed is stated on the spec sheet. You can buy a faster 2TB Gen 3 SSD for $20 more at Micro Center or at Amazon under the label Inland Platinum. Due to misleading advertising I sent mine back for a refund.

Good entry level

I usually stay away from green because it's usually not that much more to purchase blue, but I think at the time it was a big enough difference to justify. I paired it with an Intel J4125, so benchmarks will be meaningless, but they were faster than SATA and well under the advertised speeds. I didn't check it in a more capable system, however, it did make the mini-pc powered by the J4125 snappy and responsive. They are built to a cost,but also built well. If you owned a Samsung, WD Black, or other premium NVME, you'll notice the difference in build quality. Also, the sticker doesn't cover the chips, for anyone that want's to put a heatsink on. I was able to use two Raspberry Pi heatsinks on the only two chips it has (480 GB model). On a laptop, if it's a choice ... MoreI usually stay away from green because it's usually not that much more to purchase blue, but I think at the time it was a big enough difference to justify. I paired it with an Intel J4125, so benchmarks will be meaningless, but they were faster than SATA and well under the advertised speeds. I didn't check it in a more capable system, however, it did make the mini-pc powered by the J4125 snappy and responsive. They are built to a cost,but also built well. If you owned a Samsung, WD Black, or other premium NVME, you'll notice the difference in build quality. Also, the sticker doesn't cover the chips, for anyone that want's to put a heatsink on. I was able to use two Raspberry Pi heatsinks on the only two chips it has (480 GB model). On a laptop, if it's a choice between this a a SATA M.2, I'd go with this. I also do recommend price shopping, and checking things like length of warranty (because sometimes there is no price difference between devices with similar specifications).

Great NVMe SSD! It's FAST!

Don't let other comments here bout speed not being as advertised sway your decision. Just because the reviewer didn't achieve those speeds doesn't mean the listed speeds are incorrect. It just means their system isn't capable of those speeds or isn't configured properly. It all depends on your system chipset and settings. Quite a few variables to say the least. For me, I just popped it in and formatted it and I'm getting 3240MB/s read & 2560MB/s write. Tested with crystaldiskmark using 1GB file size. It's not as fast as the newest gen 4's but it's the quarter of the price. You must have a new new system with pcie gen 4 in order to get faster. If you do have new system see if it's pcie gen 4 and if so, and want faster check out western digitals gen 4 drives. My ... MoreDon't let other comments here bout speed not being as advertised sway your decision. Just because the reviewer didn't achieve those speeds doesn't mean the listed speeds are incorrect. It just means their system isn't capable of those speeds or isn't configured properly. It all depends on your system chipset and settings. Quite a few variables to say the least. For me, I just popped it in and formatted it and I'm getting 3240MB/s read & 2560MB/s write. Tested with crystaldiskmark using 1GB file size. It's not as fast as the newest gen 4's but it's the quarter of the price. You must have a new new system with pcie gen 4 in order to get faster. If you do have new system see if it's pcie gen 4 and if so, and want faster check out western digitals gen 4 drives. My operating system drive is a 1TB WD Black with the WD heat sync and RGB lighting. My speeds on that one are 7026/5141 Which is more than double the speed of my storage WD green. Honestly either drive is a thousand percent better than traditional spinning hard drives which range from 50-200MB/s read & write. 50-75 is the norm with 200 being the absolute perfect setup with the best drives available. Don't think twice, buy WD SSD's and you won't go wrong.

I didn't see any reviews for this outside of the US, and it looks like a brand new generation to ...

I didn't see any reviews for this outside of the US, and it looks like a brand new generation to the WD green line (which was previously a slower speed), but since I was in the market for a new SSD I took the risk. The SSD is going through a PCIe card with an NVMe slot, so others may have different results with something plugged directly in the motherboard, but either way the advertised speed is 3200 MB/s read and 2600MB/s write, and sure enough that's exactly what I'm getting with this drive. I'll update this review in a few months to let everyone know how it's still running.

I recently purchased an HP victus laptop that came with only 256gb of storage. I threw this in th...

I recently purchased an HP victus laptop that came with only 256gb of storage. I threw this in the second slot and had access to the extra space quickly and easily. Purchased as it was going in a laptop I did not want memory that was stupid fast and would require a heatsink bigger than the one already in the laptop. It is just slightly faster than the ssd included in the laptop which was 3180mbps. Installed Gears 5 and Bright Memory on this drive and played through each with no issues.

I'm using this as a drive for a Windows gaming VM and it's exactly what I needed. The amount of s...

I'm using this as a drive for a Windows gaming VM and it's exactly what I needed. The amount of storage (1TB) is perfect and the speed is insane for the price. This thing outperforms my crucial p5 and it costs about $30 less. The spec sheet says the lifetime TBW for this drive is 100TB so buyer beware. As a game drive, I wont' be writing to the drive that much so it's unlikely I'll ever get close to that number. If you need a light-duty nvme drive, buy this...no regrets.

The best budget NVMe drive

For less than $80 the WD Green nvme was a great deal. I'm getting the full read speed around 3100+ Mbps. Moving files around a Gb or two, it doesn't even let the file transfer window show up, it's going too fast lolI noticed a decent difference in load times in games like RDR2 and Cyberpunk over my 7200rpm drive. A couple seconds faster to enter the game and no wait for the texture and shadows to load. So for the most part the drive passes my tests.As long as the drive has a decent lifespan I'll say this was a wonderful purchase!

This NVME drive really sped up my PC. I use this as a boot drive and my old SSD and HDD as file s...

This NVME drive really sped up my PC. I use this as a boot drive and my old SSD and HDD as file storage. I have never had such a fast computer. It starts from sleep in seconds and maybe takes 20 to 30 seconds to do full boot to Windows login screen. Just opening Chrome seems faster. Everything is super fast. I use Cubase Pro with Waves plugins for music production. I can load up half a dozen VST instruments and plugins that used to put a pretty heavy load on my machine but now the RAM usage is minimal - 64GB DDR4 - and Disk usage doesn't even show on Performance Monitor. Get one fast!

This SN350 completely outperformed my 1TB Crucial M.2 SSD that I've had for a couple years. The s...

This SN350 completely outperformed my 1TB Crucial M.2 SSD that I've had for a couple years. The speeds are absolutely incredible and for the price it would be hard if not impossible to beat. I have been using this drive for some months now and it has performed flawlessly. Even when I have it filled up most the way it manages to stay fast. Overall, I'm really happy with this SSD and I will be buying another when it goes on-sale again!