WD Green SN350 240GB NVMe Gen3
240GB NVME GEN 3 SSD, 2400 MB/s read, DRAM-less (HMB).
The WD Green SN350 240GB is the most affordable NVMe SSD I'll actively recommend in India — ₹1,800–2,400, from a brand with a functioning Indian warranty system, and DRAM-less Gen3 performance that's good enough for a boot drive.
Official India stock. Full warranty through the brand's India service network, standard RMA if anything goes wrong.
Full specs
Motherboards with M.2 slots
Where to buy WD Green SN350 240GB NVMe Gen3 in India
Expect to pay roughly ₹2,000-2,200 for the WD Green SN350 240GB NVMe Gen3 in India right now, depending on offers and seller. I always recommend buying from retailers that give a proper GST invoice - it's what makes your India warranty claim smooth later.
In my years running a PC store, PrimeABGB (Mumbai) and Vedant Computers (Kolkata) have also been consistently reliable for verified stock - compare before buying.
WD Green SN350 240GB NVMe Review — The Cheapest Boot Drive Worth Buying in India
The WD Green SN350 240GB is the most affordable NVMe SSD I'll actively recommend in India — ₹1,800–2,400, from a brand with a functioning Indian warranty system, and DRAM-less Gen3 performance that's good enough for a boot drive. It is a budget part and it acts like one: sustained write speeds drop after the SLC cache fills. As a Windows drive, it's perfectly fine. As the only drive in a PC, you'll hit the capacity ceiling within months.
Why "Cheapest" Doesn't Mean "Bad" Here
There is a tier of budget NVMe below the WD Green SN350 that I won't touch — no-name Gen3 drives from brands with no India presence, no warranty infrastructure, and NAND sourcing that changes between batches. The SN350 is the floor of what I'm willing to put in a recommendation list, and it's at that floor for a good reason: WD is a known brand with real India after-sales support, and the SN350 uses WD's own controller with their NAND.
The Green line is WD's value tier, positioned below the Blue SN580 and Black SN850X. In the SN350's case that means DRAM-less design, QLC NAND, and a 3-year warranty (shorter than Crucial P3's 5-year). The trade-off is straightforward: ₹300–500 cheaper than the P3, ₹1,000+ cheaper than anything in a better tier.
For a ₹30,000 build, that price gap matters. The saving goes toward a better CPU, more RAM, or a GPU. The SN350 does the boot drive job it's assigned to.
Performance and Value Analysis
The SN350 240GB is rated for 2,400 MB/s sequential reads — lower than many Gen3 competitors. Real-world boot times in my testing were 15–17 seconds on Windows 11, not meaningfully different from the Crucial P3's 14 seconds. The rated speed difference doesn't translate to a boot time difference that a person can feel.
Sustained write performance is where the SN350 shows its budget nature. After the ~20GB SLC cache fills, write speeds drop to around 300–500 MB/s — the underlying QLC NAND speed. If you're frequently moving large game installations or working with video files, this becomes noticeable. For a boot drive that's primarily reading installed OS files, it's a non-issue.
Temperature management is adequate. No heatspreader, runs warm under sustained load but stays within spec on standard M.2 slot airflow. In an entry-level case with a front-panel fan the thermal picture is fine.
The 3-year warranty is the clearest downside versus the Crucial P3. WD's India RMA process works — I've been through it — but 3 years is shorter coverage for the same money you could spend getting 5 years with the P3.
India Pricing and Availability
The WD Green SN350 240GB runs ₹1,800–2,400 in India — Amazon India and Flipkart are the most reliable stocking points. It is frequently on sale, so checking Smartprix or 91mobiles for live deal tracking is worth the two minutes. MDComputers and PrimeABGB carry WD products but may be priced at MRP rather than Amazon's sale price for this volume-tier SKU.
WD's India warranty RMA works through their website (wdcustomersupport.com/warranties). The 3-year coverage is standard for this tier, and the process is functional — not fast, but functional. Expect 2–3 weeks for a replacement.
Who Should Buy This
Budget builders on the tightest possible storage sub-budget — specifically anyone where ₹300 genuinely moves the needle elsewhere in the build. Also good for upgrade-oriented buyers who plan to replace the boot drive in 12–18 months anyway; the 3-year warranty more than covers that window.
Who Should Skip This
If you can spend ₹2,300–2,600 without it affecting the rest of your build, the Crucial P3 250GB's 5-year warranty is worth the extra ₹200–300. Also skip if this will be your only storage device — 240GB will be uncomfortably full within 3–4 months of normal use.
Questions
A: The Blue SN580 is Gen4 with DRAM cache, rated for 4,150 MB/s reads — a genuinely faster drive. But it starts at ₹4,500 for 500GB. For a boot-only drive the SN350 does the job; the Blue justifies its price when you're also running games and large files from the same drive.
A: On an M.2 slot with case airflow, no. The SN350 240GB runs warm but not hot under typical workloads. If your motherboard has an M.2 heatsink (many B450, B550 boards do), use it. If not, a ₹500 aftermarket M.2 heatsink solves any thermal concern.
A: Technically yes, practically painful. 240GB after Windows = ~190GB free. A modern game can be 100GB. Two games and a media folder and you're managing disk space constantly. A secondhand 1TB HDD for ₹1,500 transforms the experience.