Was looking for some more M.2 storage for my new build. This one seems like a good balance between cost and decent read/write speeds (2400 MB/s read/ 1900 MS/s write).
WD Green SN350 960GB M.2 NVMe SSD $105 Delivered @ Umart
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PS5 expansion requires minimum 5000 MB/a read speed, correct?
This one is a Gen 3 so the PS5 will reject it for not being Gen 4 either way
Sorry to ask a noob question but how do you know it's gen 3? I couldn't find anything obvious on the website.
product data sheet says pcie gen 3. ps5 requires a gen4.
Still surprising to see very little to no big reviews about this Green SN350.
What my main concern is the write speeds after SLC cache is exhausted and how big that cache is.
At the moment I'm just going to assume it's going to be like their SATA based Green drives, which have a write speed of about 50MB/s non cached.
Shouldn't this be better then a 2.5 inch rotating drive, well example as main drive in a laptop?, (want to sell my laptop why the question hopefully better resell value with a SSD in it, I'm guessing)
Anyway I'm sure these are SATA type NVMe's same as there 2.5 inch SSD drives, similar speeds?
Not bad for an entry level nvme.
For those doing consistent daily writing (50GB>), go for sn550/a2000. Anything larger go for 970 evo.
I'd spend the extra $20 for WD Blue 1TB SN550 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, based on WD Green SN350 M.2 SSD review.
Performance-wise, the SN350 shouldn't be too far behind the SN550. However, the SN350 is less durable and only comes with a limited three-year warranty instead of the five-year warranty on the SN550.
Some advantages of Blue series:
- Triple-Level Cell (TLC) NAND versus Quad-Level Cell (QLC).
- Random reads / writes slightly faster.
- Endurance is 600TBW (up from 80TBW)
- Mean Time TO Failure (MTTF) is 1.7m hours (up from 1.0m hours)
- 5 year warranty (up from 3)
80TBW endurance is a joke.
weird thing is. according to wd website the 960gb sn350 is tlc. while the new version of sn550 is qlc.
so i wonder where the lies are in the specs? would tlc have such a shitty tbw? Or have the swapped it out for tlc and haven’t changed the specs like the 550
SN350 page states NAND is TLC, but if you download the data sheet, it states QLC.
SN550 page states NAND is 3D (TLC) NAND. However WD Blue SN550 SSD Performance Reportedly Cut In Half When SLC Runs Out could be a concern if you frequently more than 12GB data.
:D , The data sheet says 960gb version is TLC
@kogi: My mistake I looked at specifications for the 2TB & 1TB model which is QLC. Interesting that the smaller capacity green drives have the better TLC NAND. What also stands out is that the Endurance (TBW) barely changes.
I haven't actually checked this drive, and I'll say generally like WD drives, but for an OS particularly, sequential RW speed almost isn't important.
I have some kioxia bg5 drives in my laptop, technically they do 3700/2500mbs…but under load latency spikes to something insane (>200ms) and after the slc cache, write performance drops to about 20mb/s and stuff becomes insanely choppy to use.
For large read/write stuff (video/photo, games to some extent) these sequential numbers do matter a lot.
Anyway, if anyone is really looking into an ssd. There are lots of other numbers to dig into, otherwise you just get a good brand ssd, at a good price, with good reviews and happydays =)