WD Green WDS240G3G0B - SSD - 240 GB - internal - M.2 2280 - SATA 6Gb/s

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

The WD Green WDS240G3G0B is one of those “cheap and cheerful” SSDs that makes sense when you’re upgrading an older office PC or giving a budget laptop a second life. For the money (£73.68 ex‑VAT for 240GB), you’re basically buying a noticeable speed bump in day-to-day stuff—boot times, app launches, opening shared drives faster—without paying the premium for higher-end performance. If you’re standardising low-cost desktops for email, Microsoft 365, browser-based work, and light file handling, it’s a practical choice.

That said, I wouldn’t pick it for anything where sustained performance matters (large file transfers, heavy admin workloads, or servers/VDRs) and I’d be cautious in environments with lots of writes. “Green” drives are typically positioned for value rather than endurance, so if this is going into a machine that’s constantly churning, you’ll likely be happier spending a bit more on a more robust SSD line. Also, 240GB fills up faster than people expect once Windows updates and a couple of apps land—so if you’re deploying broadly across users, I’d consider whether 240GB is realistically enough for your install images and usage patterns.