NEW NAS & Storage Bargains and Deals this Black Friday 2025
Black Friday 2025 has arrived and this year the reductions cover every corner of the NAS and homelab market. The entire Synology 2025 line including the DS925+, DS1525+, DS1522+, DS225+, and DS1825+ has taken unusually large price cuts, and the QNAP TS x64 series is also sharply reduced. UGREEN and Terramaster have applied broad 15% to 25% discounts across their 2024 and 2025 ranges. Seagate’s 28TB IronWolf Pro is down to $449 at multiple stores, and the Beelink ME Mini N150 bundle has dropped to $279 which makes it one of the strongest compact server offers this year. UnRAID licences are 25% off with an added $15 voucher, and Plex Pass is 40% off across monthly, yearly, and lifetime tiers. UniFi has also rolled out large network hardware reductions including cuts on its gateways, routers, and WiFi 7 devices. Below you will find updated recommendations for NAS systems for backups, Plex, business, and surveillance, along with live links to the best deals as they continue to appear through the day.
Recommended Deals (so far)
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SEAGATE 28TB IRONWOLF PRO HDD – $449.99 (was $569.99)
SEAGATE 28TB EXTERNAL USB HDD – $289.99 ($100 OFF)
Beelink ME Mini N150 NAS Mini PC, 12GB RAM + 2TB SSD + 64GB eMMC – $279 (was $349) HERE
Synology DS925+ NAS – 14% OFF, NOW $552.99
SEAGATE 28TB IRONWOLF PRO HDD – $449.99 ($300 OFF)
UGREEN 120W NAS UPS – 15% OFF, NOW $84.99
2x WD Red Pro 26TB Hard Drives (52TB Max) – $878 ($420 OFF)
QNAP TS-264 2-Bay Featured NAS – $349.99 (20% OFF)
Minisforum N5 NAS – NOW $594.90 (15% OFF)
UnifyDrive UT2 2x M.2 NVMe+2.5GbE+8 Core ARM Mobile NAS – $200 OFF, Now $399
+ Get a further 5% OFF with this code: NASCOMPARES
LincStation N2 – 4xm.2 + 2x SATA SSD + 10GbE + UnRAID Licence – NOW $429 / £401
BLACK FRIDAY WEEK DEALS (so far) – (WILL REDIRECT TO YOUR AMAZON REGION AUTOMATICALLY)
Useful Articles:
- NAS Hard Drive Black Friday Deals Article – HERE
- Synology NAS Black Friday Deals – HERE
- UniFi Network Hardware Black Friday Deals – HERE
- UGREEN NAS Black Friday Deals – HERE
- Terramaster Black Friday Deals – HERE
UnRAID 25% Price Drop + $15 Voucher Included with ALL Orders – HERE
The Unraid Cyber Weekend Sale started on Wednesday November 26th, and will run through Cyber Monday, December 1st, 2025. They are discounting Starter and Unleashed licenses, plus all Unleashed upgrades (so, if you have a monthly or annual license, and want to upgrade to lifetime, you will get a discount of the partial upgrade cost too). Also, every license purchased will come with a $15 voucher good for the Unraid Merch Store included. Click below (or HERE) to get your UnRAID license at 25% off.
Terramaster F8 SSD PLUS Flash NAS – 20% OFF, NOW $639.99
UniFi Black Friday Deals – HERE
Asustor 6x M.2 NVMe Flashstor 6 – Down to $404.99 (9% OFF)
Best UniFi Black Friday Deals – The UniFi Dream Router 7 REDUCED TO $229
| UniFi WiFi 7 2.5G+10G Dream Router | UniFi Gateway Fiber 10G/2.5G Gateway |
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Synology DS925+ NAS – 15% OFF, NOW £472 inc.TAX
40% OFF PLEX PASS Licenses – Month/Year/Lifetime HERE
- Lifetime, now $149.99 (was $249.99) – HERE
- Annual, now $41.99 (was $69.99) – HERE
- Month, now $4.19 (was $6.99) – HERE
10G N150 NAS Motherboard / DDR5 6* SATA / Intel I226 / 2.5G Mini ITX / 2* M.2 – $219.50 HERE
| Category | Details |
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| CPU | Intel N150 onboard (Twin Lake SoC) |
| Motherboard Type | Mini-ITX 170 x 170 mm |
| RAM Type / Maximum | DDR5 SO-DIMM, 1 slot, up to 16GB |
| SATA Drive Support | 6 x SATA 3.0 |
| M.2 SSD Support | 2 x M.2 M-Key (PCIe) |
| Network Connections | 2 x Intel I226-V 2.5GbE, 1 x AQC113 10GbE |
| PSU Type | 24-pin ATX + 4-pin CPU power |
| PCIe Slot Support | 1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot |
UniFi Cloud Gateway Black Friday Deals
The Cloud Gateway Max, Cloud Gateway Max NS, and Gateway Lite form the most affordable cluster of UniFi Black Friday gateway offers this year. The Cloud Gateway Max drops from $279 to $179 and delivers full UniFi application support with 2.3Gbps IDS and IPS, 2.5GbE WAN, five 2.5GbE LAN ports, and selectable NVMe NVR storage up to 2TB. The NS model follows the same hardware blueprint but arrives at a lower $159 price while retaining 2.3Gbps inspection performance and 30 plus device management. The Gateway Lite stands out as the entry level option at an aggressive $49, down from $129. It offers 1Gbps IDS and IPS, a compact footprint, full UniFi security features, USB C power, and a simple 1GbE WAN plus 1GbE LAN layout, making it ideal for small networks or for replacing an ageing USG.
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Synology DS1525+ NAS – $160 OFF, NOW $639.99
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Recommended Deals (so far)
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QNAP TS-464 NAS – $469.99 ($120 OFF)
i5-12450H / 6xNVMe / 6xSATA / PCI-E X4 / 4x Intel i226-V 2.5G / 2xDDR5 NAS Board – $328.20 HERE
| Category | Details |
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| CPU | Intel Core i5 12450H onboard |
| Motherboard Type | Mini ITX size one hundred seventy mm by one hundred seventy mm |
| RAM Type and Maximum | DDR5 dual channel up to sixty four GB, two slots |
| SATA Drive Support | Two direct SATA ports plus five SATA via SFF eight six four three JMB585 controller |
| M2 SSD Support | Two M two slots, one PCIe four point zero x four and one PCIe three point zero x one, plus four NVMe via SFF adaptor |
| Network Connections | Four Intel I226 V two point five gig ports |
| PSU Type | Twenty four pin ATX plus eight pin CPU power (standard ITX layout) |
| PCIe Slot Support | One PCIe four point zero x four slot (compatible with x eight or x sixteen cards) |
Synology DS1825+ NAS – NOW $919 ($230 OFF)
QNAP TS-264 2-Bay ALL-Rounder NAS – $349.99 ($90 OFF)
UniFi WiFI APs for Mesh Black Friday Deals
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Synology DS1525+ NAS – REDUCED TO $691.49 (15% OFF)
Minisforum N5 PRO NAS – NOW £888 including TAX
SUPER BUDGET N5105 NAS Mobo Combo / 4 Cores 4 Threads Low Power Use / 4×2.5G i225 / 2x M.2 Slot 6xSATA – $196.94 HERE
| Category | Details |
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| CPU | Intel N5105 (4 cores, 4 threads, onboard) |
| Motherboard Type | Mini ITX (Industrial style) |
| RAM Type / Maximum | DDR4, up to 64GB, 2 slots |
| SATA Drive Support | 6 x SATA 3.0 |
| M.2 SSD Support | 2 x M.2 NVMe (2280) |
| Network Connections | 4 x 2.5GbE (Intel i225 or i226-V depending on board revision) |
| PSU Type | 24-pin ATX |
| PCIe Slot Support | None |
QNAP TS-464 NAS – REDUCED TO £469 (20% OFF)
QNAP TS-233 VALUE 2-Bay NAS – 15% OFF, £152.15 (inc.TAX)
UGREEN DXP6800 PRO – 20% OFF, Now £799
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Synology DS225+ NAS – $303.49 (11% REDUCTION)
QNAP TS-464 NAS – 8GB VERSION, 20% OFF, $469.99
Gl.iNet Slate 7 WiFi7 Mobile Router, NOW $120 (29% OFF)
Gl.iNet Puli AX SIM/LTE Router, NOW $331 (15% OFF)
UniFi Cameras for Protect Black Friday Deals
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UGREEN DXP4800 PLUS – 20% OFF, NOW $559.99
UGREEN NAS Black Friday Deals – NOW LIVE
The Best UGREEN NAS System Offers:
(Best UGREEN NAS Deal) UGREEN DXP4800 PLUS NAS 4-Bay – $594.99
Terramaster F4-425 PLUS (New 2025 Series Release) NAS – $484.99
UGREEN DH4300 PLUS Value 4-Bay NAS – $65 OFF, Now $364.99
UGREEN 6-Bay Power NAS System (DXP6800 Pro) – $180 OFF, NOW $1019.99
ZimaBlade 7700, DOWN TO $159 WITH Promo Code ‘BLACKFRIDAYNASKIT10’
UGREEN All-Flash DXP480T 10 Core i5 10GbE NAS – $150 OFF, NOW $849.99
CWWK NAS DIY Motherboards and CPU+MoBo Combos:
CWWK N150 / N355 10GbE 8x SATA NAS Motherboard Combo – Now $215
Minisforum MS-01 Intel Core, 2x 10GbE, USB4, PCIe 4X16 and 3x M.2 Workstation – Down to just $479.90
Terramaster F6-424 Max – Powerhouse 6-Bay NAS – $150 OFF, Now $849.99
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Seeing how internet providers are throttling the speed, for me it’s Gbs. It makes less sense to go from discs to SSDs. Sure the LAN can benefit. But it’s just not worth it
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You ought to note at 15:35 that this is a QLC SSD without DRAM (Acer FA200 @ $209 for 4 TB). Nearly bought it until I looked it up in the TechPowerUp database. Same with Costco’s Lexar Play SE 4TB for $225. “SE” is QLC, but most do not disclose it. Not highly recommended for any NAS work!
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nvme ssd prices are terrible this black friday. the same spec drives are more than they were last year not less. for example, samsung pro 990 gen 4 4tb went for $250 last year, but this year it is up at $300 sale price. the same ssd. gen 5s are upwards of 700+ at a black friday deal. they try to lure you in with cheaper ssd nas hardware, but you are paying for it in the storage medium.
i hear beryl 7 is right around the corner and better to hold off for that one than getting the slate 7 at black friday sale. but do your own research.
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I agree with the other comment. UK Synology deals on Amazon are not deals. You can buy them cheaper elsewhere and you could before the black friday bullsh*t started.
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The Synology DS425+ is NOT discounted in the UK, which is a real bummer. On Amazon in the US it’s just $416, yet in the UK it’s still £450. Ok, so you’ve got to add sales tax in the US, but that’s still a huge disparity in price ????
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The 28TB Seagates have SATA Barracudas inside. Anything about 22TB is barracuda now and not the Exos drives any more. Still totally shuckable
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who will take m,2 for cache or storage make sure to search about (TBW) first , for me i bought 12tb ironwolf pro for 190$*4 , but RAM OMG the price goes like rocket
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I got a terramaster f4 425 for 320. I was getting into building a custome NAS and when I saw the specs on this thing I couldn’t build the same quality at that price. What they offer would cost you 500-600 dollars
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Hi ????
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Just received my MS-A2 ordered few weeks ago on 11.11. But without any deals. And they almost disappeared from stock ????
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Bear in mind, power consumption is just one factor, performance and bandwidth requires PCIE lanes. And the lesser CPUs lack enough for good bandwidth. Verify layout of peripherals first. These prices are silly. One can buy an entire stand alone NAS ready to run with 4-5 drive slots.
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Unraid has only 20% off for Starter and 25% off for Unleashed; lifetime is still the same
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Unraid have only discounted the two lower tiers, not the $249 tier.
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Ali have different prices when you are logged on…
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I was confused about what to get before, now I’m even more so, but I appreciate you trying to make things easier.
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Enjoy buying RAM, folks … ????
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Now all we need is the BF hard drive deals and it’s the full package!
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i found 2 motherboard in my area for the same price. Asus b650e max gaming wifi and Gigabyte 850 Eagle Wifi 6e. Which one should i choose?
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I love that you call this a fund raiser. Love the transparency.
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I wish it was easier to figure out what this stuff would cost in the UK. I guess assume that I would pay +20% on everything direct from sites or Ali express. Amazon makes life simpler.
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Scan co uk are being sneaky – I had a page open on 1825+, yesterday price was £965, today £1100.
Just in time for Synology’s ‘up to 20% off deals’
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Scan co uk are being sneaky – I had a page open on 1825+, yesterday price was £965, today £1100.
Just in time for Synology’s ‘up to 20% off deals’
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cwwk permanently have items on sale – I didn’t see any additional savings on any of the items
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Imagine buying Plex Pass in 2025 lol
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some on sale prices are more expensive than their usual price. Aliexpress sellers just boost the price +50% and offer a 25% discount on that
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Got a Jonsbo N6 off aliexpress a few days ago. It’s on sale now for black friday, it’s a massive 50% off now, meaning it’s only $10 more expensive than it was a few days ago. Got to love sales…
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Unraid offer page still “404 Error – Woops! The page you requested does not exist.”
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Never buy shitology
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I grabbed a UGREEN DXP4800 Plus yesterday. Its to good to skip. Was looking into the specs of it.. my reaction was “Damn!”. Cant wait to upgrade the one i have now, moving away from ARM.
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SO. MANY. TABS!
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Is tariff still a thing or not?
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No more Synology for me. The power supply on my RS2418+ recently died and I’m looking to replace it with a newer unit. In the past, I would just order a new Synology, but this time I’m going to get a UNAS Pro 8. I’m also advising all my clients to start moving away from Synology for their next purchase.
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I am a bit confised mate, keen to buy using you reference codes, but the website is only showing US deals in dollars. I am in the UK, can I filter it to see UK drives and deals, with affiliate links so you get the commission. I am buying my first Nas before Xmas, quite likley during black friday
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The WD SN850X absolutely needs to get down to under $450 to even be interesting… and $400 would be a solid buy! The Samsung 9100 Pro should really be below $600 to be interesting, and honestly I probably wouldn’t buy it until it is at least below $500.
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Guys, whats the best beginner nas in uk? Im after something for mainly media streaming, and also access for some generic docs and files like i would use Dropbox/google drive. It has to be relative idiot proof for set up as i dont have a clue. Was originally thinking qnap ts233 would do, but some advice would be nice please ????
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Even though Synology has some great deals and walked backed only using their HD, I am still never buying a Synology product
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What a ripoff! Noted down disk prices 2 months ago. Just before Black Friday they went up 50% and now they are cheaper? KEKW! One idiot born every tenth of a second. If you want cheap tech go to a liquidation sale.
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BTW, the reason why the US doesn’t display prices with tax is because of the variability of taxes in the US. There is no federal sales tax rate, each state can set their own sales tax, counties can also set a sales tax, and cities can have a sales tax as well.
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I grabbed a WD 14Tb elements external back drive for US$169. Looked up the internal HDD using HDDscan and looks like a helium filled 7200 rpm enterprise drive. Feel I got a good deal. She is backing up my UGreen NAS essential data.
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Synology, while I like the ecosystem, are definitely a fool me once shame on you (Synology) fool me twice, shame on me. They will try this disk locking sometime in the future. Sorry Synology.
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If theres a follow up video planed please consider adding € not just $&£
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Can you make a video about whether shucking is worth it in the current landscape?
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Can a DS420+ handle 20 or 22tb drives?
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Are there any model numbers for the CWWK boards / system? The linked ones do not ship to me in the U.S.
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Been running the TerraMaster F6-424 Max for over six months now — six 20TB drives in RAID 6, dual 10GbE hitting real-world writes over 2000 MB/s! It’s a dream for the whole team editing and sharing 4K RAW at the same time. Already got one at home, planning to snag another on Black Friday for my personal office.
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I have 4x ironwolf drives that need a home so I’m buying a qnap TR-004, on sale as usual under $200. Even if it sucks, I’ll have some way to use these 4 perfectly good but slightly small ironwolf drives in RAID connected to my TS-453mini. Performance? Who cares. It’s gonna be a place to stash photos at raid 5.
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I love your reviews. Can you tell me which SSD I should get to put in a TerraMaster F4-425 Plus? It’s limited to gen 3.0×1 so even a gen3 drive would be fine but I need a 2TB version with DRAM and a heatsink that will FIT into this NAS. What are your thoughts?
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Because nobody is buying Synology anymore.
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That hard drive is half the price ($700aud) of a the same drive in Australia. I can find the 24tb for $200 more. But 28tb ????. Hoping I’ll see deals on 18tb drives, hard drives are stupidly expensive in Australia right now. There’s a grey market supplier that is selling 8tb ironwolf pro for $600aud
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Synology is being weird right now. Where I am, my local shop has the DS1825+ reduced by $450 CAD, and they list it as “while supplies last” which they usually don’t do unless they are clearing stock to make way for new models. Makes me wonder if Synology is prepping a mid-cycle refresh like a DS1826+ maybe? Wouldn’t be the first time they’ve done that.
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I haven’t heard the seagulls in a long time! ???? They don’t understand why 1 day sales are 2 weeks long now?????
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Best time of the year.
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ugreen dxp4800 plus looks good, but 550/600$ for that is ridiculous.
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Never heard so many balls going to the wall. thanks for all the deal hunting
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Even with the discounts I will be staying clear of Synology, would be a different matter if they weren’t playing games with HDD compatibilities to force you to buy their over priced drives.
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8tb drive is like £100 more expencive than it was a couple of weeks ago
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Great vid. I’m in the market for a new NAS for a roaming GPU-powered AI fortress idea I’m currently building with my family.
I was wondering if you offer any consultations? I can easily just toss a Syno DS in this thing and call it a day but the whole buildout needs an extra pair of eyes for redundancy, DR, etc.
Either way, thanks for the content!
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B&H has better deals on Synology than Amazon as of now.
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Not impressed with any of these deals. Show me an 8TB NAS Hard Drive for 85 dollars or something, that’s a deal I could wrap my money around. I can’t even buy the family breakfast at a diner for any of these savings. The NAS deals for a hundred or more off are OK, but honestly, I would rather see sales on the Hard drives. Show me a 600-dollar NAS for 300, that’s how we define banger deal in the US. I know it’s a regional UK thing, but the way you say router with a looooong O always make me laugh…good stuff. They can keep the 600-dollar plus NVMEs, hard pass. The UGREEN deals are laughable, they have already had the same deals well before Black Friday. All good, but another disappointing Black Friday set of deals. The absolute best deal you have shown is the M1 Minis forum PC. Too bad I already have more PCs than I need. The Motherboard deal with a prepopulated CPU is a pretty good deal as well. Too bad I already have 2 DIY NAS devices. I am staying away from Synology unless they put a 75% discount on their NAS devices.
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“Phenomenal” and “hardware” should never be in the same sentence with Synology.
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Love your videos man! Definetely looking for a good offer to switch from my SSD external disks to a NAS. I’m a filmmaker and i need a good workflow to work with a Mac Studio and a NAS for editing. Would you recommend me the Ugreen 8 bay NAS? Thanks mate!
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Bit of a shame the Beelink Me Mini isnt on sale but hey ho
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I literally got the 28TB for $576 2 days ago and then saw it went down to $449 on B&H Photo so I just contacted them and they were nice enough to do the price match which was pretty sweet!
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This maybe is not the video, but I wanted to ask. I purchased the UGREEN DXP4800 Plus and so far it is wonderful. However, I am not able to download the app for my iPhone or Android devices. Apparently it is not available on all the markets. Could you talk to them and ask when are they going international with their apps? I purchased it from the US but my account is in Panama. Thank you.
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Synology can offer as much discount as it wants, I still wouldn’t touch their products, trust is broken, and there’s no assurances they won’t remove features or lock out hardware.
I’ve got the QNAP TS-464, the one with upgradeable RAM, not the current soldered RAM version, I’ve generally been happy with it, but would I buy it today? No I don’t think I would, the N100 and N150 CPUs are faster CPUs, and UGreen’s Intel Pentium Gold 8505 crushes the Intel N5105, plus you get 10Gbe built in with the UGreen 4-bay and it’s less money, I put a 10Gbe add in card to my TS-464, but due to the N5105 lane allocation you don’t get 10GBe, it floats between 2.5GBe and 5Gbe in the real world, good enough to edit 1080p directly, but long term I’m going DIY next “upgrade”. The only way I’d be buying the TS-464 today is used and half the retail price. There’s much better hardware offerings for the same or better price.
I bought the CWWK Intel N305 in the summer sales, for a DIY NAS to live at my sister’s, I paid £178.32 with no import costs for it, I couldn’t justify the bump in price for the N355 since it will only be for mass storage, CCTV and media playback, maybe Home Assistant down the line, not much different to what I’m doing on my N5105, so I knew the N305 would handle it’s use case, but I wanted the headroom and 10GBe coz I don’t intend to replace it until it’s basically dead or crawling. I’ve had it running at mine for testing 24/7 since middle of August, coz my sister’s not moved to their new house yet, and I’ve had zero issues. I have swapped out the 16GB RAM I initially installed for 48GB though, as TrueNAS uses 8GB and a couple of containers, plus Proxmox overhead, then spinning up a Linux VM with 4GB caused the system to shutdown, but that was on me, first time I’ve set up TrueNAS and didn’t think about RAM allocation planning, but at least I know the CWWK motherboard will protect itself.
Advice on RAM and SSDs, if you see a good deal, anywhere, new or used, buy it, coz GamersNexus is predicting a 2 year rough period due to AI BS hoovering up all the chips, leaving us consumers high and dry. I am assuming HDD prices are also related to AI data centers causing shortages and price increases, but that’s only my hunch. PC and NAS builders are in for a torrid time. The 48GB DDR5 Sodimm stick I got, retail in late August was £100, now it’s £229 on Amazon, thankfully I found an ebay seller willing to take £80 on a listing of £100, I feel lucky after I saw the steep increase that I wasn’t initially aware of.
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I picked up a aoostar wtr pro 4bay n150 for £210
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Fakey pre-hiked discount deals incoming!
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Still waiting for 2.5 SSD’s to approach the Goldilocks Zone.
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synology DS225+ VS ugreen DXP2800 – use case, backup iphone videos/photos, backup mbp and a windows machine. not sure if to go for the best OS vs best hardware – both are priced below$280 insane! what to do x3
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Worth noting, for deal hunters … that if you’re looking for RAM … prices have basically doubled in the last month.
So any ‘savings’ you’re shown … are from double the price the RAM cost a month ago.
Who do you blame?
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AI
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Seagate is having some really good deals on their website for the Expansion Desktop Hard Drive. 24 TB for $240. They seem to be rotating the discounts. I bought the 20TB for $230 a week ago. If I’d known they were going to discount the 24TB I would have held out. sigh…
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Came for the NAS deals, stayed for the balls on the wall.
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Was thinking about getting a DXP6600 Pro, pity all the savings I would have made will be wiped out by the increase in RAM prices! Up by 120€ in 1 week for crucial a 64Gb kit!
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ram+hdd+nvme= price goes like a rocket
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Yep, “sales” are coming. HD prices in my area all jumped 20% or more in price over the past few weeks.
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Amazing price from B&H on that 28TB Seagate, UK prices have been rising steadily over the last month. Taking a risk buying from the US but at that price it’s worth it, even with shipping and taxes.
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Lincstation N2 is a great price, I’ve never considered it before but I might now!
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Just pulled the trigger on ugreen 6800 pro!
Can’t wait to integrate it into my network and workflow!
old synology 920 will be relegated to out of location backup.
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I, too, hate seagulls.
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I got myself TerraMaster F4-424 Max for 580 euro, these deals are pretty nice
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Waiting for hard drive deals
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Waiting for my bonus to really purchase anything ????
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I just bought a Beelink EQR6 Ryzen 5 24GB RAM, and a Crucial 4Tb SSD, for less than a turnkey NAS. It’ll run rings around a turnkey NAS and provide more than enough storage for my needs, all while being near silent. I may add a second 4Tb SSD as a parity drive. I’m probably going to use unraid so that I have that choice.
If I had need for more than 16TB storage, I’d probably build a DIY NAS and run TrueNas Scale.
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Are all countries doing Tariff’s next year? or just the America?
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So I bought the Terramaster F2 424 for Black Friday. This is gonna be my first NAS. I was wondering since I see you have a few videos on this device. I need it for backing up my MacBook and my iPhone plus be a storage area for all my photography. Client photos, and hopefully powerful enough to edit photos straight from the device. I was wondering, is there a good app for that they offer to back up the MacBook and MacBook Pro kinda like Synology?
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But where are those Jonsbo n5 cases at that price? Yesterday and today I’ve scoured Aliexpress and I haven’t found anything under 220 euros.
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@Robbie
Hey, apparently on the WAN Show tonight, Linus was talking about HexOS being released beta for testing, said he had a video all about it that comes out this Sunday on his channel, and that there will definitely be a one time payment lifetime access plan ($50 today, $100 in December … eventually $300 long term – you might want to get ahead on that) and … that iX Systems is actually an Angel Investor in this company … thats who owns TrueNAS.
Did ya know that?
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Putain de voix IA de merde …
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You are truly a gem in YT community. Frequent uploads with ton of content. Thank you, take care.
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Love the time stamps but white writing on white backgrounds make them less than ideal.
I’m going to take a punt and assume “Same as last year – Nothing for Australia”.
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I was very confused, when an AI Voice started to dub the video in german, very creepy
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I have 2 Synology NAS’s a 418 and 920+ but my next NAS will the UniFi NAS. Synology has lost the vision for prosumers I feel. I do love the DSM OS and ability to run Docker, Plex, etc. natively but for about one hundred bucks you can get a Zima board that you can run all those apps on. Lack of network ports that are above 1 Gig is a dealbreaker for a lot of people.
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Australians getting fucked again, thanks for checking anyway
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Doing gods work. Thanks for this years upload.
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AI VOICE = INSTANT QUIT VIDEO
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Not worth buying whatever price because Synology just dropped HEIC support. All my iphone photos cant be face recognized anymore on Synology Photos. WTH. Synology just broken all the trust removing only reaaon i bought Synology. WTF.
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Mmmm tempted with the 1621+ for £800 as keep looking to move away from QNAP TS-873A
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Hey HexOS is doing a pre sale and is doing a beta launch on the 30th iirc. Will you do a revisit to the video you made a few months ago?
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A few days ago I bought a WD EasyStore 20TB USB drive off of BestBuy for ~$250 chuffing USD. Not bad IMO. I might buy another as it’s still at that price. Just started an extended S.M.A.R.T test on it and that will likely take days.
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Thanks!
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no good deals on hard drives…sad
i did get a TL-SX105 for $70 off though
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HexOS also has a deal going on for the lifetime membership. Betas are being sent today for the people who have a membership
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Thanks.
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Lets buy things we would’ve never bought yeeeahy.
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Im resident in japan atm and there F all on amazon Jp
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Western Digital as the WD Red Pro 20TB for $316 each or the 2 22TB for $700. You can also use Capital One Shopping for 27% Cash Back or Raukten for 12% Cash Back.
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As always, really appreciate the research and reporting – thanks!
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WD Red plus 6TB 99USD, its 185EUR here in Germany at Amazon. something is wrong with pricing here in Germany
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723+ currently on a lightning deal on Amazon for $360.
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Ds923+ is on sale on Canada computers in Canada for $650 CAD or $620 for Openbox(returned new device). If you are in Canada.
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The Synology DiskStation DS223j/G NAS Kit is going for 24,400 yen here on amazon. I don’t know if that’s a good price or not.
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No big discounts which means Synology doesn’t need to lower the prices
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With DSM 7.2.2 taking away h264,h265 and HEVC support what are your recommendations for a Plex NAS? I love my DS918+ but it’s getting a bit old and slow.
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4% off RRP does not a Black Friday deal make.
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I don’t want to add salt to your food, but nxt year in April/May both QNAP and Synology will launch a completely new line. Isn’t it wiser to keep your money in your pocket and save up for a new generation NAS!
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I bought that 923+ this morning. ????????
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These NAS’s are rubbish. The neccessary upgrades needed for them are a rip off.
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hey, can a DAS can be turned into a NAS with a mini PC and unraid or something like that? I allready ahve the mini PC and Im really short on budget
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Any idea what 4TB and 8TB ssds work on TERRAMASTER F8 SSD PLUS that is a great deal on Black Friday? The comparison chart on the Terramaster store is very old
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Unfortunately there won’t be 1825+, or at least with the hardware we would like to see. There is no way Synology will cannibalize their 1823xs+ sales…
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Such a shame about hardware in these. After watching your recent video on Asustor it seems to make more sense to get something like a Lockerstor Gen2 for just a bit more than a Synology DS923+.
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Question about off site backup. Should it be mirrored drives or is single enough? This assumes another onsite backup.
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I use a separate encryption technique locally before backing things up to the cloud.
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Will be sure to do most of my purchases by January 20. Post Christmas, before inauguration.
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What about here in Australia where can we find really good websites that have all the deals for NAS
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I sent you an email. Thanks for these info-videos
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Do you have a recommendation for case that can hold ATX mobo and hot swap HDDs? I want to upgrade my machine and use the older parts to upgrade my current NAS.
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Excellent video , a good source of information. Thanks for putting this content out there. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
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Can someone provide a link to that list of Cloud Storage Providers? I assume that’s a list of current “sales”.
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A raid is not a backup but you said “at your peril” for raid zero in the Ugreen user guide vid
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Wd has 2 14tb gold drives for 450 dollars
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Outstanding information! Thanks for this PSA. You’re a gem.
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Synology emailed yesterday to say “We have amazing discounts starting 25th November on selected Synology NAS models and our WRX560 WiFi-6 router.”, they list partners to buy from; Amazon, Broadband buyer, Scan, Ebuyer, laptops direct & box
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Love these, thanks for sharing.
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Hm. If there are tariffs to the US, there is a good chance that the prices in Europe will go down. Because the produced goods have to go somewhere. So prices will probably get under pressure.
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Looking at DS420+ vs. DS920+ vs DS923+ vs DS423+ for iPhone Photos (12,000), 1440p video and General 4 PC backups.
Which unit would be best bang for buck anyone able to shed some light?
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I switched to japanese – and it’s hilarious 😀
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If Seagate Ironwolf Pro and Exos have the same price, which one should I buy for my home DIY Nas?
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WD has two 22TB for $699.98. I just picked up two 24TB there last week for $687, so this is an even better $/TB deal
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UK Amazon must be missing some of the early deals, here the TS-464 is down to $470
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Once upon a time, black friday was THE time to buy electronics and computer parts…especially motherboards. I’d say for about ten years now that hasn’t been the case. Monitors, TVs, pc parts, NAS’s have been having their all time lowest prices from around mid Spring time thru Summer. I’ve still seen some super low prices on some gaming consoles and of course the budget tier TVs usually like you say Rob, about 1-3 weeks prior to black friday. I’m guessing I have around 1,000 or so camelcamelcamel price alerts set up and I’ve only been getting 3-6 daily price alert emails, same for prime day which means the prices are higher than their recent lows. There is some exceptions to the triple camel and that is the bonus % on a prime card and some sales don’t hit camelcamelcamel quick enough to alert the email but it’s rare.
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Robert, again great video
Thanks you for sharing!
I was secretly looking for a new NAS, and I can’t say goodbye to the brand QNAP my current model TS-653D. But was so disappointed because after my firmware update ‘QTS firmware 5.2. 2. 2950’ I had so much trouble and I could no longer log in with my password and not even after a reset with the Cloud Key. The problem was ultimately in the QNAP QM2-2S10G1TA 2-Slot PCIe Network Expansion Card. After this I could log in with the Cloud Key (with 1 spare hard disk) Firmware downgraded and everything is now functional again. Only from now on I can no longer use my Twonkey Server because I performed a reset and it now indicates that this OS version no longer supports it. While on my identical other NAS that I had updated, but had not reset it just works fully. Very unfortunate, I was very frustrated about this, but QNAP has been in my heart since 2007! So this love can’t just end….
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Thanks, but I suspect that, as per usual, Black Friday will be a “non event” here in Australia.
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How can I disable the German voice? It sounds like Donald Duck. ????
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Would you recommend buying Aoostar Gem 10 with the occulink 4 bay m.2 extension as a NVME NAS?? They don’t have any deals on black friday but their pricing is really good especially in comparison to the CPU performance, and want to pull the plug on it.
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all still overpriced and under-resourced
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Grabbed the F4-424 Pro a week or so ago since Amazon Canada already moved some on a Limited Time Deal. Ironwolf 4TBs are holding at $124.99 CAD, so I’ll probably grab 2 to go with my existing 1 and populate my NAS after I get it setup with the OS on my (yet to arrive) SSD. I’m irritated that certain things I’d _like_ are gated behind Amazon Prime for this Black Friday though; _huge_ turnoff for any impulse purchasing when I see that already.
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“Only buy stuff you need.” ????Get a 4 bay so you can add on drives later. indeed!
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In central Europe Amazon dictated that Black Friday has already started. Deals for Hardware are worse than ever.
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Is there something similar to the TS-1655 but with a cpu that has an igpu? That form factor is essentially what I’d love. Brand doesn’t very much matter to me
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I’m confused, why are prices being quoted in Dollars on a UK channel?
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Excellent advice!
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“If you don’t need it, don’t buy it”.
Best advice EVER.
Too bad that we’re constantly under brainwashing about the complete opposite.
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Thanks for doing this vid. Almost bought an SSD for read only cache for my Synology on impulse but your 3 years old video helped me avoided the unnecessary purchase as it’s not relevant for my use case. But I bought a 20TB WD external HDD for hyperbackup ????
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What a disgusting AI french voice. Nothing and good subtitles are better
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Holy, that auto translated voice is creepy stuff.
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F2-424 was a good deal. Put DSM on it qnd enjoy!
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Very disappointed with Asustor ‘Black Friday’ prices – specifically the FlashStor 12 Pro – Gen 1 & Gen 2. Have gone with a TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus model instead.
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This was a FANTASTIC video for a LOT of reasons. But the “2 vs. 4 bay” bit was Unexpectedly Helpful. Thanks! ????????
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Thanks for publishing this this is precisely the video that I didn’t know I needed before the upcoming holiday!
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