Best SSD for the UGREEN NASync DXP4800
By Devin Chua · Data checked by Owen Nakamura · Updated UGREEN does not say whether the 4 bays of the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 take 2.5-inch SATA SSDs, so none is listed as a confirmed fit. M.2 SATA SSDs are a different part and do not fit a drive bay. Over 2 × 2.5GbE (link-aggregable to 5 Gbit/s) SSDs rarely pay: the network caps throughput long before the drive does, and SSDs cost a multiple per TB. An all-SSD DXP4800 makes sense for silence in a living space, or for the many small parallel reads of virtual-machine storage, not for a file-and-backup NAS.
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2.5-inch SATA SSDs for the DXP4800, from Amazon.ca
Fit not confirmed by UGREEN
Physical fit for the DXP4800: a 2.5-inch SATA SSD in a drive bay. Every SSD below matches that. UGREEN does not publish enough to confirm any of these for the DXP4800 (UGREEN does not say whether the bays take 2.5-inch drives), so none is listed as compatible. Check the part against your unit, or UGREEN’s support, before buying.
How we check fit, and what UGREEN publishes for the DXP4800: DXP4800 compatible drives and fit rules.
Left out as not fitting the DXP4800: 2 listings (M.2 SATA SSD, not a 2.5-inch drive).
When SSDs make sense in the DXP4800
A SATA SSD reads about 550 MB/s, a good NAS drive 200 to 280, but the DXP4800's 2 × 2.5GbE (link-aggregable to 5 Gbit/s) only carries part of that anyway, and per terabyte the SSD costs several times more. For file storage, backups and media on the DXP4800, hard drives are the sensible choice by every measure.
Two cases flip it. Silence: if the DXP4800 lives in a living room or bedroom, an all-SSD build is the only thing that truly quiets it. And many small parallel reads (virtual-machine storage, a busy photo database) where the SSD's access times, not its data rate, are what you are buying. On a lighter box like the DXP4800, that second case is rarer than it sounds.
Drive policy: UGREEN locks no drive brand on the DXP4800; its compatibility list is guidance, not a gate. The DXP4800’s full compatibility rules.
Keep calculating
To see how much capacity is left after parity, the DXP4800 capacity calculator is preset to its 4 bays and RAID types. For the DXP4800, the wider basics of choosing a drive are in the buying guides, and CMR versus SMR explains why SMR drives do not belong in a RAID array. Wondering what the DXP4800 can actually do: Plex, Immich, Docker, VMs? See what the DXP4800 can run.
Frequently asked questions
Which SSDs fit the DXP4800's drive bays?
UGREEN does not say whether the DXP4800's bays take 2.5-inch drives, so we do not list any SSD as a confirmed fit. M.2 SATA SSDs do not fit a drive bay in any case.
Can I put third-party drives in the DXP4800?
Yes. UGREEN locks no drive brand on the DXP4800; its compatibility list is guidance, not a gate.
Can the DXP4800 run Plex with hardware transcoding?
Yes. The DXP4800's Intel N100 (4 cores) includes Intel Quick Sync, which hardware-transcodes Plex including 4K HEVC, so it handles several streams at once without loading the CPU.
Devin Chua works out which drives, RAM and NVMe cache fit which NAS model at nasdrives.ca, and what the RAID choice means for usable capacity, checked against what is in stock on Amazon.ca.
Data checked by Owen Nakamura, Technical editor (data checking)