UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus

The UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus is an eight-bay NAS for a large media library, a photo or video studio, or a small office that needs a lot of storage on a fast network. It runs a 10-core Intel Core i5-1235U and has two 10GbE ports, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and a PCIe slot; Synology’s eight-bay DS1825+ reaches 10GbE only through an add-in card (see the UGREEN vs Synology comparison). UGOS Pro is simpler than Synology’s DSM and has no ZFS; AppleInsider tried TrueNAS on the box, and owners on Amazon describe running TrueNAS in place of UGOS Pro. It launched through Kickstarter in March 2024 at a $1,499.99 list price. UGREEN’s DXP8800 Ultra, an eight-bay model with an Intel Core 7 150U, went on sale in September 2026 at $1,779.99; it is the newer choice for buyers who want a faster chip in the same bay count.

Pros and Cons

UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus Comparison Chart

	UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
Price	List Price: $1,369.99 Amazon Prices: Loading prices...
Version	8GB, diskless
Drive Bays	8 x 3.5-inch SATA (2.5-inch compatible) Hot-swap, tool-less trays
M.2 Slots	2 x M.2 NVMe, cache or storage pool Slot 1 PCIe 4.0 x4, slot 2 PCIe 3.0 x2
Max Raw Capacity	256 TB
Included Drives	None (diskless)
System Drive	128GB SSD
Processor	Deca-core 3.30 Ghz (max 4.40 Ghz) Intel Core i5-1235U
Hardware Transcoding	Yes (Intel Quick Sync)
RAM	8 GB DDR5 SO-DIMM Max 64 GB, 2 slots DDR5-4800; on-die ECC only
ECC Memory	No (DDR5's built-in on-die ECC only)
Network Ports	2 x 10GbE RJ45
PCIe Slot	Yes (PCIe 4.0 x4, half-height)
Expansion Unit	None
Operating System	UGOS Pro
Third-Party OS	Yes (TrueNAS installs on the system SSD; warranty stays valid)
File Systems	Btrfs, ext4 (ZFS only under a third-party OS such as TrueNAS)
USB Ports	2 USB 3, 2 USB-C Front: 2x Thunderbolt 4, USB-A 10Gbps. Rear: USB-A 10Gbps, 2x USB 2.0
Thunderbolt Ports	2
HDMI	1
WiFi	No
Idle Power	28.99 W (drives in hibernation, maker spec)
Load Power	70.39 W (drive access, maker spec)
Power Supply	Internal
Noise	49 dB (under load, 1 m, AppleInsider)
Dimensions width x length x thickness	14.4 x 10.2 x 7.4 inches (365.76 x 259.08 x 187.96 mm)
Weight	16.4 lbs (7.45 kg)
Released	March 2024 at $1499.99
In the Box	Main unit, power cable, 2x Cat7 LAN cables, M.2 thermal pads, tray keys, screws, screwdriver, manual.
Expandability	RAM to 64GB (2x SO-DIMM). 2x M.2 NVMe (PCIe 4.0 x4 and 3.0 x2) for cache or a pool. PCIe 4.0 x4 half-height slot.

Drive bays, memory, and ports

The DXP8800 Plus measures about 14.4 x 10.2 x 7.4 inches in a gray aluminum case, with the power supply built in and a standard IEC power cable. Eight numbered SATA trays run across the front, each with a key lock. They take 3.5-inch drives without tools and 2.5-inch drives with screws. UGREEN rates each bay for drives up to 32TB, or 256TB raw; its 272TB headline figure adds two 8TB M.2 SSDs. There is no drive compatibility lock, so Western Digital, Seagate, and Toshiba drives all work.

A hatch on the underside opens onto the two RAM slots and the two M.2 NVMe slots. One M.2 slot runs at PCIe 4.0 x4; TechRadar and NAS Compares found the second runs at PCIe 3.0 x2. Both work as an SSD cache for the hard drive pool or as a separate fast pool for Docker and virtual machines. The operating system lives on its own 128GB SSD; NAS Compares found it runs at PCIe 3.0 x1, which is fine for the OS. Memory is 8GB of DDR5-4800 in one slot, and UGREEN rates the box for 64GB. Several owners run 96GB without trouble. The “ODECC” on UGREEN’s spec sheet is the on-die error correction built into every DDR5 chip, which does not cover data on its way between memory and the CPU the way ECC modules do.

The front panel has two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a 10Gbps USB-A port, and an SD 4.0 card reader. The back has the two 10GbE RJ45 ports, a second 10Gbps USB-A port, two USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI port, a Kensington lock slot, and a magnetic dust filter over the fans. At launch the Thunderbolt ports worked only for drives attached to the NAS. UGREEN’s firmware 1.2.0.2121 and later lets a computer with Thunderbolt 3 or newer connect straight to the NAS and open its shared folders over SMB. The half-height PCIe 4.0 x4 slot takes a faster network card or a SATA card for an external drive enclosure.

Core i5-1235U performance, power, and noise

The Core i5-1235U is a 2022 Intel laptop chip with 2 performance cores, 8 efficiency cores, 12 threads, and a 4.4GHz boost. Its PassMark CPU Mark is about 12,500, more than twice the Intel N100 in budget NAS units and about 40 percent above the Pentium Gold 8505 in the four-bay DXP4800 Plus. That covers file serving for an office, several Docker containers, a couple of virtual machines, and Plex or Jellyfin transcoding through Intel Quick Sync. Current Core Ultra and Ryzen AI chips are well ahead of it, and the box has no GPU for local AI work.

UGREEN rates the DXP8800 Plus at 28.99W with the drives in hibernation and 70.39W during drive access. AppleInsider measured about 49 decibels at one meter under load, mostly drive chatter and fan whine. Owners describe the unit as fairly quiet and name the hard drives as the main source of noise once the bays fill up.

Reviewer Insights

NAS Compares

Rob Andrews at NAS Compares scored it 8.4 out of 10 in April 2024, with 10 out of 10 for hardware and 6 out of 10 for software. On the hardware: “the DXP8800 PLUS is truly unbeatable in its specifications, build quality and overall physical presentation.” On the software of that time: “The UGREEN NAS software (UGOS) is still very much in beta, and it feels likes it.” He measured 650 to 700MB/s over 10GbE, installed a dual-port Intel X540 10GbE card in the PCIe slot, and wrote that the DXP8800 Plus “becomes the perfect TrueNAS or UnRAID NAS for users who don’t want the hassle of building from scratch”.

AppleInsider

Mike Wuerthele at AppleInsider rated it 3 out of 5 in April 2024. His pros were the hardware’s value for the price and easy PCIe, SSD, and RAM expansion; he wished the drive trays were metal, and wrote that UGREEN’s NAS line has “an excellent price-to-performance ratio.” His score reflects the early software: he listed no iSCSI support, no hybrid RAID, and very limited native apps, and concluded that “the line ships with software that is too immature to unconditionally recommend today.”

TechRadar

The TechRadar hands-on from April 2024 carries no score. Its early verdict, by Mark Pickavance: “The hardware specification of this NAS makes some of the competitor products look rather pitiful.” He called the unit “a masterclass in NAS hardware making,” and listed an incomplete UGOS Pro and the lack of hybrid RAID as its cons.

Marius Hosting

Marius at Marius Hosting tested it in 2024 and noted that Plex installs with hardware transcoding. He wrote, “What surprised me was the speed of Docker containers in the UGOS Pro environment compared with Synology.” He also wrote that “UGOS Pro is still in its infancy and has a long way to go.”

The Gadgeteer

For an August 2025 review at The Gadgeteer, Julie Strietelmeier filled it with eight 4TB drives in RAID 5 and two SSDs in RAID 1 to archive photos, videos, and documents over a 1Gbps network. She concluded: “The setup was simple, and the performance has been snappy. I like that I’ll probably never outgrow this NAS in both storage space and capabilities.”

Customer Reviews

On Amazon, the DXP8800 Plus holds 4.2 out of 5 stars from 78 ratings, with 68 percent five-star and 12 percent one-star. Ryan A., a verified buyer who works in enterprise IT, upgraded to 96GB of RAM, runs Plex for 4K streaming and Time Machine backups on UGOS Pro, and wrote that “I can saturate a 10gbe port”. Zer0Cool replaced the OS with TrueNAS and summed it up as “Excellent 8 bay system for use as a TrueNAS box.” He also used the PCIe slot for a QNAP expansion enclosure’s card, though “access to the PCIe slot is an ordeal.”

The complaints center on software gaps and support. Andyrosser found UGOS Pro basic, with “no ability to send email alerts/alarms to the administrator”, and another owner who moved to TrueNAS for ZFS warned: “be sure to disable the watchdog timer in the BIOS or it will reboot nonstop.” A one-star review from a verified buyer reports that drive bay 2 failed after about eight weeks, and that UGREEN and Amazon each referred the buyer to the other before UGREEN offered a standard warranty repair.

Who the DXP8800 Plus suits

Eight drive bays, dual 10GbE, and a PCIe slot in one box make it a good base for a large home media server or a small office file server, including one that will run TrueNAS or Unraid. The Core i5 handles Docker, a few virtual machines, and hardware transcoding. It is a weaker fit for an office that depends on first-party backup and collaboration apps, where Synology’s DSM is more complete, and for anyone who needs ECC modules. The six-bay DXP6800 Pro uses the same processor and ports for fewer drives.

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