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Synology starts selling overpriced 1.6 TB SSDs for $535 — self-branded, archaic PCIe 3.0 SSDs the only option to meet 'certified' criteria

Summary by Tom's Hardware
Synology's new SNV5400 drive family has hit the shelves, and comes with a spit-take inducing price tag of $630 for 1.6 TB of PCIe 3.0 storage. The family goes as low as $175 for 400GB, representing more than 2x the industry standard for a matching NAS drive.
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The benefit of the doubt was what guided my previous post on Synology concerning the limitation of their storage.

Three SSDs from Synology's SNV5400 series have arrived in the trade. The company wants to force their use in their NAS.

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Synology launched the SNV5400 enterprise-class solid-state drive, which uses the old PCIe 3.0 protocol, with read and write speeds of 3GB/s and 1GB/s respectively. The price of 1.6TB is as high as $535, which is five times that of similar products. Its TBW write volume is 2,900TB, which is lower than the 5,100TB of the competing Western Digital Red SN700. The high price and low performance have aroused doubts that Synology has restricted compati…

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Tom's Hardware broke the news in on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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