Black Friday starts on Friday, 11/29/2024, but there are a ton of great deals already, so we’re going to take a look at the best Black Friday deals for Synology, NAS, networking, and just about anything home lab related.
More importantly, most “deals” aren’t always deals. Generally, certain devices are put on sale but the prices are raised in advance to make it look like a sale. We’ll be utilizing a website called CamelCamelCamel which tracks Amazon prices to determine just how good these Black Friday deals are.
This list will be updated as the week goes on and new deals will be added, with old or out-of-stock deals being removed! If you’re looking for Synology Black Friday deals, check back on Thanksgiving as that’s when Synology normally lists their sales!
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Best Black Friday Deals 2024: Synology, NAS, Networking, Hard Drives, & More
We’ll look at some of the best Black Friday deals of 2024 below, and compare them to their all-time lows to determine exactly how good of a deal these are.
12TB Seagate IronWolf NAS Hard Drive
First up is a NAS hard drive which comes in at $199.99 for Black Friday. I have used Seagate IronWolf NAS drives in almost every device that I’ve built and these are some of my favorite drives. They’re not quite as good as the IronWolf Pro drives (and speaking truthfully, I prefer those), but these are still great drives for any NAS device, at a great price.
Click here to purchase the 12TB IronWolf HDD on Amazon
Using the CamelCamelCamel price tracker, you can see that this drive is close to its all-time low, so it isn’t a bad time to jump on it. It comes in around ~$16.66 per Terabyte (Price-to-Terabyte is the best way to calculate HDD/SSD deals) which is pretty dang good. The 8TB drive is on sale for $149.99 as well, but at a $18.75 price-to-terabyte ratio, so I’d spring for the 12TB if you can afford it.
TerraMaster F4-424 Pro
From a pure hardware perspective, I’d say it’s almost impossible to build anything like the TerraMaster F4-424 Pro – it is truly an amazing value. It’s got an 8-core Intel i3-N305 CPU and comes with 16GB of DDR5 memory that can be upgraded to 32GB. The TerraMaster F4-424 Pro is on sale for $519.99, making it the absolute best NAS you can purchase on Black Friday in 2024.
Click here to purchase the TerraMaster F4-424 Pro on Amazon
The downside of this device is it runs TOS 6, and it’s not the best, nor my favorite NAS operating system, but like the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus which we’ll take a look at below, you can install any operating system you’d like since it has an HDMI port (assuming you’re willing to do that).
UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus
The UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus is a great deal ($559.99 for Black Friday, down from $699.99), but it’s not as good of a deal as the TerraMaster F4-424 Pro above.
Click here to purchase the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus on Amazon
The benefit over that device is that this comes with a 10GbE NIC out of the box, and while the Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Processor is slightly slower than the TerraMaster above, for a NAS device, this is more than capable.
It comes with 8GB of DDR5 memory as opposed to the 16GB, so from a comparison perspective, this device is worse than the TerraMaster outside of the networking. You’re basically paying $40.00 for 10GbE, but since the TerraMaster can’t be upgraded to 10GbE, you’re locked in with this device if you want that.
I’m not going to pretend like I love the operating system that comes on UGREEN NAS devices because I don’t, but you can put Unraid, TrueNAS, OpenMediaVault, or any other operating system you’d like on this. If you aren’t sure which operating system to use, check out the video I did below on the best NAS operating systems.
GMKTec NucBox G3
The GMKTec NucBox G3 is a great little Mini PC, and for Black Friday, it’s on sale at an all-time low price. It has an N100 processor which can be used for hardware transcoding with Plex, making it a great complement to something like a NAS device. I’ve used this exact device to build a Mini PC Home Server, and three of them can be used to build a Proxmox Cluster.
Click here to purchase the GMKTec NucBox G3 on Amazon
Speaking honestly, this device goes on sale a lot, but this it’s at an all-time low (granted, by only $2.00) and for a device with a 256GB SSD and 8GB of DDR4 memory, it’s not the worst deal by a longshot.
SODOLA 8-Port 2.5GbE Switch
The name on this device isn’t the most known, but honestly, I’m not sure it matters. The price-to-performance is crazy when you consider that it has four 2.5GbE ports and two 1/2.5/10Gb SFP ports for $34.99.
Click here to purchase the SODOLA 2.5GbE Switch on Amazon
Unfortunately, it’s unmanaged so you won’t be able to use it with VLANs (unless you configure them on an upstream device and use the whole Switch on a separate VLAN), but it’s a pretty great overall deal if you’re looking to upgrade your networking, and it’s at an all-time low price.
Wavlink 2.5GbE USB-C & USB-A Adapter
Pair the Switch above with a 2.5GbE ethernet adapter like the Wavlink 2.5GbE USB-C/A adapter and you’ll be able to add 2.5GbE to any device you own.
Click here to purchase the Wavlink 2.5GbE USB Adapter on Amazon
There’s not really much to this device, as it just adds 2.5GbE networking to a device that doesn’t have it, but for $19.19, it’s at an all-time low, and it’s not a bad deal by any means. Keep in mind that this device requires a 2.5GbE Switch to get full speeds!
Crucial X9 2TB/4TB SSD
If you need a portable SSD, this is it. For $219.99, you get 4TB of storage and if you only need 2TB, it’s half the price. It’s USB-C, and quite honestly, there’s not really much to it – fast performance for a reasonable price.
Click here to purchase the Crucial X9 on Amazon
This device is not at an all-time low, but it’s close to it and a good enough deal in my opinion to get it now instead of waiting for it to (potentially) go on sale for less.
GL.iNet Travel Router
I’m not sure how popular travel routers are, but this one is pretty cool. It runs OpenWRT making it extremely flexible and while you don’t have to use it as a travel router, due to it’s size, that’s what most people use it for.
Click here to purchase the GL.iNet Travel Router on Amazon
It’s at an all-time low price so if you’re someone who travels a lot, this might be the perfect device to add to your travel bag. No more configuring all of your devices for WiFi! Connect this device and everything will automatically connect!
Final Thoughts on the 2024 Black Friday Deals
These are some of the best Black Friday Deals of 2024 for Synology, NAS, hard drives, networking, Mini PCs, and more. Overall, Black Friday hasn’t even started but these are all early Black Friday deals. Make sure you keep checking this list if you’re looking for the best Black Friday deals of 2024!
