A Synology NAS does not occupy the same importance in your hardware environment as a TV, sound system or even day-to-day PC. Important Considerations about Synology NAS and Unofficial Memory Upgrades Nevertheless, many users who look at Synology’s pricing for their official memory modules might be thinking “HOW MUCH?”: So, it looks confirmed that unofficial/3rd party memory STILL WORKS in DSM 7.1 at the time of writing, which means users still have a choice of choosing the 3rd party RAM route or sticking with the officially provided and branded memory. Although I tested this on the NASCompares YouTube channel with mixed results, I have since RE-TESTEDthis (on the heavy request of users who did not experience any issues, who queried the results) and in that follow-up testing, ALL 3rd party memory modules worked (video embedded later in the article below). Now, when Synology released the latest revision of their software, DSM 7.1, there were some reports online of users stating that their system would no longer boot with 3rd party memory installed. There is also the fact that the brand might become less able to assist you in any warranty claims from reasonable system hardware failure if the issue can be stemmed in any way to memory. In the case of Synology, this can lead to DSM 7.1 displaying a warning notification in the software highlighting the use of an unsupported memory. Where things get murky is when brands start to become rigid on their system’s use of other memory and how that impacts brand support and how the system treats ‘other’ or ‘unofficial’ memory. Now, this is only partially true, as brands tend to test a wide range of memory in the development phase of their products and then settle on the best choice based on that system architecture (no doubt factoring cost of course too) and then THAT memory is made the brand’s recommended choice, labelling it brand-approved. When a NAS brand sells it’s branded memory, many are quick to raise that the brand rarely makes the memory itself and instead they are putting their branded labels on memory from the likes of Kingston, Samsung, ADATA or Crucial. But when it comes to Memory modules, people are slightly less forgiving. This usually comes down to much more specific design requirements and NAS drives are no different. It’s an unfortunate fact that any computer system that has been built/tailored towards a specific purpose, is going to end up costing more. NAS systems are not cheap and nor are the accessories! However, one area that many new/existing NAS buyers take issue with more than most is the cost of official NAS memory. Using Synology NAS, DSM 7.1 and Unofficial Memory Modules for DSx20+ series

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