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QNAP TS-233 Deals UK – Prime Big Deal Days 2026

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Prime Big Deal Days runs 6 to 7 October 2026 for Prime members, with new Today's Big Deals three times a day. We re-check these prices at 08:00, 16:00 and 21:00 UK time.

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Quick answer

The QNAP TS-233 is £169.15 today, at or below the lowest price we have recorded for it (£199.00 on 23 Jul 2026). The best-value drive to fill it at a genuine low is the WD Red Pro 22TB at £365.00 (£16.59/TB).

Checked 00:21, 7 October 2026

The TS-233 is QNAP's entry two-bay, built on a quad-core ARM chip with 2GB of soldered memory and a single gigabit port. It is a cheap, low-power home for backups and shared folders. We check today's price against our own log and then add two matching drives at several sizes to show what a working mirrored setup really costs.

Today's prices, judged against our own records

QNAP TS-233 Deals UK – Prime Big Deal Days 2026
ProductSizePriceAmazon wasValueOur recorded lowVerdict
QNAP TS-233Prime deal checked 6 Oct 20262 bays£169.15£199.00£84.58/bay£199.0023 Jul 2026Real lowBuy on Amazon
WD Red Pro 22TB checked 6 Oct 202622TB£365.00£16.59/TB£365.0025 Jul 2026Real lowBuy on Amazon
Seagate IronWolf 16TBPrime deal checked 6 Oct 202616TB£564.53£35.28/TB£579.0026 Jul 2026Real lowBuy on Amazon
Seagate IronWolf Pro 12TB checked 6 Oct 202612TB£440.00£36.67/TB£567.0022 Jul 2026Real lowBuy on Amazon
Seagate IronWolf 12TB checked 6 Oct 202612TB£450.00£37.50/TB£969.764 Aug 2026Real lowBuy on Amazon
Seagate IronWolf 16TB checked 6 Oct 202616TB£605.00£37.81/TB£615.0023 Sept 2026Real lowBuy on Amazon
Toshiba N300 18TB checked 6 Oct 202618TB£684.99£38.06/TB£685.0213 Aug 2026Real lowBuy on Amazon
Seagate IronWolf Pro 16TB checked 6 Oct 202616TB£610.00£38.13/TB£625.0028 Aug 2026Real lowBuy on Amazon
WD Ultrastar 10TB checked 6 Oct 202610TB£382.38£38.24/TB£382.3823 Jul 2026Real lowBuy on Amazon

Verdicts compare today's price with the lowest price we have recorded for the same listing. Amazon was is Amazon's own reference price. Prices can change after our check; the price on Amazon.co.uk at checkout applies.

Is it really a deal?

We rate the TS-233 against its own logged prices, then check each fitting drive against its history before it reaches the fill table. 9 of 9 products we have re-priced are at or within 3% of their lowest recorded price; the QNAP TS-233 is 15% under our recorded low of £199.00, logged on 23 Jul 2026.

What a full build costs today

Each row adds enough of the cheapest in-stock NAS-rated CMR drive at that size to fill every bay, so the total is the real cost of a working QNAP TS-233.

BuildEnclosureDrivesTotalUsable£ per usable TB
QNAP TS-233+ 2 x WD Ultrastar 10TB Near our low£169.15£526.58£695.739.1TB RAID 1£76.50Buy Now
QNAP TS-233+ 2 x Seagate Exos X16 14TB Not rechecked yet£169.15£761.58£930.7312.7TB RAID 1£73.10Buy Now
QNAP TS-233+ 2 x WD Ultrastar 16TB Not rechecked yet£169.15£950.00£1,119.1514.6TB RAID 1£76.91Buy Now
QNAP TS-233+ 2 x Seagate Exos X18 18TB Above our low£169.15£1,268.00£1,437.1516.4TB RAID 1£87.79Buy Now
QNAP TS-233+ 2 x Seagate IronWolf Pro 20TB Not rechecked yet£169.15£1,221.54£1,390.6918.2TB RAID 1£76.45Buy Now
QNAP TS-233+ 2 x WD Red Pro 22TB Real low£169.15£730.00£899.1520.0TB RAID 1£44.94Buy Now

Usable space uses the same maths as our RAID calculator, after about 9% formatting overhead. Drive prices are the cheapest in-stock NAS-rated CMR drive at each size when we last checked. Buy Now adds the enclosure and all the drives to your Amazon.co.uk basket in one go.

Frequently asked questions

Is gigabit networking a limit on the TS-233?

For backups and streaming, no. Large file copies top out around 110MB/s, so if you move big video files daily, a 2.5GbE model is worth the extra.

Can the TS-233 run QNAP apps like Qsync and QuMagie?

Yes, QNAP's sync and photo apps run on it. Heavier tools such as virtual machines and container stacks need an Intel model.

TS-233 or UGREEN DH2300?

Both are ARM two-bays for backups. The DH2300 has more memory and 2.5GbE; the TS-233 offers QNAP's more mature software. Let today's verdicts decide.

What drives suit the TS-233?

A matched pair of NAS-rated CMR drives. Quieter Red Plus or IronWolf models suit a unit that often sits in a living space.

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