The Exterior

It's pretty obvious that the NASync iDX6011 Pro is an evolution of Ugreen's design language. While the cheaper non-Pro versions only received a new paint job in a darker color, the iDX6011 Pro is an entirely different beast. Everything from the drive caddies to the chassis has a refreshed design and while this means that there is no longer a unibody aluminium chassis, the build quality is still excellent, even in our pre-production unit. The frame of the chassis is still made from aluminium, but more parts are made from steel and plastic this time around. The plastic does at least feel higher-end than the material used in the DXP4800 Plus.

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Both sides of the chassis can be removed and consist of a metal plate that is attached to a plastic back. Only the right side has a dust/particle guard, whereas the other side simply has slots for the air to exhaust. Each side is held in place with both clips and screws, where the screws have hex heads, but we'd like to have seen hex 2.5 rather than hex 2.0 screw heads. This is simply because it takes a fair bit of force to unscrew the screws and over time, it's likely that the screw heads will wear out, despite being hex screws. A minor annoyance, but one of many little things that can be improved upon, since at least the left side will only be coming off from time to time. The bottom is only home to four rubber feet this time around.


The front of the NASync iDX6011 Pro is home to six 3.5-inch drive caddies and as mentioned in the intro, these are now of a new type where the entire front pops out, whereas the older model has a fixed part for the locking mechanism. Beyond that, they're functionally identical. We included some pictures above of both types for comparison.


On the right of the drive caddies is a 3.71-inch vertical LCD screen with touch support that we'll go into more detail about a little bit later in the review. Below it is a USB 3.2 Gen 1 port, to the left of that is a pair of Thunderbolt 4 ports, and to the left of those is an SD card reader. On the bottom left side of the front is the power button, with a set of LAN and drive activity LEDs to the right of that.


Around the rear, there's an expansion slot, another USB 3.2 Gen 1 port, two USB 2.0 ports, two 10 Gbps Ethernet ports, an 8K 60 Hz capable HDMI 2.1 port, an OCuLink port, and a reset pin-hole. On the right is the power connector and a Kensington lock slot. This is also where the two 120 mm fans are located, once again with a magnetic dust filter in front of them.