Ugreen NASync DXP4800 Pro 4-bay NAS Review Leave a comment
Ugreen is a comparatively new participant within the NAS world, however its vary is quickly increasing. It now consists of ten merchandise spanning from entry-level two-bay choices as much as eight-bay gadgets aimed extra at companies. The NASync DXP4800 Pro sits in direction of the highest of Ugreen’s choice, providing 4 bays and related options to the NASync DXP4800 Plus launched in 2024, however with a extra highly effective processor so extra demanding supplementary workloads could be supported. We put the newcomer by its paces.
The huge change with the DXP4800 Pro over the Plus is that as an alternative of the twelfth Gen Intel Pentium Gold 8505, it makes use of a thirteenth Gen Intel Core i3-1315U. Alongside the later era, the Core i3 has six as an alternative of 5 cores, and the extra core is of the Performance selection, so helps hyper-threading and each P cores run at as much as 4.5GHz. That offers you eight threads as an alternative of six and about 25 per cent higher efficiency general. The built-in graphics additionally affords higher efficiency, which can not appear essential in a NAS field, however we’ll come to that later.
While each Pro and Plus include 8GB of DDR5 reminiscence as customary, the Pro could be upgraded to 96GB the place the Plus maxes out at 64GB. Like the Plus, there is a built-in 128GB SSD for the working system and purposes, relatively than flash reminiscence. Alongside the quartet of three.5in bays, you get a pair of NVMe PCIe 4.0 slots for caching or further storage duties. You get each 10Gbit and a pair of.5Gbit Ethernet ports on the again, and an SD card reader on the entrance too, alongside USB slots, each Type A and Type-C.
In different phrases, it is a comprehensively specified NAS field on paper. Read on to search out out whether or not it fulfils its potential.
The Ugreen NASync DXP4800 Prois offered direct from Ugreen for £689.99 inc VAT, although it’s on supply till May seventeenth 2026 for £585.99.
Physical Specifications
- Processor: Intel Core i3-1315U (3.3 / 4.5 GHz).
- Memory: 8GB DDR5-4800 (as much as 96GB).
- Gigabit Ethernet Ports: 10GbE & 2.5GbE.
- Rear panel connectors: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 2 x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 x HDMI 2.0b (4K 60Hz).
- Front panel connectors: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, SD 3.0 Card slot.
- RAID assist: JBOD / Basic / RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10.
- Cooling: Active, 1 x 140mm fan.
- Drive Bays Supported: 4
- Maximum arduous drive measurement supported: 32TB
- Maximum Capacity: 144TB.
- NVMe slots: 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0.
- Internal File System assist: Btrfs, ext4.
- Dimensions (D x W x H): 257.5 x 178 x 178mm.
- Weight: 3.9kg (empty).