Layout, design and features …
The following 360° panoramic view shows the Ugreen DXP480T housing with all its details.
The upper part of the housing is made of aluminum and is kept in a matt, dark grey. This means that Ugreen remains true to its color scheme, which can also be found in other products.
The lower part is made of plastic and provides access to the SSD slots.
To do this, two small screws must be loosened and then the fan unit removed. The 4 NVMe slots are connected with PCIe 4.0 and 4 lanes each. They can be used with NVMe SSDs up to Gen 4 and a maximum of 4TB per SSD. This results in a maximum capacity of 16TB as a RAID-0 array.
To access the RAM and the internal OS Boot SSD, we have to disassemble the device even further. To do this, the small rubber feet (which fortunately are not glued) must be removed and further screws loosened. The entire underside of the DXP 480T Plus can then be lifted off. You have to be a little careful here so as not to damage the thermal pad of the internal OS SSD. Once the housing is removed, you can see the underside of the motherboard with the 2 RAM slots, the boot SSD and PCIe WiFi card.
It should be noted here that the lower part of the housing can only be removed when the SSDs are removed, as the NVMe slots are located on the motherboard and can only be seen through slots in the bottom of the housing.
Everything is reassembled in reverse order. Normally, however, a user will not have to replace the RAM straight away and only have to install the NVMe SSDs. The 8GB RAM installed as standard should be completely sufficient for normal operation of the NAS.
In terms of hardware, Ugreen has definitely drawn on the full potential. A modern Core i-5 1235U with 10 cores (2 performance cores with 4 threads and 8 efficiency cores with 8 threads) provides enough computing power to master even the most demanding tasks. This is complemented by 8 GB DDR5-4800MHz RAM, which can be expanded to up to 64GB.
WiFi 6e, a 10Gbps network port, two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports and a USB A 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) port are available for external connections. There is also an HDMI port that supports a resolution of up to 8k. The NAS is powered with a 20V/7A power supply unit or via USB-C PD.
The latter is a great feature, as you don’t need another power outlet and additional cables, which can be very important in mobile use. Here, for example, we have connected the NAS to an EcoFlow River 2 Pro power station and can operate it on the move, using a solar panel or car to charge the power station.
Ugreen DXP480T Plus Practical testing …