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ASUSTOR AS5202T

Ranked #14 of 22 in Best Compact NAS (1–3 Bays, 2026). Here is every spec we scored, where it came from, and how it compares.

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#14

ASUSTOR AS5202T

Best for: 2 official bays, 2 GB official installed memory, 2.5GbE official onboard Ethernet, 2-core official CPU

2.1/10

What we like

  • Official table lists a 2.5GbE onboard Ethernet port
  • Official maximum memory capacity is 8 GB

Watch out for

  • Official installed system memory is 2 GB
  • Official CPU core count is 2

Score breakdown

Installed system memory 28%
Fastest official onboard Ethernet 26%
Official CPU core count 24%
Official onboard Ethernet ports 22%
Installed system memory2 GB
Fastest official onboard Ethernet2.5 Gbps
Official CPU core count2
Official onboard Ethernet ports2
Drive bays (official table)2 official bays — 2 x SATA3 6Gb/s; 3.5"/2.5" HDD/SSD
M.2 slots (official table)0
Installed system memory (official table)2GB SO-DIMM DDR4
Maximum memory capacity (official table)2GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (2GB x1, Expandable. Max 8GB)
CPU (official table)Intel Celeron J4005 Dual-Core 2.0 GHz (burst up 2.7GHz) Processor
Official CPU core count2
Fastest official onboard Ethernet2.5 Gbps
Official onboard Ethernet port count2
Official onboard Ethernet rows2 × official 2.5GbE (2 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5G/1G/100M))
Aggregate official onboard Ethernet (computed)5 Gbps, computed as the sum of official onboard port count × official port speed from the published LAN rows (2 × official 2.5GbE (2 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5G/1G/100M)))
Form factor (official table or official model family)desktop
Hot-swappable drives (official table)Not listed
Dimensions (official table)Not listed
Weight (official table)Not listed
Power supply (official table)Not listed
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