Editorial, 22 Aug 2026. Specs from maker pages and named street reports. We have not burned these units in. Affiliate tags are not live. Confirm the diskless SKU before you click — Amazon is full of drive bundles.
TerraMaster F2-425 review: Intel 2-bay with 2.5GbE under $260
The cheap current x86 2-bay. Official CPU is N5095. One 2.5GbE. No M.2. TOS, not DSM.
Entry Intel against ARM toys and against a DS224+. Official store specification: Intel Celeron N5095, 4C, 2.0 GHz burst 2.9 GHz, 4 GB DDR4 non-ECC (one slot, official max 16 GB), one 2.5GbE, two SATA bays (3.5" / 2.5" HDD or 2.5" SSD), no M.2, HDMI, USB 3.2 (2× 10 Gbps + 1× 5 Gbps), TRAID plus RAID 0 / 1 / JBOD / Single. 48 W brick. 2-year warranty. 222 × 119 × 154 mm. Tool-free Push-Lock trays.
CPU labeling is a mess on retailer pages. Some Newegg tables and even the TerraMaster store HTML title have said “N95.” The official specification block on the product page says N5095. Quote that. Do not copy Newegg’s F4-425 “N95” row onto this chassis.
Noise claim: 19.0 dB(A) standby, 2 SATA drives, 1 m, 17.3 dB(A) room. Power: official comparison table on the same store lists 22 W access / 11 W hibernation; Neowin measured 22 W / 11 W with 2× IronWolf 4 TB ST4000VN008. Those 4 TB IronWolfs are the 5400-class capacity trap — IronWolf 1–6 TB is 5400 RPM; do not assume the badge means 7200. See CMR picks.
Aging N5095, no NVMe. That is the honesty. You are buying a 2.5G port and an x86 board that can run TOS 6 (store copy still says TOS 6; TOS 7 is being marketed on the same page) for less than a Plus 2-bay. You are not buying DSM, M.2 cache, or a 2024 Intel N-series. HDMI and TRAID are the extras. TOS vs DSM: if the restore has to work on a Sunday, read the existing Synology slot first.
Street, 22 Aug 2026
| Path | What we found | Note |
|---|---|---|
| TerraMaster store, diskless | $254.99 (listed $299.99) on 22 Aug 2026. | terra-master.com/products/f2-425. Cart showed out of stock at fetch. Neowin cited MSRP $249.99 and an Amazon promo $224.99 at review time. TechRadar cited Amazon $239.98. Those are dated snapshots; confirm live. |
| Newegg official store | Item 14P-006A-00096 | Newegg F2-425. Confirm the official-store card and a diskless title. |
Four bays, same generation: F4-425. More CPU and 32 GB: F4-424 Pro. 2.5G vs staying on gigabit Synology: 2.5G vs 10G.
Skip
Skip if you need NVMe, dual LAN, or DSM. Skip if the storefront is out of stock and the only Amazon hit is a drive bundle. Skip SMR desktop disks in TRAID — WD Red EFAX, Blue EZAZ, BarraCuda 3.5" 4 / 8 TB. Skip treating two 5400 RPM disks as a VM datastore.
Sources
TerraMaster F2-425 product page (N5095 spec block, $254.99, 19.0 dB(A), 48 W, fetched 22 Aug 2026). Neowin F2-425 review (22 W / 11 W with 2× ST4000VN008). NAS Compares, 16 Mar 2026. Newegg 14P-006A-00096. We have not sat with a unit.