Can This 2-Bay NAS Be Your Next Media Center Solution? – Qnap TS-251B Review

Shannon Robb April 8, 2019 Hardware, NAS, Network, Reviews & Articles, Storage 1 Comment

For the test platform, we connected to one of our controlled test benches. We installed Western digital Enterprise 3TB Drives which are 7200RPM drives while most NAS drives are 5400RPM. We did this to ensure the worst environment possible as it will show the NAS ability to keep up with high demand, high speed drives, along with vibration mitigation.

Test Rig
Case Type	Dimastech Easy XL
CPU	Intel Core i7 8700K (Amazon)
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus XI Extreme (Amazon)
RAM	32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LED 3200MHz C15 (Amazon)
CPU Cooler	Thermaltake Floe Riing 360 (Amazon)
Hard Drives	TestBench: Samsung 960 EVO 512GB M.2 2280 NVMe (Amazon) Samsung 860 EVO 4TB SATA (Amazon) NAS: 2x Western Digital Re (3TB) – WD3000FYYZ
Optical	LG BD-RW BH16NS40
GPU	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition
Monitor	ASUS PG27AQ 4K 60Hz GSYNC (Amazon)
Case Fans	1 x 140mm Mosfet / CPU / RAM cooling fan 1 x 140mm PCI-E Cooling Fan
Docking Stations	None
Testing PSU	Thermaltake XT 1475W Gold (Amazon)
Legacy	None
Mouse	Logitech G502 (Amazon)
Keyboard	Logitech Pro eSPORTS Keyboard (Amazon)