• x2 2GB DDR2-1066 G.Skill (CAS 7-7-7-18)
  • Asus P5Q Pro (Intel P45)
  • OCZ GameXStream 700 watt
  • Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) - Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII)
  • Asus Radeon HD 4550 (256MB) Software - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (64-bit) - ATI Catalyst 9.12 LG Super-Multi NAS N2A2 - Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB (Serial ATAII) - Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB (Serial ATAII) QNAP TS-412 - Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) Thecus N3200XXX - Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) - Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) - Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) Synology Disk Station DS211 - Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) - Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) The N3200XXX was a more power hungry than we anticipated, chugging almost twice as much juice as the dual-bay Synology DS211. With a load consumption of 36 watts the N3200XXX used 80% more power than the DS211 and 29% more than the 4-bay Qnap TS-412. While it may seem like a hog next to the other NAS devices, it still consumed 2.5x less power than our low-end desktop system.