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Top 5 charts<br />
Best<br />
NAS drives<br />
1 2 3 4 5<br />
Qnap TS-421 Synology DS115j Qnap HS-210 WD My Cloud EX2100 Synology DS414j<br />
Price £320 inc VAT (diskless) £83 inc VAT (diskless) £190 inc VAT (diskless) £205 inc VAT (diskless) £270 inc VAT (diskless)<br />
Website Qnap.com Synology.com Qnap.com Wd.com Synology.com<br />
Overall rating<br />
Drive bays 4 1 2 2 4<br />
Processor 2GHz Marvell single-core 800MHz Marvell Armada 370 1.6GHz Marvell single-core 1.3 GHz Marvel Armada 385 1.2GHz Mindspeed Concerto<br />
Memory 1GB DDR3 256MB DDR3 512MB DDR3 1GB DDR3 512MB DDR3<br />
Remote access <br />
eSATA 2x 1x<br />
USB port 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 2x USB 2.0 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 2x USB 3.0 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0<br />
Raid options 0/1/5/6/10/JBOD None 0/1/JBOD 00/1/JBOD 0/1/5/6/10/JBOD<br />
Software Backup Station DSM 5.1 HD Station My Cloud DSM 5.0<br />
Dimensions 177x180x235mm 71x161x224mm 302x220x41mm 216x109x148mm 184x168x230mm<br />
Weight 3kg 700g 1.5kg 3.5kg 2.2kg<br />
Warranty 2 years 1 year 2 years 3 years 3 years<br />
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Best<br />
external<br />
hard drives<br />
1<br />
2 3 4 5<br />
Seagate Backup Plus Slim Transcend StoreJet 25M3 WD My Passport Ultra Metal Toshiba Canvio Basics Seagate Seven mm<br />
Price £74 inc VAT £70 inc VAT £90 inc VAT £76 inc VAT £99 inc VAT<br />
Website Seagate.com/gb/en Uk.transcend-info.com Wdc.com/en Toshiba.co.uk Seagate.com/gb/en<br />
Overall rating<br />
Capacity tested 2TB 2TB 2TB 2TB 500GB<br />
Capacity range 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 1TB, 2TB 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 500GB<br />
Disk size 2.5in 2.5in 2.5in 2.5in 2.5in<br />
Spin speed N/A 5400rpm N/A 5400rpm 5400rpm<br />
Transfer speed 142MB/s 135MB/s 114MB/s 117MB/s 49MB/s<br />
Encryption N/A 256-bit AES 256-bit AES 256-bit AES N/A<br />
Other interfaces USB 3.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.0<br />
Software Seagate Dashboard Transcend Elite WD Drive Utilities None Seagate Dashboard<br />
Dimensions 113.5x76x12.1mm 130x82x19mm 110x80x19mm 111x79x21mm 123x82x7mm<br />
Weight 159g 234g 241g 207g 178g<br />
Warranty 2 years 3 years 3 years 2 years 2 years<br />
FULL REVIEW TINYURL.COM/OABWL4B TINYURL.COM/M72D3EP TINYURL.COM/L2B7V3B TINYURL.COM/JWHHACB TINYURL.COM/O6KZFDM<br />
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138 www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews February 2016<br />
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