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GENERAL NAS FEATURE COMPARISON

NAS Plex (local 4K) Plex HD (remote) Plex 4K (remote) BACKUP (MS/GOOGLE OFFICE) BACKUP (BAREBONE) PHOTOS (OBJECT AI) VIDEO EDITING (4K) VIDEO EDITING (8K) DOCKER VIRTUAL MACHINES PC MODE (QVM) 2.5GbE 10GbE 25GbE Thunderbolt NVMe Pcie Expansion HDMI Drive Mixing
TS-435XeU ✓ - -✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
HS-264 ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ⓘ✓✓✓✓ⓘ✓✓✓
TS-431X3 ✓ - -✓✓✓✓✓

LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-435XeU664.99 GBP595 USD
HS-264514.9 GBP599 USD
TS-431X3669.1 GBP559 USD

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS CPU Cores Threads Speed (GHz) Docker/VM Score ECC
TS-435XeU Marvell OCTEON TX2™ CN9130 ARMv8 Cortex-... 4 4 2.2 Docker 700 NO /4 GB DDR4 SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 4GB)
HS-264 Intel® Celeron® N5095 4-core/4-thread p... 4 4 2 (MAX:2.9) Docker/VM 4036 NO /8 GB DDR4, not expandable
TS-431X3 AnnapurnaLabs, an Amazon company Alpine AL-314, 4-c... 4 4 1.7 Docker 400 NO /4 GB SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 4 GB)

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS GPU Base_GHz/Max Codec FPS Transcoding Plex
TS-435XeU / 0
HS-264 Intel® UHD Graphics 450/750 H.264 60 2160 2160p
TS-431X3 / 0

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS BAYS Bandwidth HDD storage expansion Drive mixing File System
TS-435XeU 4 HDD 25Gbit (4 ports combined) 88TB ✓ EXT4
HS-264 2 HDD 5Gbit (2 ports combined) 44TB ✓ EXT4
TS-431X3 4 HDD 11Gbit (2 ports combined) 88TB ✓ EXT4

*All NAS support multiple RAID/ volume groups, if you want to mix different size drive on non supported model.

BEST FOR BACKUP

NAS Level HA AI Google Microsoft encryption
TS-435XeU folder face ✓ ✓ HDD/volume /folder
HS-264 folder face ✓ ✓ HDD/volume /folder
TS-431X3 folder face ✓ ✓ HDD/volume /folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS MAX LAN speed Ports transcoding PCIe NVMe
TS-435XeU 10Gbit 2 x 10GbE SFP+ 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 x1 slots
HS-264 2.5Gbit ✓ Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2
TS-431X3 10Gbit 1 x 10GbE SFP+

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS HDMI QVM transcoding AI
TS-435XeU ✓
HS-264 2 x HDMI 2.0 (up to resolution 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz) ✓ ✓ ✓
TS-431X3 ✓

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS Virtual switch Docker/VM HDMI S/PDIF / AUX
TS-435XeU ✓ Docker
HS-264 ✓ Docker/VM 2 x HDMI 2.0 (up to resolution 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz)
TS-431X3 ✓ Docker

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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand Model TW USA UK Released
Qnap TS-435XeU • • • 2022-03
Qnap HS-264 • • • 2022-01
Qnap TS-431X3 • 2020-07

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RELATED REVIEWS

SOFTWARE - 8/10
HARDWARE - 8/10
PERFORMANCE - 8/10
PRICE - 8/10
VALUE - 8/10


8.0
PROS
👍🏻The Silent NAS series has always been impressive and unique
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👍🏻Very unique and discreet at just 4.1cm in height
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👍🏻8x Included Camera Licenses
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👍🏻Includes Anti-virus, Firewall Tool, VPN client tools, Malware Remover, network manager and Security Councilor Tool
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👍🏻3 Different Container/VM tools that also feature image download centers
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👍🏻10Gb/s (1,000MB/s) USB Ports will be incredibly useful
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👍🏻Large range of expansion options in the TR/TL series in 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 Bays
CONS
👎🏻Comes across as a less impressive package than the HS-453DX (though the HS-264 is $200 less)
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👎🏻Sustained high power use makes the top panel noticeably hot
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👎🏻8GB of Memory Max, despite the CPU and other 64 series QNAP’s supporting upto 16GB


LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-435XeU664.99 GBP595 USD
HS-264514.9 GBP599 USD
TS-431X3669.1 GBP559 USD
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QNAP TS-431X3 Single Model 4GB HDD-LESS NAS Amazon usa USA 11.56 OFF (WAS 1003) [LINK]
QNAP HS-264-8G Silent and lightweight home NAS for multimedia playback and strea Amazon UK UK 27.1 OFF (WAS 542) [LINK]
QNAP TS-435XeU-4G Short depth rackmount 4-bay NAS, supporting 2.5GbE/10GbE conne Amazon UK UK 44.01 OFF (WAS 709) [LINK]
QNAP TS-431X3-4G 4 Bay Desktop NAS Enclosure - 4GB RAM, Quad-core 1.7GHz Process Amazon UK UK 19.06 OFF (WAS 688) [LINK]

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