Time to replace TS-459 Pro but with what?

[Lakes_Puma]

I've searched but am still non the wiser

I use the QNAP as the hub of my home, running PLEX, Squeezebox server, Surveillance station, Photo station, Music Station etc. all with the possibility of serving multiple devices simultaneously (two growing kids with phones and tablets)

I'm after a unit with 6 x 3.5" drives and the power to last me for quite some time, I'm thinking of running virtualisation on a new NAS, along with transcoding of HD films so I can watch them on mobile devices etc.

I'm drawn towards the TVS-882 but it's a lot of money, a friend has a 653A and thinks that would be plenty powerful enough.

I've also read a little about the TS-x77 model and wonder how that would compare in performance.

If the TVS-x82 would do everything I need and more then I would find the budget for it, but if I can get something cheaper then all the better!

[Trexx]

For the $, TVS-x77 should have better compute capability than the x882 family. The one main difference is the x77 doesn't have an embedded GPU, but it does have the option of adding a GPU if needed.

From a performance perspective, TVS-877 1600 GPU w/Passmark @12,364 w/list price of $2,099. Amazon has the TVS-882 @1900 for the i5. The i5 model has a passmark of 7,224. The Ryzen is 71% faster (vs. i5).

Even the "entry level" Ryzen 1400 based TVS-877 ($1899 list) has a passmark of 8452.


As a bridge between say the x53a and a x77/x82, you could go with something like a TVS-673 which has a passmark of 4739 and runs $1109 (amazon us). It does have an embedded GPU as well so if you want to run Plex/Kodi for playback you can.