Synology Diskstation Ds1512 Nas Review Test System Power Consumption

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 (2.60GHz) x2 2GB DDR2-1066 G.Skill (CAS 7-7-7-18) Asus P5Q Pro (Intel P45) OCZ GameXStream 700 watt Western Digital Black 500GB (SATA II) Western Digital Black 500GB (SATA II) Asus Radeon HD 4550 (256MB)

QNAP TS-119P II

x1 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

QNAP TS-219P II

x2 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

Thecus N7700PRO

x4 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

Synology DS712+

x2 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

QNAP TS-659 Pro II

x4 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

Patriot Javelin S4

x4 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

Synology DS212j

x2 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

Synology DS212+

x2 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

Synology DS1512+

x5 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

LG Super-Multi NAS N2A2

x2 Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB (SATA II)

QNAP TS-412

x4 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

Thecus N3200XXX

x3 Western Digital Black 500GB (SATA II)

Synology DiskStation DS211

x2 Western Digital Black 500GB (SATA II)

Synology DiskStation DS411+

x4 Western Digital Black 500GB (SATA II)

Synology DiskStation DS1511+

x5 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

Synology DiskStation DS2411+

x8 Western Digital Blue 500GB (SATA II)

The Synology DS1512+ actually consumes less power than the DS1511+, which speaks volumes about the power efficiency of Intel’s Atom D2700 processor. With four hard drives installed, the DS1512+ consumed 8% less power than the DS1511+ under the same conditions.