THE TURBONAS TS-653 PRO-8G

The TS-653 Pro follows the same basic design as most desktop NAS servers by QNAP and measures 235mm in depth, 257mm in width and 175mm in height with a weight of 5.25kg.

On the left side of the chassis we see the usual perforated section which allows hot air to exit the device.

The fascia is the same one QNAP has been using almost forever so once again here we see the on/off power button, one touch copy button, USB 3.0 port, activity LEDs and the VFW screen with its navigation buttons.

The HDD sequence sticker and myQNAPCloud stickers can be very helpful if this is your first NAS server.

All of the drive bays feature locks (although there are only 2 keys in the bundle – just like with most models in the market), can hold both 2.5/3.5” drives and are made out of aluminum.

Moving at the rear we see two 120mm exhaust fans, PSU exhaust fan, HDMI port, four GbE ports, two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports and a Kensington lock.

The device sits on 4 removable round rubber feet.

Removing the top cover is very easy just remove the 3 rear screws which attach the top plate to the rest of the chassis.

The PSU can output up to 250W (more than enough for even 10 bays) and is made by Delta Electronics.

Our sample arrived with two ADATA 4GB 1600MHz DDR3L modules.

The CPU is passively cooled via a medium-sized heatsink.

We also find the same 512MB flash DOM by Apacer as we have with several QNAP models to date.

Again we made use of our Seagate Constellation ES.3 4TB drives to test the device.