THE TURBONAS TS-470

More power doesn't always equal to a larger size so the TS-470 is identical with every 4 bay NAS Server QNAP has released (rackmounts excluded) measuring just 235mm in length, 180mm in width and 177mm in height with a weight of 4.56Kg.

A section on the left side of the chassis is once again perforated allowing hot air to exit.

Typically the company logo is placed on the upper left corner of the fascia but this time over it's a bit damaged.

Beneath the logo we see the usual on/off power button along with the one copy button placed above a USB 2.0 port.

Three activity LEDs are placed right next to the functional VFW screen (however it only provides information on some aspects of the NAS, you can't make any changes through here) and its two buttons (used for navigation).

All 4 aluminum drive trays feature locks and can hold both 2.5" and 3.5" drives.

The HDD sequence can be seen on a sticker placed on the device.

You can access the myQNAPcloud feature either by going to the URL pointed out or by using your smartphone to scan the 2D barcode.

The rear of the TS-470 is very rich with connectors (i reckon more than any of us could ever use).

The device uses its own PSU and its exhaust grille is placed right over the 90mm exhaust fan.

Next to the fan we see the PCIe adapter with its two GbE ports, the headphones and microphone ports, two eSATA ports, two more GbE ports, 2 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports, HDMI port (probably version 1.4) and a Kensington lock.

The device sits on 4 round rubber feet but don't let that fool you since they did slightly scratch the wood of my new desk when i placed it on.

Opening the chassis is not hard, you just need to remove the screws at the rear and voila. The impressive part starts once you remove the mainboard since for the Celeron CPU QNAP had to use a somewhat large passive cooler.

Unfortunately both SO-DIMM ports are taken by the 2GB DDR3 RAM so you can't add more (or replace these to get more). One strange thing which i couldn't believe (so i had to double check with QNAP) is that the TS-470 wears the same exact mainboard as the TS-670 PRO (in case you are wondering yes that's a good thing).