CONCLUSION

   Over the years many of you have obviously figured out that we never like to hide so we always come clean about what we really feel about a product and that's the thing with the N4310 since it left us with mixed feelings. On one side you have the all-time classic GUI by Thecus which we really don't like as much as for example the ones QNAP and ASUSTOR offer so that has always been perhaps the sole thing we'd like Thecus to improve on. True it's not hard to navigate and most professional users don't care about design but low/mid-end NAS servers are not aimed towards that category so we feel that it needs more work in order to compete with what's out there. Another drawback is the lack of an HDMI output although in all likelihood the single core SoC CPU may not be enough for serious media playback use. On the other side however we have very good performance levels (something which surprised us) from that Single core SoC CPU and a good number of features which should cover the majority of consumers out there. We also have very low power consumption which once the drives spin down it gets even lower (we recorded 8W with that feature running) so that's another plus for the N4310.

   So what about price? Well while I’m typing these lines the N4310 NAS Server by Thecus retails for just USD246.56 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 289.90Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) so it's priced extremely well for a 4 bay model. Now it goes without saying that the N4310 is not the ideal choice for very heavy workloads something which Thecus doesn't really deny since this model falls under their SMB (Small Business) line. Still it has room for 4 drives (2.5/3.5"), offers good performance levels (very good for a single core CPU), packs enough features to cover even demanding users and carries a very good price tag so it deserves our Golden Award

PROS

- Build Quality
- Good Performance
- Features
- Single/JBOD/RAID0/1/5/6/10 Support
- Android/iOS Apps
- Power Consumption
- Noise Levels
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- No Video Output (VGA/HDMI)
- GUI Remains Unchanged