Qnap Ts-209 Pro- cheapest option?

[timtje]

Hi

Finally decided on a NAS - seems that the QNAP Ts-209 Pro is near the top of the pile. I just can't find them cheap online, Scan has the cheapest price so far at £237.34 - i did find one online on Ebay but lost the auction... Over in the states these are going for $375.10 so £190 give or take so there must be an cheaper retailer here.

Any help would be great.

Cheers

Tim

 

[ntm1275]

Have you also looked at the Synology DS-207+

This is slightly cheaper at about £204 - £212

Both have a 500mhz CPU and 128MB RAM, and very similar features

QNAP fractionally faster on 100Mb LAN with small files, but slower with larger files
Synology slightly faster on Gigabit LAN with small and large files

see SmallNetBuilder NAS charts for confirmation

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_nas/Itemid,190/

 

[Synchro]

QNAP are great, I've been using the TS201 for ages now and rate it highly, its on 24/7 and holds all my data for sharing to 3 PC's.