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I really wouldn't mind a NAS with my media player.]]>Jul 30th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/digital-cowboys-dc-mcnp1-2-5-inch-nas-doubles-as-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/digital-cowboys-dc-mcnp1-2-5-inch-nas-doubles-as-media-player/How does this new one compare to the PCH? Anyone care to comment?]]>Jul 31st 2009 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/digital-cowboys-dc-mcnp1-2-5-inch-nas-doubles-as-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/digital-cowboys-dc-mcnp1-2-5-inch-nas-doubles-as-media-player/Jul 30th 2009 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/digital-cowboys-dc-mcnp1-2-5-inch-nas-doubles-as-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/digital-cowboys-dc-mcnp1-2-5-inch-nas-doubles-as-media-player/I've done a lot of research, and what it comes down to is that EVERY single consumer NAS device (and most "SOHO" devices) AKA those under $300 (without hard drives) use VERY slow chipsets. Seriously, you will almost never see throughput above 10-12MB/sec, with most units averaging around 4-6MB/sec. They can't even saturate a 100mbps ethernet link, so Gigabit is completely pointless on these devices and is only used for marketing purposes. Before you buy any device of the kind, go read a review from a trusted site. Only the lower-end QNAP units use a decent processor, and you will pay a premium.

As I've mentioned before, a FAR better option is to buy one of those small-form factor Intel Atom boxes (around $125) with a 3.5" SATA slot and stick a 1.5GB or 2GB drive in it. All you have to do is format the drive and install your choice of FreeNAS, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, or even Windows XP and then just mount it as a network drive on your other computers.]]>Jul 31st 2009 11:00PM