• x2 2GB DDR2-1066 G.Skill (CAS 7-7-7-18)
  • Asus P5Q Pro (Intel P45)
  • OCZ GameXStream 700 watt
  • Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) - Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII)
  • Asus Radeon HD 4550 (256MB) Software - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (64-bit) - ATI Catalyst 9.12 LG Super-Multi NAS N2A2 - x2 Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB (Serial ATAII) QNAP TS-412 - x4 Western Digital Blue 500GB (Serial ATAII) Thecus N3200XXX - x3 Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) Synology Disk Station DS211 - x2 Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) Synology Disk Station DS411+ - x4 Western Digital Black 500GB (Serial ATAII) Synology Disk Station DS1511+ - x5 Western Digital Blue 500GB (Serial ATAII) Synology Disk Station DS2411+ - x8 Western Digital Blue 500GB (Serial ATAII) Synology claims that the DS2411+ chugs 105 watts and we assume this is when loaded with a dozen hard drives. We tested with eight drives and found that the DS2411+ consumed 68 watts. That’s 33% more than the DS1511+, which isn’t bad given we were using three (~60%) more hard drives. Compared to the Core 2 Duo desktop, which was configured with just two HDDs, the DS2411+’s power consumption is impressive.