Thecus N2310 Review

👤by Richard Weatherstone Comments 📅12-07-14
Conclusion

The Thecus N2310 promises much for a budget NAS solution and for the most part it delivers. The biggest attraction of this unit is of course the price and here is where the Thecus scores big. At a little over £110 it is very aggressively priced. It wasn't so long ago that hard drive enclosures costs close to this so to have a NAS made by an established company such as Thecus is quite an achievement. The low cost of the unit does however bring with it some consequences which we will explain below.

First the aesthetics of the unit: While this is no biggie, we do feel that the unit feel a little 'lightweight'. Now for £100 we were not expecting a flash, brushed aluminium enclosure but the product does feel a little cheap and the HD trays especially fell cheap. We didn't suffer any breakages during installation but we expect that over time the plastics may start to wear after repeated use.

The included instructions are also very basic and while Thecus do provide online and .pdf manuals, unless you are close to a PC at the time of the install these are of little use. Even when you do get the unit physically installed, the online manuals are generic or refer to other models in the range which are not entirely representative of the N2310 which will lead to yet more confusion for the newbie. Couple this with the delay of assigning a DDNS via verification of email and you will soon start to see where those extra pennies were saved.


The operating system is quite easily navigated if somewhat basic but we liked the option of adding additional apps which are growing all the time however to get some of these apps to work with other hardware e.g PLEX, a fee will need to be paid to install this on your Smartphone.

Overall, this is a cheap and cheerful NAS solution which offers features above its price point and is a good attempt at luring those looking for a basic NAS solution to the world of Thecus. If you have patience and little technical knowledge it can be easily setup but if you have neither then you may find the product a little frustrating initially and will wish you spent a little more on a more refined product.

Cheap, feature-packed and relatively easy to setup once you understand the basics, the N2310 hits the spot for the budget conscious NAS consumer.

Pros
+ Great Value
+ Flexible feature-set
+ USB 3.0 Hard Copy
+ Free DDNS
+ Good Transfer speeds

Cons
- Confusing setup for the novice
- Operating system requires work




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