Need a NAS but which one?

JaseUK · 22 Mar 2015 at 12:37

There is a decent range on OcUK but I cant decide which one is best for my needs.

My needs are as follows:
1. A NAS that will hold two HDD's.
2. Stream movies to Smart TV and networked Blu Ray player
3. No more than £120.00 ish mark.
4. Gigabit LAN
5. USB 3.0

I was looking at the WD My Cloud EX2 as it seems to tick all the boxes. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-480-WD&groupid=46&catid=2125&subcat=2962
I love the idea it has a My Cloud thingy, does this mean I don't need to use a picture hosting site such as Photobucket?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks

JaseUK · 22 Mar 2015 at 13:37

That is a very nice bit of kit. It appears Synology is the preferred NAS. Would you agree?

JaseUK · 24 Mar 2015 at 09:34

Ordered myself a DS215j and a couple of WD Red 3TB HDD's.
Thanks guys

JaseUK · 24 Mar 2015 at 10:03

I intend to set the 3TB HDD's up in RAID 1

JaseUK · 31 Mar 2015 at 09:30

Have been using my DS215j for a few days now and I agree its very user friendly. There are a lot of options and if you are unsure about something there is a help function for pretty much every application.