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I have to choose between the QNAP TS-464-8G with 4x Kingston DC600M 7.68TB or the TBS-h574TX-i5-16G with 5x WD Red SN700 4TB (or Samsung 990 Pro/WD_BLACK SN850X). My main use is 4K HDR Plex streaming, photo/video/personal file backups, and possibly some light video/photo editing in the future (but not sure). All my VMs are on my PC now, but I might want to run a BTC node on the NAS later (already running one on a Pi). I know the TBS is more future-proof with Thunderbolt and NVMe speed, but I don’t like being locked into only M.2 drives, with limited high-endurance options. The TS-464 feels more flexible (enterprise SATA SSDs, more raw capacity), but I’m worried it might feel outdated over 5+ years. Which setup is the smarter choice long-term, balancing future needs, endurance, speed, and flexibility? I know the TBS would be the smart choice but I am afraid on the SSD and low capacity, but the TS seems so much inferior in this case but way better with the SSDs and decent for my use.
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QNAP TS-464-8G + 4x Kingston DC600M 7.68TB (≈30.7TB usable)
SATA-based, high-endurance enterprise SSDs
RAID flexibility with 3.5"/2.5" bays
Intel Celeron + 8GB RAM
Upgradeable RAM + PCIe slot for future 10GbE/NIC/cache
Pros:
✔️ Huge storage capacity (over 30TB usable)
✔️ Enterprise-grade endurance (DC600M = 1.3 DWPD)
✔️ Lower cost per TB long-term
✔️ Quiet with SSDs, flexible upgrades
Cons:
❌ Slower IOPS compared to NVMe
❌ CPU isn’t great for heavy containers/VMs down the road
❌ SATA bottleneck if you expand your workload
TBS-h574TX-i5-16G + 5x WD Red SN700 4TB / Samsung 990 Pro / SN850X (≈18-20TB usable)
All NVMe M.2 storage – blazing fast
Thunderbolt 4, USB4, HDMI, 2.5GbE
Intel Core i5 (12th Gen) + 16GB DDR5 RAM
Designed for content creators + speed junkies
Pros:
✔️ Insane performance – great for 4K Plex, editing, and VMs
✔️ Very future-proof I/O and compute
✔️ Thunderbolt 4 & NVMe = crazy fast transfers
✔️ Smaller, cooler, whisper quiet
Cons:
❌ Stuck with M.2 NVMe only – no cheap expansion
❌ High-endurance M.2 SSDs are limited and expensive
❌ Max capacity currently limited (~18–20TB usable)
❌ No 3.5" bays for future storage
? The Core Dilemma:
You're basically trading:
TS-464 → Storage flexibility, endurance, capacity
TBS-h574TX → Insane speed, modern hardware, sleek but tight on capacity
? Recommendation:
Since you're focused on:
4K HDR Plex (needs some GPU + transcode muscle)
Backups & photo/video editing (lightweight)
Possible VMs or BTC node (but optional)
Minimum 20TB usable
Long-term usability (5+ years)
I’d lean toward:
? ? TS-464 with the Kingston DC600Ms
For your use case, endurance, capacity, and flexibility matter more. And you're not doing insane workloads to justify the NVMe-only setup just yet.
If your usage grows, you can:
Add a 10GbE card via PCIe
Use NVMe caching with M.2 slots
Expand backups externally
Yes, the CPU isn’t future-proof forever, but it’ll handle Plex (with GPU), backups, light editing, and a BTC node just fine for several years.
