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Thecus N5500 5 Bay NAS Server Review

Manufacturer: Thecus
Product: N5500
Date: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Shane Higgins -
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The Test Sytem


Legit Reviews Intel Core i7 3960X Test System

System specs

Here is a short list of the parts that make up the Legit Reviews Core i7-930 test system:

Intel Test Platform
Component Brand/Model Pricing
Processor Intel Core i7 3960X Click Here
Motherboard Intel DX79SI
Memory Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Click Here
Video Card MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC Click Here
Hard Drive Corsair Force GT 90GB SSD Click Here
Power Supply NZXT HALE90 750W Click Here
Chassis Thermaltake Chaser Mk-1 Click Here
Operating System Windows 7 Professional (64bit) Click Here

Test System Detail

Legit Reviews Intel Core i7 3960X Test System CPUz

The CPU we are using is the Intel Core i7-3960X LGA2011 processor. We will test with two configurations: Stock and Overclocked. Both will have Hyper Threading and Turbo modes enabled. For the backbone of the system we have the Intel DX79SI motherboard. We have also outfitted it with a 16GB (4x4gb) kit of Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600MHz RAM. Drivers used for the motherboard are as follows:

Motherboard Drivers:

  • LAN: Intel PRO Network Connections LAN Driver version 16.7
  • Audio: Realtek ALC Audio Driver version 6482
  • Chipset: Intel Chipset Device Software version 9.2.3.1022
  • USB3: Renesas Electronics USB 3.​0 Driver 2.​1.​27.​0
  • BIOS Version: 0380

 

Legit Reviews Intel Core i7 3960X Test System GPUz

The video card we are using is an MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC and is running ForceWare 290.53.

Legit Reviews Intel Core i7 3960X Test System SSD

For the main drive we have a 90GB Corsair Force GT SATA3 SSD running firmware 1.3.3.

Legit Reviews Intel Core i7 3960X Test System Network Switch

My network switch is a D-Link DGS-1005G 5 port gigabit switch.

Next Page - Benchmarking the Thecus N5500


Review Index
Page 1 - Thecus N5500 NAS
Page 2 - Specifications Continued
Page 3 - Unboxing the Thecus N5500
Page 4 - Looking Closer at the N5500
Page 5 - Looking Inside the N5500
Page 6 - Installing Drives and System Startup
Page 7 - Building the RAID, User and Share Setup
Page 8 - The Test Sytem
Page 9 - Benchmarking the Thecus N5500
Page 10 - Real World File Transfers
Page 11 - Final Thoughts of the Thecus N5500 5 Bay NAS