A Look Inside

It is time to completely take apart the NAS and check on its build quality.


You have to remove several screws and slide out the top and side plastic covers. The whole procedure is straightforward.


The component side of the small mainboard is the most interesting.


The Celeron CPU is passively cooled because of its low TDP.


This is the power circuit responsible for the SoC. It uses a RT5077A power management IC and several Infineon BSC0923NDI FETs.


Only one of the RAM slots is occupied, by a 4 GB SODIMM, which means you can easily upgrade the RAM to 8 GB.


The SATA expansion card uses an Asmedia ASM1061 SATA controller.


Besides MLCC caps, the mainboard only has several polymer caps, which are provided by APAQ.


The battery that keeps the BIOS data intact.


The flash memory is provided by Kingston.


The IC that handles system monitoring along with fan control is an ITE IT8625E.


A pair of Macronix MX25L4006E CMOS serial flash memory modules.


The 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet controllers (RTL8125) are provided by Realtek.


The cooling fan is made by Y.S Tech, and its model number is FD121225HB. It uses a double-ball bearing, so it will easily cope with harsh conditions (high operating temperatures).