THE TURBONAS TS-431

Again just like with the TS-451 the TS-431 features a hard plastic enclosure that measures 235mm in length, 180mm in width and 177mm in height and weighs 4.56Kg.

As usual small section on the left side of the chassis is perforated allowing hot air to exit.

The design of the fascia is not new so again here we see the on/off power button, one touch copy button, USB 3.0 port and the activity LEDs.

The TS-431 features 4 sturdy drive trays made out of hard plastic which can hold both 2.5" and 3.5" drives.

This time over QNAP has placed the sticker with the quick setup 2D barcode on the right side of the device.

At the rear of the TS-431 we find the 120mm exhaust fan, two GbE ports, two USB 3.0 ports, eSATA port, DC in and a Kensington lock.

Again removing the top cover is very easy just slide the enclosure according to the marks at the bottom (of course after you have removed the rear screws).

Unfortunately due to time restraints we were unable to slice the unit apart but still we did see the heatsink over the Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 processor and what is probably the 512MB NAND flash module by Micron.