The QNAP TS-464 is the Plex-and-transcoding sweet spot, pairing an Intel Celeron N5095 with dual 2.5GbE ports, two M.2 NVMe slots and a PCIe expansion slot. StorageReview called it great value for SMBs and home users at its base price and praised its HEVC transcoding. The 4GB base RAM is the main pinch point, and QTS, while deep, is busier than the competition's software.
- — Dual 2.5GbE ports out of the box with port trunking to 5Gbps
- — Two M.2 NVMe slots plus a PCIe Gen 3 expansion slot
- — HDMI output for direct media playback
- — Past QNAP security advisories make hardening important