Best QNAP NAS For A Plex Server

Most Recommended NAS Models for Plex

If you are looking for hardware that is powerful enough to do transcoding duty with Plex, then a QNAP NAS will most likely be your first choice due to it's robust hardware at an affordable price.

While Synology does sell some really great NAS units, to be able to match the same level of power as the QNAP NAS models shown here, you need to step up to a top of the line model which includes the multi core INTEL processor needed to be able to transcode Plex in 1080p to more than one device at a time.

NAS Models That Work Best For Plex

QNAP

TS-251+

Intel Baytrail Celeron Quad-Core CPU

CPU Quad-Core Intel Celeron Quad-Core 2Ghz.

Memory 2 or 8GB

Number of Bays 2/4 Bays supports up to 6GB SATA Drives

HDMI Yes HDMI Out and Remote Included to hook directly to TV

Transcoding Support Yes Max Resolution 720p

QNAP

TS-253A

Intel Braswell Celeron Quad-Core CPU

CPU N351 Intel Celeron Quad-Core 1.6Ghz to 2.08Ghz.

Memory 4 or 8GB

Number of Bays 2/4/6/8 Bays supports up to 6GB SATA Drives

HDMI Yes HDMI Out and Remote Included to hook directly to TV

Transcoding Support 720p and some 1080p lower bit rate media

QNAP

TVS-471

Intel Core i3, i5, i7, CPU

CPU Intel Core i3, i5 or i7

Memory 4GB/8GB/16GB

Number of Bays 4/6/8 Bays supports up to 6GB SATA Drives

HDMI Yes HDMI Out and Remote Included to hook directly to TV

Transcoding Support 720P and High Resolution 1080P HD

QNAP

TVS-1282

Intel Core Skylake, i7, CPU

$Best NAS for PLEX transcoding?\$

CPU Intel Core i7-6700 3.4 GHz

Memory 32GB

Number of Bays 12 Bays supports up to 6GB SATA Drives

HDMI Yes Triple HDMI output and Remote Included to hook directly to TV

Transcoding Support 720P and High Resolution 1080P HD

About Your Plex Server

A Plex server is really the most important piece of the Plex puzzle. It is needed to stream your media files to your TV streamers or mobile devices. If it is under powered, your performance will suffer. Generally the more devices you need to transcode and stream to at the same time, and at full 1080P HD resolution the more powerful media server needs to be.

Many people choose to use a NAS to support Plex because they are very quiet and don't take up much room. Now that QNAP is making a line of NAS boxes that can hook directly to your TV via a HDMI output and along with the included remote, it can even replace a media streamer in many cases. A NAS can also replace a large bulky PC server as well.

Try the QNAP Software

While we like Synology for their software, QNAP has been marketing many of their NAS boxes especially for Plex users and their NAS hardware is outstanding.

If you would like to try out the QNAP NAS software before you make the plunge. Click here to try the QNAP Demo

How to Setup Plex on a QNAP NAS

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