XPEnology ~Synology on ASRock C70M1  (AMD C-70 APU)

A low budget basic home NAS loaded with Synology current latest DSM5.1 with good read/write performance 

Hit the 1GB LANport max speed, CPU also max out 

Recently help one of my good friend built his very 1st Syno box for basic home usage purpose.
With budget & low power consumption in mind, we went to LowYat Plaza 3rd floor ViewNet Computer, after much of discussion/suggestion with the friendly tech staff there, we decided to assemble the box with the following BOM :

• ASRock C70M1 - a ITX form AMD C-70 APU mobo with 4 x Sata3 native ports support
  
• 2x2GB Kingston DDR3 value ram
• 4x3TB WD Red NAS drive  --> this is the most expensive investment !
• Seasonic M12II Bronze 520w PSU
• SilverStone Micro-ATX PS09 casing --> this was the only available small casing in the shop which able to house 4 x 3.5HDD drives
  
• USB thumbdrive --> this is the cheapest yet the most important thing ==> to bootup XPEnology
  

Eventhough it's just a RM2xx AIO mobo, the BIOS able to check & update via internet instantly, nice feature

After bootup XPEnology & install latest Synology DSM5.1 & updates, setup Raid10 for best performance & data protection

Test Folder Syncing (NAS to NAS) from my N54L write to the C70M1 :

Test concurrent writing to C70M1, hit the 1GB LANport maximum speed with >110MB/s, noticed the CPU also hit max :

Also tested :

• Unplug power cable, wait for an hour then insert back, BIOS auto-boot from USB still remain intact no need to go BIOS change again
• DSM schedule power off & power on work  (some PC mobo won't work properly)
  
• PLEX ~ not smooth due to low power CPU  (recommend to run PLEX on dedicated PC like this example HERE )
  

Overall not bad for a low budget & low power consumption box, the good throughput is good enough for average home user 

Next, might assemble another 1 or 2 boxes when I'm free, will place 1 at Singapore torrent kuat-kuat