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Linus tech tips coverage of computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital our trusted gaming gear partner is corsair vengeance and our trusted retail partner is NCIX calm we're at the a su store booth here at computex 2013 and while you might not be familiar with a su store you're definitely familiar with their parent company if you watch this channel asus created this entirely new subsidiary of their business in order to address the very different needs that storage users have compared to the kinds of folks who buy performance graphics cards say for example so here at the show they're showing off the asuste or 3 series as well as the asuste or 6 series so unique features of the 3 series include an IR receiver which you can clearly see right here on the tube a version it's available in a tube a and 3 Bay version as well as check this out there is an HDMI output on the back of the unit that actually allows you to use it with boxxy software they've got a demo running to my right over here and there a i remote app here we go as a media player which is pretty freaking cool and that's functionality that we haven't seen in and as before speaking of more functionality the 6 series which is available in anywhere from a to drive to an a drive configuration we've got the two in the four right here actually has expandable memory in addition to its dual core processor so I see store actually won a best choice award here at computex 2013 for network attached storage data storage devices and there's a very very big reason for that come on over here so expandability find you expand your RAM find you expand your connectivity now you can expand your functionality on the device because you might go I've had NASA's in the past and I've never needed to expand my ram because they only do what they do with their app central concept of being able to add functionality over time you can add things such as their ftp explorer which is available now there's about a hundred apps available at this time as well as their dropbox app to increase functionality i'm going to show you one of the apps that is on this ipad right here it's called AI download and it's an easy way to here we go and access things like torrents set them up for download without ever actually interfacing through your computer now speaking of interfacing through your computer guys the software is in beta right now so don't worry too much about the language barrier if you're if you're watching from another region but speaking of not needing to use the computer they've actually added a spotlight search right here or searchlight that allows you to find things on the nas directly through the web UI rather than relying on simply navigating through the file explorer so the demo search that they did for us was music which brings up well music that is stored on your nas server now speaking of not necessarily needing access to your desktop as well as improving functionality a su store has added an industry-first so this is a searchlight type search functionality so it actually gives you suggestions for your search results as you go through the web UI itself not even requiring you to use the regular file explorer on your computer this integrates nicely with their app functionality as well as their mobile concepts so you can use the AI master app right here to actually access your files as well as see the activity of your nas and do things like backup and restore it's available for iPad as well as Android devices and when I say iPad I mean iOS of course now as you guys know we're here at the show powered by Western Digital so it'd be a real shame if I didn't tell you what would be the optimal drives for these knives and closures so anything from a 3-series two or four Bay to a 6 series tour for Bay is going to be a perfect pairing for a WD red drive they have lower noise characteristics as well as lower power consumption compared to regular desktop drives making them perfect for these tight applications where they are going to be sandwiched right up against each other however the WD red is really optimal for anywhere from a 125 baying configuration so something like a 6 series 6 Bay or eight Bay which is also available is going to be a better fit for a WD se they just launched these at the show their optimal for greater than five drive configurations all the way up to 24 drives are beyond because of their enterprise grade heritage but they don't cost nearly as much as a w dr e drive does which their raid edition drive so it makes for a nice balance if you don't need the ruggedness of an re but you need something that is more resistant to vibration from other drives because of a larger multi drive configuration compared to a WD red thanks for checking out our coverage of the a su store booth here at computex 2013 don't forget we are powered by WD here as well as Corsair Vengeance gaming peripherals and NCIX calm don't miss any of our content guys make sure you're subscribed to Linus 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