More on CPU specs of the ReadyNAS Pro

Looking at the E7400 on intel's site, it doesn't list Q963 or Q965 as a supported chipset.. hence why I didn't try and find one to test..
I'm not totally certain which chipset is actually on the motherboard (FLAME6 I'm guessing it is very custom made for Netgear, google tells me nothing!) but I think it is one of those. Buying a chip that didn't list support for Q963/Q965 would be REALLY pushing my luck :)

I just received a E6600 2.4GHz chip in the mail.. I couldn't find an E6700 2.66GHz chip for sale without the risk of it being held up in customs for weeks so settled with the next one down at a fraction of the price (for the record, I suspect the E6700 *might* be the fastest the board will support)

I've whacked it in and it booted YEAY!! Will need to keep a check on the CPU temp.. the retail intel heatsink it shipped with is massive compared to the one in the pro so there could be some problems there.. I'll wait and see:-o

Either way, here's some stats: hdparm -t -T /dev/c/c

Stock Pro:
Timing cached reads: 1890 MB in 2.00 seconds = 945.13 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 510 MB in 3.00 seconds = 170.11 MB/sec

Pro with E6600 and 4GB of 800MHz RAM:
Timing cached reads: 9052 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4533.83 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 628 MB in 3.00 seconds = 208.99 MB/sec

WHAT THE?! The cached read is over 4 times faster!! FANTASTIC!!

I'm guessing the buffered read speed has kind of plateaued.

I'm going to leave it memtesting over night. It isn't a great test for CPU stability, but it is a start. I've not migrated anything over yet as I'm still developing a add-on interface for the stuff I need so I don't mind waiting to prove it is stable..

Damn, I wish I'd found an E6700, just think of the 2.6GHz goodness.. oh well.. Must be happy with what I have..