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526 looks sweet!
I just saw the announcment for the 526!! Looks freaking sweet. Thank goodness christmas is around the corner. I think Santa will be giving me a nice little treat this year. :) Then, I just need to up...
If you are interested in reading an initial review of the new RN526X, you can check it out at http://appletechtalk.com.
dschwartzer wrote:
If you are interested in reading an initial review of the new RN526X, you can check it out at http://appletechtalk.com.
Thx. I missed the bluetooth dongle (apparently there's an app that can manage the NAS via bluetooth as a backup to accessing the web ui over ethernet).
Nice idea.
Looks like another great NAS. I just got my ReadyNAS 516 about 4 months ago, USED so I got it about half price then what Amazon is currantly charging for a new one. It's been working great for a Plex server and handling transcoding, though I did try a 4K video to 1080P and it choked on it. It's also running PlexPL and some other software and it's been great. I have 5 3TB drives in in. It uses the same ECC memory as this new 526, though it's expandable on this new one. Though you can also expand on the 516 if you wanted, just not supported.
Getting all that software off my power hungrey PC is nice. I can use it for gaming and whatnot and not have it tied up. The Bluetooth dongle sounds interesting. I wonder if older NAS units could support that feature? Plug in the dongle and use the software that isn't out yet?
The RN516 could be upgraded (unsupported) to have a more powerful CPU such as what we used in the RN716X. This does have an advanced level of difficulty though.
Whilst the RN526X uses 4GB ECC like the RN516 did, the RN526X uses the newer and better DDR4 spec. So it is different memory. We are using a different motherboard and different CPU generation. The CPU in the RN526X is more powerful than the one we used in the RN516.
Running Plex would be a great home use case for the RN526X. The RN626X is also worth considering. The RN626X has a quad-core CPU and is a much more affordable option than the RN716X was for a prosumer.
I suspect most users won't upgrade the RAM on the RN526X due to the level of difficulty involved and also because 4GB should be plenty for most.
The Bluetooth dongle is included with the new desktop units. We won't be selling those for older units. I don't think we plan to support using them with older units either. I think the reasons why will become obvious at a later date.
I actually have the 716 Intel CPU used, the Intel Xeon E3-1265 V2 2.50Ghz on order to install in my 516 along with 16 gig's of the ECC memory to pop into it. It'll take a bit to get the thing all apart to gain access, but why not, I like doing things like this. I hope it turns out OK in the end. It's a $300 upgrade for the CPU and Memory. Going from 2 to 4 cores should be nice. Hopefully I'll have in done in a couple weeks.
I got my USED 516 for half the price of a new one. There's no warentey. So Upgrades won't screw that up.
Ya, the 626 would make a really nice unit also. The same 2 ot 4 core option. The 716 was just crazy expensive. So I'm glad this one isn't out of the world price wise. I'll get my 4 cores in this 516 though. I don't need 10gigabit ethernet either. Not going to max out 1 gigabit doing a number of video streams. I did wire my house with Cat6 cable when I got it, and it's been great. I am using a Managed switch and have the 2 gigabit ports on the 516 linked for what it's worth.
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