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NV+ Motherboard upgrade?
Is the motherboard in the NV+ follow any standard such that I might be able to replace it with a more recent off-the-shelf version? I'd like to get a faster Intel CPU and better network adaptor (on...
Since I don't work for Netgear, whether you buy another Netgear product or not does not affect me. Rather than cobble together a frankenstien NAS, why not just buy a MB, case, etc and roll your own from scratch. I read an article about that over 4 years ago, it was based on turning old Win 98 based PC's into file servers running Linux on the old motherboards. There are some who do. I looked at what it took, and decided that for what I would invest in hardware, I would let Infrant do my development and assembly and bought my trusty old NV+.
You are talking about a new PSU, new MB and of course memory to match. Seems to me the only thing you would be saving from the NV+ is the case. To me it would be easier to find a case that will accommodate at least 4 or more drives, and then go from there.
Good Luck.
You are talking about a new PSU, new MB and of course memory to match. Seems to me the only thing you would be saving from the NV+ is the case. To me it would be easier to find a case that will accommodate at least 4 or more drives, and then go from there.
Good Luck.
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