Pro 6 Memory and CPU

Don't think having VGA is necessary but it's nice to have.

Attempting to use the serial console is not supported and you'll get no help with that here.

Well that was boring, it works. No broken screws in the chassis or anything exciting. Not much of a speed difference with this chip. Temp no higher than stock. I'll research what else it'll take and report back if I find anything useful. Not that I recommend this but if you're like me and you can't help it, get a SL9ZF E6700 on ebay, it'll work. The SL9ZF is the specific model of the 6700 that worked for me. But again, don't do this, especially if you've never replaced a cpu before.

processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 15
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6700  @ 2.66GHz
stepping	: 6
cpu MHz		: 2659.502
cache size	: 4096 KB

VS

processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 23
model name	: Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E5300  @ 2.60GHz
stepping	: 10
cpu MHz		: 2593.494
cache size	: 2048 KB

Nice that it just works, but I'd be more interested if the chip was more powerful. As you said, this isn't much of an "upgrade". Here's a comparison link for anyone that is interested: http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/385/In ... E5300.html. Some sites were listing the pro 6 with a 2.8Ghz processor for a while so I suspect there might be a 2.8Ghz chip that works somewhere.

steve

Some people here refer to what I'm using as the old Pro. I wish I'd lucked out and gotten a newer version, oh well. It is more powerful and was worth $60 to me to do.

Actually, how do I know if I have a newer pro?

The ole Pro (Pro Business) was model RNDP6xxx-100NAS and the new Pro 6 is model RNDP6xxx-200NAS. Also on the Frontview screen the old Pro should say ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition or ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer on the line for Model. Note: In the upper right corner it will probably only say ReadyNAS Pro. Both models came with the Intel E2160 chip. There was no difference in memory, CPU or speed. It was the presence or lack of the business features such as Active Directory and a 5 year (Pro BE) vs 3 year (Pro Pioneer) warranty.

A qx6700 boots too.

Intel Core2 Extreme CPU QX6700 2.66/8M/1066 SL9UL

NAS:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 15
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU           @ 2.66GHz
stepping	: 7
cpu MHz		: 2394.203
cache size	: 4096 KB

I am actually scared running this chip. It makes way too much heat for this heatsink. It runs about 30% hotter than the core2duo but its running the fan at max to accomplish that. However 30% hotter is only 54c and far below the max of 80 something. I'm not going to run it but if you're good with cooling systems, you could make this work.

Just been reading through this, I too have the ‘new’ Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200) with the Pentium D E5300 as standard.

I’d want to keep the 65W TDP, but is there anything faster than the Core 2 Duo E6700 that it can take? I know it’ll be faster than stock as it’s a newer architecture and got more cache, but the headline clock speed is the same.

I was going to go looking through the listed compatible processors on ark.intel.com for the Q963 & Q965 chipsets… but then noticed that the standard Pentium D E5300 isn’t listed as compatible. Are we sure Q963/Q965 is the correct chipset?

I noticed that the stock cpu isn't on that list, neither is the q6700 or qx but they all work in there. Eventually the chips will get cheaper on ebay and I'll waste some money on more experiments :)

sleepy06405 wrote:
I noticed that the stock cpu isn't on that list, neither is the q6700 or qx but they all work in there. Eventually the chips will get cheaper on ebay and I'll waste some money on more experiments :)

Ones I'd fancy trying are E6700 and E7600 on 1066MHz FSB. Then on 1333MHz FSB (will it even do 1333MHz?!) it'd be E8600, Q9505S, and Q9550S. Those two Quads are rather expensive though!


(For any naysayers, all of the above are 65W TDP just like the stock CPU :)).

Even if the motherboard accepts a higher FSB, beware of the potential increase in heat of the motherboard's components (NorthBridge, SouthBridge, ...)