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sfg
Jan 07, 2018Aspirant
ReadyNas Pro Business upgrading hardware and to OS6
Hi, I have been using this in my home since this model came out all those years ago and am looking to bring it more up to speed. I am running bios version 07/26/2010 FLAME6-MB V2.0 The CPU is C...
Sandshark
Jan 07, 2018Sensei
The 6-bay Pro models are not nearly as particular about the memory they will work with as some would have you believe. I have bought several brands of memory (Corsair, AData, GSkill) PC2-800, usually going for that which has low CAS latency. You do have to stay away from the 2Rx4 (aka "High Density, aka "For AMD") memory, which means 2 x 4GB sticks is costly, so you'll probably want to stick with 2 x 2GB..
You have the latest BIOS, so the E7500 is a good CPU choice.
- sfgJan 08, 2018Aspirant
Sandshark wrote:You have the latest BIOS, so the E7500 is a good CPU choice.
Are there any other ones I could go faster/quadcore while using the standard heatsink/arctic5, etc...
My Pro Business is one of the models where the Serial No. is the MAC address
- mdgm-ntgrJan 08, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
So you'd have a very old board rev so your motherboard would be compatible with a smaller range of CPUs than some newer units.
- SandsharkJan 08, 2018Sensei
It has always been my understanding that the older version motherboard would not accept FLAME6-MB V2.0, so having that revision BIOS says the board is the latest. mdgm-ntgr, you have other info?
Unless you do a lot of extensive parallel processing (like multiple transcodings), the quad core is not going to help you much, and the higher TDP can cause issues.
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