526X CPU Upgrade Options

[steveoelliott]

Hi Folks,

Does anybody know the CPU upgrade options for the 526X? I'd like to use it for Plex and be a bit more heavyweight.

Many Thanks
Stephen Elliott

[Sandshark]

The 526X's processor, an Intel D1508, is only available as a ball grid array.  That is, permanently soldered in.  So, there are no upgrade options.

[steveoelliott]

That's a shame...

I doubt that increasing the RAM from the deafult of 4GB will have much of an impact on Plex performance either.

Perhaps I need to consider a seperate server for Plex to support 4K transcoding.

[StephenB]

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@steveoelliott wrote:

Perhaps I need to consider a separate server for Plex to support 4K transcoding.

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That's what I've done (and also I run other applications on that PC).  The server has a 10GBaseT card, and I've mapped the 526x data volume to a drive letter (using admin credentials of course).

Personally I think it's a better approach than loading up the NAS with apps.  One benefit is that it gives me more flexibility on upgrades.