Yes, it came with a PentiumD E5300. I happily voided the warranty and replaced it with a 6700 core2duo chip. I'm wondering if I can find something even faster for it. I'd like more speed for transcoding.
Still finding the CPU is maxed out even with the Core2Duo CPU? I don't know if there's something faster or not. I don't think many Pro 6 users have looked into putting a faster CPU in yet as the E5300 is overkill (but the Pro 6 is a good NAS to buy now to have for a long time) for most users.
Do be aware that even though the warranty is voided depending on the nature of the problem some help may be able to be provided by the community here on the forum if you run into issues.
Yes I easily max out the e5300 or e6700 during transcoding. I'm using the readynas to replace a box with a qx6700. Oh man I love that chip. It was released almost 6 years ago and is a tie with my fancy new i7. Being on the downside of the cpu price curve is a nice place to be.
I'm probably stuck at the e6700 unless I want to replace the ram with something faster. e6700 c2d is the most powerful of the 1066 bus chips.
I don't have much luck on support for cpu info here. It seems like a guy like me creates a thread, leaves some details and disappears. If one actually comes out and asks, the only responses are the warranty warners 🙂
As it's something that NetGear doesn't support they're not going to encourage users to do such an upgrade, though for various reasons they do test CPUs themselves from time to time. Upgrading the CPU is a dangerous procedure. It's easy to damage the NAS hardware installing a replacement CPU incorrectly or by using one that gets too hot too quickly.
Its all about experience level and knowing your limits. Never trust what some random guy like me says on a forum. Do your own research too! Ask a friend like me locally for help. If you don't have one, go to a local linux meeting. Thats where we hang out and are always happy to help folks improve their skills. Well AA meetings too but we're harder to spot there 🙂
Unless you can read those three pages and understand the differences between those CPUs, you shouldn't being doing this. Unless you're willing to bet $1000 that you're right, you shouldn't be doing this.
