Hi Guy's
I have a HP Mediasmart EX47 Server which i have had for around 4 years now but the Itunes part stopped working a few years ago.
I was running very slow and taking ages to do anything so i thought it was time for an upgrade but on checking out U Tube, I came across Ram and CPU upgrades for the EX470.
I have never attempted this before but thought, its time to give it a try, fingers crossed!!.
I purchased;
CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 DeskTop CPU Socket AM2 940 ADH1640IAA5DP ADH1640IAA5DH (A manufacturer refurbished chip from Hong Kong as you can't find one in the UK)
Memory:
(Mr Memory web site) this website will find your server then give you a choice of 512mb, 1gb & 2 gb. I went for the 2 gb memory which came this morning.
Looking at Purchasing:
I'm looking to reinstall windows server edition which came with the server but I have been toying with upgrading, will it work ok with the most recent server edition ? if not, which would be the best one to go for ?
Hard Drives:
I was looking at Western Digital (Green) 2TB x4 but I noticed the spin cycle is 52000 and wanted to go for 72000.
I read a discussion in the forum about someone thinking of installing a 3tb HDD Drive but there was an issue with booting up. Please advise
I will update you all once I receive the chip and installed both to advise on how it went.
Regards