Better CPU?

[WaffleTiger13]

i currently have a freenas server that i mostly use for streaming music. my setup right now is using an old phenom ii x6 1055t with 8Gb of dd3. 

i will have extra i7 2600s soon, 

should i keep using the phenom ii x6 1055t or use the i7 2600s? 

Or does it matter? 

if i switch CPU's with freenas still work or with have to reinstall it? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

The i7 will be faster and use less power, so no reason not to(unless your using ecc).

 

It won't make a difference in a nas.

[Alexcalibur]

Honestly the phenom will work just fine if you are doing just streaming, but they will consume more power

[WaffleTiger13]

if i switch would i need to reinstall freenas? or would it still work? I'm assuming it would work fine but im not sure. 

[Eniqmatic]

You should infact switch if you can because FreeBSD and AMD aren't always greatly compatible, much less supported.

 

If you switched you technically wouldn't need to re-install because it's all stored on the memory stick (assuming you did this in the first place). I would recommend a re-install because it may have stored information on there about the hardware, and its so damn easy to re-install that why wouldn't you.

[WaffleTiger13]

The only reason I would be hesitant is because I would be afraid of losing data that's stored on the hard drives. Would the drives need reformatted?

[Eniqmatic]

No not at all, that's not how it works. You can take all those drives out, put them into any other FreeNAS machine and just import the volume if you wanted to. It will work fine.

[WaffleTiger13]

ok cool thats what ill do then. Thank you