They are still pushing the delivery date forward. 16/3 is the new preliminary date for the CPU.

I did however get the 4GB RAM and installed it yesterday. I like what I got out from it. My X510 feels a lot snappier and I think I will get good results transcoding movies when I get the new CPU. It's working fine today but I guess it will work great after the CPU upgrade.

BTW... The new Air Video (iOS) version they released today are a killer. 1080P mkv's starts almost instantly with the new higher bitrate (5120kbit/s).
It's also nice to be able to send the video to my Apple Tv via Airt Share (I have 4.3 in my iPad).

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X510 5TB

Just canceled my CPU order and placed an order for a Q9550S (65W) on amazone.de. They had them in stock so I should have it within a week.

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X510 5TB

I got a Q9400S last Friday and have done some small tests now. Nothing major but transcoding and converting movies are working really great now.
I have a couple of Popcorn Hours and after the CPU and RAM upgrade I don't even see the buffering screen when starting a movie, not even for 1080P high bitrate DTS-MA mkv's. I'm really happy with the upgrade.

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X510 5TB

Anyone found Mushkin 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400), or similar in the UK ??

I can't find anything in the UK, and NewEGG don't sell internationally

I bought mine from Memory Supplier and they probably ship to you. The did ship to me in Sweden.

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X510 5TB

Does the X510 motherboard support the Q9550S right off the bat? And which RAM did you end up buying?

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HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault, WHS 2011, Q9550S, 4 GB RAM, 14 TB storage + 240 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD.

Yes, plug and play.

HOW ONE CAN UPGRADE TO 4 GB RAM???

This entire topic is about the upgrade, if you read it you will learn. If you have specific questions, please post them.

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Alex Kuretz
Remote Notification: Monitoring and alerting for your Home Server via email, Twitter, text message, RSS, push notifications, and on your Mac desktop
Have you tried our Add-Ins?

Buy the right RAM and then install it.
Follow this guid to open your EX.

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X510 5TB

4GB 800MHZ DDR2 Ecc Reg by KINGSTON. This is what i have and i followed detailed instructions how to install it. I did all they say but when i start server it blinks red and does not want to star. maybe i ahve to change some settings???? PLEASE HELP

The problem is the memory you are trying to use. You need 800 mhz, PC6400, non-registered, non buffered, plain old DDR2 memory. Like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231300 but any of this type will work.

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HP EX470, 4 GIG, 4200+ EE SFF, WHS V1, Production
HP EX485, 4 GIG, E5800, WHS 2011, Stablebit Drive Pool, Transfer Server, Backup Server
HP EX490, 4 GIG, Q9400S, WHS 2011, Stablebit Drive Pool, Mediaserver
HP EX485, 4 GIG, Q8200S, WHS 2011, ITUNES Server

Newegg had a 4 gig stick of RAM for $54 last week so I took the plunge.

Big improvement in the console much much much faster to navigate around.

The sever gives of the impression that the full 3.99GIG is available. Not sure how true this really is as my understanding is 32bit systems only should give you 3.2~.

Anyway, good update to the system.

I also upgraded mu EX495 to 4GB (the Mushkin PC2-6400) RAM. I have noticed that with WHS 2011 the TermServer session / console is much faster. I dont see my CPU pegged- so I cant justify upgrading that yet.

Plus there are NO drivers yet for the hard drive lights or system health light (blinking blue) under WHS / SBS 2011. So basically I have a stylish unit with limited features.

I have used Kingston KVR800D2N6/4G and it works well.

One module: 240pin PC2-6400 CL6 DIMM non-registered (Unbuffered DDR2)

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Upgraded HP MediaSmart Server EX490
CPU: Core 2 Duo E8500 mounted with Arctic Silver 5 and simple fan cooling
Mem: Kingston 4GB DDR2 800MHz Value (KVR800D2N6/4G) Black Revoltec RAM Cooler Aluminium