hardware questions

[mirkywaters]

hi folks, need some help and advice. i have a I3-540 processor with an ecs board,running 4 gigs of ddr 3 ram, have 5, 2tb 5400 rpm drives running in raid 5 ,first the question, can i just add 2 additional sticks of ddr3 ram, and will freenas pick up hardware changes or do i have to re install freenas?. also i have an old q6600 processor and a asus p5e vm hdmi motherboard, it has 4sticks of 1gig ram, and supports raid 5, i am thinking about building another nas, should i use this equipment, because ddr2 ram is pricey, and there is no real upgrade potential or should i just try get another i3 processor and compatible motherboard, with ddr3 ram which is cheaper, and the hardware will be newer and faster?, any suggestions, thanks folks

 

[jgreco]

FreeNAS will be fine if you add RAM. You do not want to use the RAID support on a board that "supports RAID 5" if at all possible (it is likely to not even work). If you build another NAS, strongly consider the sticky in this forum where I make some hardware suggestions.