What do you guys think of this hardware?

Ashmodai6 · May 26, 2017, 9:04 PM

@Ashmodai6:

After a lot of hesitation I ordered today what I think is close to the best bang for the buck

Intel Pentium G4560, 2x 3.50 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H
SSD SanDisk X400 256 Go M.2 SATA 6 Gbit/s
8 GB DDR4 2133 CL15 Crucial (2x4GB)
Case Inter-Tech GM-6013
Intel i350T4
Antes psu 350W (I had it already)

Total around 375 usd delivered and performance not far from a i3 7350k (around 20% less for around 70% cheaper)
I personally don't need more than 100mb for openvpn

Solid build, it won't break a sweat @ 100Mbps and will do great with IDS/IPS! Enjoy.

Actually my connection is 500/50 so I hope it will be able to cope with this even if seating :-)
I was saying that for the openvpn part I don't care that much about high speed since I only use it to go around geofencing and I don't need so much speed the :-)

daveweinstein · Jul 5, 2017, 5:51 AM

@mricecool:

I found this thread: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=129393.0 talking about the same subject. And a few performance specs from gig net with openvpn. Just for reference.

I usually go for NC364T Quad-Port nics, but this build I'm going to try out the i340-t2 or i340-t4 to be redundant.

So this build got a little out of hand regarding price. Im currently looking at this setup. Please review:

CPU: i3-7350k, 180USD
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSL-F Socket lga1151, 255USD
Case: Supermicro CSE-512L-260B Chassis with 260W power supply and some fans, 111USD
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i, 50USD
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM Server Premier KVR24SE17S8/4MB 4GB, 75USD
HDD: KingFast F6 32GB 2.5" SATA SATA III MLC SSD, 25USD
Extra Quad nic: i350-T4, 45USD

180+255+111+50+75+25+45 = 741 USD

This will be a future proof router.

Any thoughts? =)

How about this thing?

Lanner NCA-1031

Desktop Fanless x86 Network Appliance with Intel Apollo Lake Processors

Key features:

Intel Atom x7-E3950 or x5-E3930 (Codenamed Apollo Lake)
6x or 5x GbE RJ45, 2x USB 3.0 Ports, 1x RJ45 Console Port
2x Pairs of Gen3 Bypass (SKU A&B)
1x DDR3L Non-ECC SO-DIMM (Max. 8GB)
1x Mini-PCIe Socket (SKU B&C)
Fanless Desktop Form Factor

It seems very polished and appliance-like, and the x7-3950 can definitely do the job, but I haven't been able to find a price or online supplier.

-dw