New configuration FTTH

Jacopx

Buongiorno a tutti! ;)
I'm a software engineering and I really like to build by my self everything and I want to build a pfSense machine to improve my environment performance and controls.

Since 2 weeks I'm try to reading every post that I can see about configuration for situations similar to mine.

I have an FTTH 1Gbe connection, I around D:720Mb/s and U:200Mb/s and I have a server/nas for stuff like Plex, Gogs and similar, I have a Raspberry too with Pi-Hole, ecc…
What I want is to built a system capable of managing my WAN connection with the possibility of Snort, Squid and OpenVPN*.

Because I'm live in Italy I don't need a really super-aper fast VPN, in fact, when I leave home I can't easily go over the 20Mb/s. What I want is accessing to my home network and, somethimes transferring some files but have around 100Mb/s of VPN could be good.

In this day I have try to use my old-old gaming computer but with not too good results, I have decided to build a new configuration and this are the hardware that I think could be work for my purpose:

CPU: Intel i3-6100T
MOBO: MSI B150 Baazoka
RAM: Crucial 4GB
PSU: Corsair VS350
NIC: HP NC360T
–---------------------------
TOTAL: ~340 € (http://amzn.eu/5ZEA0JO)

My questions are:

It could be enough the i3? Or is too much?
I can keep the power consumption under the 30Wh (average)? In Italy 30Wh, 24/7 means 8 €*month.
Is better to have 2 block of 2GB or leaving 1 block of 4GB with the possibility of expand (and it will be necessary the expand?)?
It is a good NIC the one that I have choose? I will only have 1x PCIe in that MOBO.

Thanks very much for your times guys! ;)

Jacopx

nothing? :/

whosmatt

I think the i3 would be more than suitable. The HP NC360T is a good NIC, and uses the 'em' driver, which is good if you have PPPoE. As far as the RAM, I'm really not sure. The dual-channel capability of two 2GB modules is theoretically faster, but how much that matters for pfSense I do not know. Perhaps someone else will weigh in on that one.

Is your connection authenticated with PPPoE?

Jacopx

@whosmatt:

Is your connection authenticated with PPPoE?

No, I don't need PPPoE ;)

The AVX are useful for my purpose? If not I can buy a Intel Pentium G4400T instead of the i3…

I have change something to build a littler machine:
CASE: CoolerMaster Elite 110
MOBO: Asrock H110M-ITX
PSU: Silverstone SST-ST30S

VAMike

pentium is fine