Power consumption of a dell optiplex as a Pfsense Router
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Hello guys, i need your help...I have been wanting to purchase a small form factor router such as the J1900 and SG-3100, but to no avail since the J1900 is not available in any stores in my area until i import, which is expensive. The SG-3100 is also very very expensive for me to buy.Currently i have an HP desktop that i have made my pfsense router but it consumes about 55W, which i think is too much for a router. I need your help since i am thinking of buying a dell optiplex 780 and change it to my router to conserve the space and energy requirement. So has anyone used the optiplex before as a router and what is its energy requirement as a pfsense router ?
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Dell Wyse 5070 Extended. Add a multi port nic install pfsense then call it a day.
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But does the Wyse have an extra Pci-express bay for the dual port Nic ?
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yes, the extended does.
Example here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Wyse-5070-Extended-Thin-Client-J5005-1-5Ghz-4GB-DDR4-16GB-ThinOS/123786006900?hash=item1cd2389174:g:A0AAAOSwDM9c7yYr -
How are you measuring the current power consumption?
Steve
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@stephenw10 i have an inverter charger that has a digital wattage meter, and consumption by the PC is at about 55W
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@rok1 said in Power consumption of a dell optiplex as a Pfsense Router:
Dell Wyse 5070 Extended. Add a multi port nic install pfsense then call it a day.
What a great featured little box. Pick up a used Intel i340 dual/quad card for $20-25 and you're done. Plenty of CPU, memory and disk. And AES-NI, too.
I bet the Dell Optiplex 780 would still pull 40-45w at idle. This, probably 15w.
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@provels have you ever used it b4 ?
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@OpenWifi No, but it's Dell, Intel, and an enterprise-quality item, not some Ali Baba slapped together junk.
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@provels hahaha. You surely dislike alibaba
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@OpenWifi Not so much Ali Baba, but same with Amazon, Ebay, etc. Lots of junk and counterfeits sold by third parties. Selling platforms don't care as long as they get their %. Post a link to the Optiplex 780 you are looking at.
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I'm running pfsense on an Optiplex 3020 with a i5-4570 and a quad i340 NIC, 8GB of ddr3 low voltage and a 120gb ssd. With Power D set to "adaptive" it pulls 22 watts average while being used, and peaks at 35 watts when booting or doing a full pfBlockerNG-devel reload. I've been very happy with it.
