Proc for Firewall

Technolust · Jan 29, 2022, 9:02 PM

Community, I’m looking to build-a-box!! Deciding between these two Intel Core Processors

I3 -10100 = $115
I5-11400 = $183

Running with 2 Corsair 8GB 3200 RAM Sticks.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Technolust

stephenw10 · Jan 30, 2022, 10:51 PM

Both are probably over powered but impossible to say without knowing what your WAN bandwidth is and how you plan to use it.

Steve

Technolust · Jan 30, 2022, 11:29 PM

@stephenw10

Thanks @stephenw10 WAN is 1G up 1G down (fiber) LAN 10G over Cat6A but I may get a fiber card and use DAC cables from pfsense to LAN switch (Layer 2).

stephenw10 · Jan 31, 2022, 1:25 AM

If you want to be able to route at or close to 10G you need something as fast as you can get really.

If you are not routing internally and only need 1G then both are far more CPU than you need.

Steve

Technolust · Jan 31, 2022, 5:27 AM

@stephenw10

Honestly, I’m looking at an X520-DA2 on pcie 4.0 x 4.

stephenw10 · Jan 31, 2022, 3:10 PM

And using both ports for internal subnets?

If so you might want to route between them.

Steve

Technolust · Jan 31, 2022, 3:10 PM

@stephenw10

Thanks Steve, I was planing to use one for wired subnet and the other for wireless subnet and the onboard for external since it’s 1G the onboard is capable of 2.5G.

Joe