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    Intel i3 (8GB RAM) or Intel N5105 ?

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    • georgelzaG
      georgelza
      last edited by

      Hi all

      looking at purchasing a Topton or one of the similar units from the East to replace my low end Celeron.

      which would be the better option.
      I'm having some buffering due to processor being maxed out due to encryption, deep packet inspection etc all running.

      G

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      • keyserK
        keyser Rebel Alliance @georgelza
        last edited by

        @georgelza The N5105 will handle Gbit easy if you are not doing deep packet inspection using Suricata or Snort. But if that is your thing along with other services, the i3 would be the better bet (assuming it’s a “modern” i3).

        Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          What sort of i3?

          What throughput do you need?

          What CPU do you have currently that isn't cutting it?

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          • georgelzaG
            georgelza
            last edited by georgelza

            Have Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N2940 @ 1.83GHz, 4 x 1GbE, 65GB storage

            Looking at i3-8145U, 4 x 2.5GbE, 256GB storage

            Battling with Suricate, pfBlocker, running multiple vLan's.

            Running multiple 4K devices + iPads + me... working/Teams, etc.

            network is Fiber 750/750

            between addressing the buffering and future proofing figured this little i3 with some additional storage not bad idea

            Question is i3 vs N51105... not vs my current.

            G

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              That i3 is only faster in single thread performance. But is also older and likely less efficient. Both are much faster than the current CPU so either would likely be fine.

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              • georgelzaG
                georgelza @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10
                So back to original question. Which would be the better option, the I3 or the N5105?
                G

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Depends what your priorities are. The N5105 will likely use less power. The i3 has faster single thread performance.

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                  • georgelzaG
                    georgelza @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10 perfect answer, thanks. Looking for grunt here…
                    G

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