Intel i3 (8GB RAM) or Intel N5105 ?
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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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@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).
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What sort of i3?
What throughput do you need?
What CPU do you have currently that isn't cutting it?
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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.
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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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@stephenw10
So back to original question. Which would be the better option, the I3 or the N5105?
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Depends what your priorities are. The N5105 will likely use less power. The i3 has faster single thread performance.
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@stephenw10 perfect answer, thanks. Looking for grunt here…
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