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      taryezveb last edited by

      Just finished a new pfSense build with the following components:

      Foxconn H67S: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186211

      Intel Celeron G530 Sandy Bridge: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116409

      Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 4GB (2 x 2GB): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146748

      IBM / Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Gigabit NIC Adapter PCI-E: http://www.ebay.com/itm/350513539530

      SilverStone SG06B: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002M78KYW/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details

      Hard drive: used a old laptop hard drive I had laying around.

      Total came too ~$310. I could have saved some money, by going with a cheaper case. But the SG06 is a very nice looking case, comes with a decent power supply and easy to build with. Had no trouble with install and setup, working great so far.

      Uses ~30 watts, this is using powerd. With a better power supply power consumption should be lower. Maybe later on, I will try with a pico power supply. Pico power supplies should bring power consumption down. But a good pico power supply setup is costly and would only save ~10 watts, to bring power consumption down in ~20 watt range. Not sure if the cost is worth it for the small savings in power consumption.

      Maybe this will help others, when considering a new build.

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        djpenn3 last edited by

        Nice build! That's a sharp looking case.

        I think you'll be pleased with the performance of that PRO/1000 PT NIC. I just built a pfsense box with fairly similar hardware and one of those NICs, and it's running at 875Mb/s across the two interfaces that NIC handles.

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          taryezveb last edited by

          Yes this better than my old laptop[T23], I was using before. Intel NICs are great of course. Still need to do a few things in pfSense, but can not complain :) That case looks nice too my eyes, these things are subjective tho.

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            phils last edited by

            How many fans are there in this?

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              taryezveb last edited by

              @phils:

              How many fans are there in this?

              One 120mm fan, look at the whole case here: http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=227&area=en
              And of course the stock CPU fan that came with the G530.

              Edit: To me it is not loud at all. The machine next to it makes more noise, which it self it is not too loud. But noise is subjective, what may be loud/quiet to me, might not be to someone else.

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                nexusN last edited by

                Sorry, I post in a wrong thread, please kindly ignore, thanks.

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