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[YoMan]

I am looking to build a cheap home router that will handle 120mbps OpenVPN connection.

I am thinking about going with AMD Sempron
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113367
Does anyone have any experience with these CPUs? I see they have AES-NI which is a bonus and it would be a much cheaper set up then the atom2550s.

Also would you have a good recommendation for at mini ITX board for this CPU?

[kejianshi]

I'm doing fine with an AMD but my Intel is also nice.

Its up to you.  I think most modern 4 core systems will be fine.

However,  I think openvpn is essentially core locked.  1 process runs on 1 core (or thread) I believe.

I mention this because I'd bet my old intel running at 4GHZ and 4 cores will smoke these newer lower clocked processors with openvpn.

Its drinking lots of power though.  I think the big numbers with the rangley boards is being achieved with IPsec.

[NOYB]

If you have a notebook available to be repurposed that can be a really inexpensive route (pun).  And as a bonus includes UPS and console.