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I just found this Fujitsu Esprimo E710 SFF with an Pentium G645 (Passmark ~2600) for just 993sek including shipping (~$113).

I'm thinking of grabbing one, and if the throughput is to slow I can upgrade to an i3/i5/i7 since it's a standar LGA1155 socket.

Well, I live in Sweden so shipping from the US can be bit costly.

I think I will go for the Fujitsu I linked earlier although I know Dell and HP are really good.

The world is full of used Dell Optiplex (SFF) with i3 or i5 Processors. Have a look, find some (small form factor = SFF) with 2 PCI slots and buy two Intel 2xGbit cards. Have a total of 5 interfaces, 4-8-16 GB RAM, and some decent CPU power. All for about 200 to 300 bugs.

Rock solid. If you need more power find a used Dell Precision workstation :-)

Perhaps this with a dualport Intel Pro 1000 card would do the trick?

I'm simply looking for a "simple" firewall, maybe use snort or a similar function.
I rarely use VPN so that's not a big concern for me.

What I want/need is a box able to handle my internet speed and be rock solid.

I'm tired of consumer grade products that can't do it.

Currently I've got an Asus RT-N56U router that's on it's last legs, it keeps restarting and acting up.

Anyway, this time I'm going to build myself a router instead of buying one.

I got 1000/1000 internet from my ISP so want to use it all.

I got an old Core2Duo E2140 just laying around (missing RAM and  PSU) but will it work for me?

I've also been looking into the Zotac CI323 Nano, but from what I've read, people seem to have problems with it, dropping connections and such.

If I'm going to buy some new hardware I would prefer it to small and silent.

Thanks in advance.