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Hardware and Performance / Re: 1u Home Build

« on: June 16, 2017, 07:09:37 pm »

Thanks for the reply

Of course on the cooler 

At the minute it's hypothetical, connection speed will be FTTC, so approx 40-60Mbps down and 15-20Mbps up

Nice setup! I may upgrade the CPU to a i5-6500, or similar, that should do the trick?

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Hardware and Performance / 1u Home Build

« on: June 16, 2017, 04:19:42 pm »

Hello all,

Recently found OPNsense and love the concept.

I'm looking to make my own 1u build, has anyone else give this a try?

This is what I am looking at, advice/suggestions/critique all welcome 
(yes this may be over the top, but consider it a bit of fun/hobby)

Chassis: https://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/1U/512/SC512F-441B
Mobo: https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C236_C232/X11SSM-F.cfm
CPU: https://ark.intel.com/products/88179/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G4400-3M-Cache-3_30-GHz  (Socket: 1151, supports AES)
RAM: 4GB (Mobo is DDR4, so 1 stick of 4GB low profile)
SSD: 850 EVO

As I say, anyone got any suggestions to this build, or advice, it'll be greatly appreciated.

(this isn't to avoid buying a ready built firewall from one of the recommended vendors, I just enjoy building PCs etc. - once I am up and running, I will be making a donation to this project)

Thank you