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I'm working on picking out hardware for a very small (ITX or Mini PC) OPNSense system that will also run Zenarmor for a 3-10Gb/s fiber connection with a few dozen devices.

Right now I have a X710 as my NIC, and I'm between several different build options with estimated build costs:
Minisforum 7945HX Motherboard + 32GB + 2x256GB = $545
Minisforum MS-01 12900H + 32GB + 2x256GB = $520
Minisforum MS-01 12600H + 32GB + 2x256GB = $425
Embedded Motherboard 7940HS + 32GB + 2x256GB = $460
Embedded Motherboard 7840HS + 32GB + 2x256GB = $435
Embedded Motherboard 6900HX + 32GB + 2x256GB = $408

Am I way off track with these builds? Way overkill for what I need? I'm also open to other ideas that people have, the end goal is to try and keep this whole thing under $500 if possible.

I purchased a barebones 1U Intel R1208WFTYS server, grabbed an Intel Gold 6134 CPU, 8x8GB 2660 DDR4 RDIMMs, and I'm planning on grabbing 2x M.2 NVME 256 or 512GB SSDs for redundant storage. The motherboard  has 2x 10Gb RJ45 Intel ports built in. I'm hoping to find a good SFP28 2 port NIC that I can use for my WAN and LAN connections. I've seen the Intel 710-DA2 card and a few others out there for fairly reasonable prices. I'd like the best bang for the buck NIC that I can find, not trying to spend as much on the NIC as I already have on the whole server.