Opnsense hardware upgrade

[dolphinit]

Ive been running OPNSense on a HP T6200+ but since I have a gigabit connection its been a tad underpowered at times

Just ordered one of these. Price seems very good for spec (8th gen i5, 8GB, 128GB). Fingers crossed its ok when in turns up

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001290787585.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.6da14c4djFM9KH

Anyone else used one of these yet?

[marshalleq]

I've been looking at the Qotom.  I don't understand why everyone says the price is good.  Circa US$400 for a firewall is premium money for a home solution.  And while there are cheaper options, to run gigabit with IPS - that's what I keep reading I need.  If I didn't need it in the cupboard, I'd just continue using an SFF PC, which are a lot cheaper and more powerful.

[rungekutta]

Depending on where you are you may be able to get it cheaper than that. I got the i5 delivered straight from China for just over $300. With 8GB RAM and 4x Intel nic. Very hard to beat that performance per dollar I think, unless buying used of course in which case anything is possible. Mine has been working well (except when it overheated and I had to put fans on it) so in a way I’m unfair, but as I mentioned in another thread I’ve decided I don’t trust it so will look to replace it anyway. Partly after I read some speculation elsewhere of the CPUs having been extracted from 2nd hand hardware.