Barebone Intel N100 with 4 x I226

[vicking]

One can enable a temperature widget on the dashboard.

However:

1. At this time, it shows the temperature as too high, because it itself raises the momentary CPU temperatures during the dashboard updates.

2. You probably cannot use it, because your OpnSense is virtualized.

That is what I did, and the widget is making me paranoid showing temps around 59/60 degrees idle...
But, checking temps from the console they are like 40 degrees...

So I felt the case, but it does indeed feels pretty hot, hard to say how hot, but I think the hottest hardware in my house haha

Edit: I plugged in a power measurement plug and it is idling @ 13.2W running a Speedtest will boost it to 16.7W

[Gianry]

One can enable a temperature widget on the dashboard.

2. You probably cannot use it, because your OpnSense is virtualized.

Ok, you re right. I've added the widget and choose the intel sensors but no data is available

[HappyOpnSense]

There is no choice for either DDR4 or DDR5 on theses boxes. While the N100 can support both, it is up to the manufacturer to decide which type to use, not you. You will have to find which one you need.

Speed-wise, OpnSense does not have high expectations for storage (unless you use it as a VM under Proxmox), so you are good to go with whatever you want. SSDs are directly mounted to the case and have better heat dissipation in those unventilated cases.

What I would go for is a specimen with high write endurance, as you will want ZFS instead of UFS - i.e. do not use a QLC variant and prefer "pro" types. High write endurance can also be achieved by overallocating, i.e. use a larger disk. The price difference for a 512 GByte or 1 TByte instead of a smaller disk is often negligible.

Hi @meyerguru, any specific recommendation you could make regarding NVME brand and type in terms of low power and endurance ?

[meyergru]

There are Websites Like geizhals.de where you can Filter for capacity, TBW a.s.o.