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This is nice I suppose... at least it provides official support to (essentially) what has been going on for years. An actual replacement for EPYC 3000 would have been more well received I think.

So has anyone gotten the i5 version to use as a line rate pfSense box? Seems that with a small pair of mirrored SSDs and 8+ GB RAM these would be excellent. SDLeary

2.5GbE wasn't part of the enterprise lineup, true. But it is the next step. I've been using 1GbE for a long time now, and the reason that I'm looking at 2.5/10 GbE stuff is that I keep things for quite a while. If I'm going to spend real money, I want the stuff to last. The inexpensive...

Some of us have to manage our tech focused hobbies with restrictive budgets. Would I like to equip my apartment with a Netgate firewall, and Ubiquiti switches and an AP? Sure but it's just not in the cards right now. For me and others like me, these reviews are helpful. SDLeary

Sooo... @Patrick ... With all these switches with single SPF+ ports, ostensibly to be used as uplink ports, where do we uplink them to when on a budget? Perhaps THIS or something like it? As a corollary to the MEGA 2.5GbE Switch Guide, perhaps you could test this to see how well it would work...

Well, while we're on the subject of improvements... Rather than the somewhat odd layout that exists now for storage, I'd much prefer twin slots of the same spec, even if this means fewer LAN connections, as long as there was at least one 10GbE (pref SPF+, but an RJ poet would work too). SDLeary

A thread that I completely missed! Thanks Much! SDLeary

I was thinking router, using pfSense. We have a local ISP that has 10G FTTP for a ridiculously low price compared to the incumbents. I'm not fond of the rental fees that companies charge for their equipment... it adds up quickly. SDLeary

I was perusing Amazon, after becoming disappointed with the Prime Day stuff, and came across THIS. I mean it is a somewhat dated CPU at this point (still good for pfSense??), but quad SFP+ cages, and 5 2.5G ethernet ports, and an external slimSAS connector ( ). Does anyone in STH-landia have...

So are you saying Illumos for the win here? ;-) SDLeary

More importantly, why am I not able to see info on the CX3701 on Sliger's website, but see it for sale on Newegg? Am I missing it on Sliger's site? Anyone have a link? SDLeary

Have you been able to utilize the eMMC, or did you have to resort to the M.2? SDLeary

Yeah, I was remembering that, but a site search for R86S didn't return anything. Thanks for the link! SDLeary

Hello, Has anyone tried any of the R86S series with pfSense? How well do they work with 10G connections for routing purposes? Special kudos if anyone has hands on with the -N version of this, that has the N305 chip. Thanks Much SDLeary

Or, hell, simply pfSense+. Downside to this little box, M.2 only x1. At this point Intel should really design all their chips to have a x4 connection (in other words, put enough PCI lanes in all your products for current day basic functions). SDLeary

@Patrick Hey! What about an update on the video on the H2s from almost 2 years ago! Did you ever do your clustering project on them. How much better do the H3+s perform? :D SDLeary

The manual states that it comes with the power adapter. Its hard to tell what the status of this board is anymore as it (and other boards) are no longer accessible from the normal product listings on ASRockRack's page (still accessible though with a google search). Makes me wonder if this was a...

Anyone out there have any experience with this board? Seems a better fit for virtualization than the D6U. SDLeary

Looks like the all Max models do. All documentation that I've seen bases the memory bandwidth on the version of chip, so all Max models appear to have the 8 channel memory. SDLeary

Is it just me, or do the WAN and high-speed LAN ports look reversed from where they should be? Fiber (consumer) in my area looks to be 1G symmetrical at best. At the pace the ISPs are moving, I can't see coming anywhere near 10G to the home this century!