Hi was wondering what draw is with the cpu you got installed?Hi,
I'm using a X9SRW-F for my Veeam server. The board is ~5W, power draw comes mainly from the CPU, RAM, PCIe cards and your storage options.
Honestly it's just because I can get it for really cheap $100CAD. Just gunna put one stick of ram and one of the slower 4c/4t CPUs inside.It's going to be pretty bad for pfSense, which does not need much CPU/RAM unless you're trying to route well over 1gbit. You're going to be better off getting something far lower in power.
Thanks I'll look into that. Was mainly looking at this because I can get it fully loaded for $100I use a teeny tiny thin-ITX motherboard (Gigabyte B75-TN) with an i5-3570s (4C/4T) for my pfSense box, with symmetric gigabit. The system idles at <10w with the CPU/2x RAM sticks/passive CPU cooler. With a Mellanox CX3 10g card, it idles ~14w. It can do symmetric gigabit and then some.
You can get a Celeron J1900 setup (or newer) for that much, which will draw under 10W at the wall. The power savings will pay for themselves fairly quickly.Honestly it's just because I can get it for really cheap $100CAD. Just gunna put one stick of ram and one of the slower 4c/4t CPUs inside.
+1 on thatYou can get a Celeron J1900 setup (or newer) for that much, which will draw under 10W at the wall. The power savings will pay for themselves fairly quickly.
Couldn't find any J1900 boards for anywhere near my $100 budget.You can get a Celeron J1900 setup (or newer) for that much, which will draw under 10W at the wall. The power savings will pay for themselves fairly quickly.
As a data point - I got the Gigabyte board +8GB RAM (2x4GB 1600 DDR3 SO-DIMMs) + i3-3220 for...$45 shipped.Thanks I'll look into that. Was mainly looking at this because I can get it fully loaded for $100