Great find! I’ve a dual port nic and the like waiting for this.
What are people doing for itx cases?
Silent J1900 PFSense box eBay (4x cores and 4x intel ethernet)
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What are people doing for itx cases?
Now , You have me thinking.
There are AMD AM1 socket that also support AES-NI , Fry's electronic were selling $30-$35 combo CPU and MB.
Pair it with a $25 Intel IBM 49Y4242 Quad Port (T340-4 ).
I have a bunch of the AM1 boards , I may give it a run when I have time.
There are AMD AM1 socket that also support AES-NI , Fry's electronic were selling $30-$35 combo CPU and MB.
Pair it with a $25 Intel IBM 49Y4242 Quad Port (T340-4 ).
I have a bunch of the AM1 boards , I may give it a run when I have time.
Wow, that's great info. I also snapped one of this when Newegg was dumping it for like $20 a piece AR (don't remember exact cost after rebate). I just couldn't find it supports AES-NI on it's spec sheet. Now I might build one for my parents home.
They're nifty little things to be sure. I think I paid ~$30 after rebate for mine a few years back. I literally had to buy it just because, and only afterwards tried to think of use cases. It would be neat to dig around and see what was made with more recent silicon!
It seems like AMD caught a lot of flak over the whole Bulldozer thing, and got some credit for their mainline APUs, but nobody really paid much attention to some of the more obscure APU/SOC's they put together. It seems like they don't gimp them as bad as the lower end Intel chips so you get nice features sometimes!
It seems like AMD caught a lot of flak over the whole Bulldozer thing, and got some credit for their mainline APUs, but nobody really paid much attention to some of the more obscure APU/SOC's they put together. It seems like they don't gimp them as bad as the lower end Intel chips so you get nice features sometimes!
At this point, I would not get anything that doesn't support AES-NI. Even if OPNSense doesn't require it the performance gains (for certain use) is worth it. Up until relatively recently, I have been using Dell Optiplex Micros or USFF units 3/7/9020s for budget boxes or finding a J4205 mobo/CPU combo (typically around $100) and building a router out of that.
I've made the switch to the Qotom's revised box (Q355G4) which comes with a Core i5-5250U and 4 Intel i211-AT NICs. You can typically pick these up for about $200 bare or around $300 with ram/SSD. Unfortunately most of the ones I found limit the ram to 8GB (CPU can support up to 16gb) so it limits the fact that these support VT-d, VT-x, EPT.
The bonus is that this is a 15w CPU that supports AES-NI and performance wise spanks the J4205 and J1800/J1900s.
I've made the switch to the Qotom's revised box (Q355G4) which comes with a Core i5-5250U and 4 Intel i211-AT NICs. You can typically pick these up for about $200 bare or around $300 with ram/SSD. Unfortunately most of the ones I found limit the ram to 8GB (CPU can support up to 16gb) so it limits the fact that these support VT-d, VT-x, EPT.
The bonus is that this is a 15w CPU that supports AES-NI and performance wise spanks the J4205 and J1800/J1900s.
so to confirm, on the AMD side of things, if the chip has AES it can satisfy the AES-NI (Intel's moniker?) for pfsense?
Don't have one but these 2 cases are popular and cheap...
https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Mini-ITX-enclosure-PicoPSU-compatible/dp/B003DXI288
https://www.amazon.com/Morex-Universal-Mini-ITX-Fan-less-Compact/dp/B0087TS1S4
I've used both of those cases and they are solid with their own quirks. I like the 557 a bit better but the M350 has multiple versions. Check out the MITXPC MX500 that's another fav of mine. These aren't as nice as the Fractal Design Node 202 or the Silverstone RVZ01 but then those are much more expensive.
I do not disagree with you about cost.
But Ebay sometimes surprise me , regarding M350 case , sometime back, there was seller with a ton of
ITX 350 case with free shipping for $50, the catch is that the M350 case came with a I5-3470K cpu and ITX systemboard,
and 4 gb ram.
I was in a situation that only want the case but did not want dis-assemble the entire system.
So I ended up buying a mitx case from Newegg.
But Ebay sometimes surprise me , regarding M350 case , sometime back, there was seller with a ton of
ITX 350 case with free shipping for $50, the catch is that the M350 case came with a I5-3470K cpu and ITX systemboard,
and 4 gb ram.
I was in a situation that only want the case but did not want dis-assemble the entire system.
So I ended up buying a mitx case from Newegg.
I have few AMD E1200 system board that I don't need.
If anyone wants one to test it, make a donation to Red Cross for hurricane Harvey
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+ shipping cost. US only please.
If anyone wants one to test it, make a donation to Red Cross for hurricane Harvey
I support the American Red Cross
+ shipping cost. US only please.