My main computer is a used ivy bridge-e that I picked up. I actually thought that was a good deal for an i5 CPU, but I've been out of the loop for a long time.

Now, if you can get an old SFF i5 workstation for a price that isn't bullshit - go for it! I don't see myself upgrading anytime soon, but it would be a shame if I couldn't run 250/20 through the not buy an i5-3470 for pfSense for nearly 300. I currently have 100/10 with the option of upgrading to 250/20 for 5$ and 1000/30 for 15$ more than what I currently have. Other fees you have to pay on top of the price, but this might be a really nice box then to reach your goal. With the SG-1000 or SG-3100, I don´t know where you are placed in Canada and what fees, tax or If not or you may tell us your total or complete Internet connection speed you might be also lucky Now, if you can get an old SFF i5 workstation for a price that isn't bullshit - go for Engines APU2C4 if you could get it cheap would also my vote. And from what little detail you've posted about the job it is very likely more than a match for your job. Canada prices might suck but just looking at amazon you can get a j3355b to your door for <$95USD.Īnd ultimately it doesn't matter if you can get the i5 for slightly cheaper than the Celeron so long as the Celeron is the right tool for the job. Even though you didn't post your actual needs, you almost certainly can accomplish what you need with a j3355b on pfSense. Point being, you're paying way too much for not enough.įor that price, build your own modern, small, low power, silent j3355b setup. I run openvpn clients and server, pfBlockerNG, suricata with a moderate ruleset and several more less taxing packages on a 150/10 soon to be 100/100 line - and I don't think I've ever seen usage above 20%. It cost me like $130 out the door after I added an i340t4.

I got an old SFF workstation for pfSense as well, with an i5-2400 I was originally looking at low-power celeron builds, but being in Canada, those things will probably cost significantly more than this i5.Īlternatively, I could setup my BananaPi (raspberry pi clone) as a router and tell it to forward all incoming traffic through its OpenVPN client.ĭo not buy an i5-3470 for pfSense for nearly 300. The ability to segregate certain network devices (VLANS?) I know its bad to use a pfsense machine as a OPENVPN Server/Samba Server so I'll continue to run both of those through the AC68p. (will there be any performance hits if I use a USB Key) My plan is to remove the 250GB HDD and replace with it with a USB key. I'm wondering if I'd have any problems running pfsense on this: I now need it to act as a selective OPENVPN Client but the router's CPU doesn't have capability to do so. I was hoping to get some advice for my home networkĬurrently my main router (ASUS AC68p) is acting as a SAMBA server/OPENVPN server and router.

Intel core i5 2400 es bueno?