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I wouldn't really call it a full desktop. Intel DQ77KB mini-itx, lga1155 with dual Intel nics is what we use for $100 off Amazon. Pair it with a cheap Celeron a
by zf00002 11y ago
I wouldn't really call it a full desktop. Intel DQ77KB mini-itx, lga1155 with dual Intel nics is what we use for $100 off Amazon. Pair it with a cheap Celeron and some used laptop memory off ebay. At the wall ~15W.
- tomkinstinch 11y agoThat's not bad! I'm surprised you're able to get the power consumption so low. With a case, power supply, CPU, heatsink, and RAM the price starts to approach the OnHub though, without any Wi-Fi nics. The DQ77KB is a cool little board. Have you tried running one as a VPN endpoint?
- zf00002 11y agoRight now I have one of them with pfsense and its openvpn server running. But that one was upgraded to an Intel i5-3470T so it pulls about ~25W. We went with that cpu for it's AES stuff but it turns out that pfsense (or maybe its freebsd, not sure) can't completely take advantage of it. But otherwise it works great for a vpn that we use when we're outside and on mobile. Another with a Celeron G1620 is running as an vsphere server. I really love the board.