On 03/14/2015 01:43 PM, Duncan wrote:
Thanasis posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:30:20 +0200 as excerpted:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130759
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113364
Thank you very /very/ much! That's very close to perfect for the
router... and googling I see others already using it for such. =:^)
Actually overkill for just a router's use.
You can even expect decent compilation times on it.
I haven't worked with mini-ITX before and thus didn't realize how close
it is to what I was looking for. And with what's included... Embedded
graphics, not really necessary on the router but it'll make working with
it far easier, and embedded audio, should let me play media on the router
and shut the main machine off.
Yep, if you locate it next to your desk, then it makes a decent desktop too.
And there's the single 16x PCIE slot @ 4x
speed, perfect for the quad-port Ethernet card.
The quad-core, 2+ GHz CPU @ 25W power dissipation should be plenty of
power, even for playing media (one review said 80% usage of all four
cores for 1080p, however, which it'll handle, but realistically not 4k,
when I eventually even have a display that'll do 4k), and it should de-
clock and power-down for routing-only.
I think you should ask others using it as router about what its
practical mean power consumption is, when only doing a routing job.
And that dissipation, quite fans
shouldn't be a big issue.
And the suggested bundles, while not exactly what I want, hint that
$200-300 for the system, plus the $80 ethernet card, is a very reasonable
budget.
I'm looking at cases and power-supplies now,
If you don't care about the case's aesthetics and size, you could use a
used medium sized standard ATX case, and an efficient power supply like:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151113
since I have some idea what
I'm going to install with them. And now that the idea is beginning to
come together, I can take a closer look at the available Ethernet cards,
too, including checking drivers...
