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This looks like an amazing little box that can do almost anything. I’m wondering how people feel about the pricepoint

$679 early bird

$839 msrp

I’d love to grab one to use as a router/firewall, plus run any homelabbing containers I have on my NAS.

How’s the value proposition stack up? Price looks great to me considering the cpu and connectivity it offers.

Edit: Additional info

serve the home sponsored video sponsored but still really really informative. There’s a section near the end going through a tons of ideas of how to utilize the pci slot, including epanding nvme storage, external sas, extra networking etc. seems you can get over 40gb extra throughput from that port.

Forum thread for pci slot compatibility

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Looks like it would eat power in a 24/7 setup but might be useful as an alternative to multiple systems.

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Hmm that’s a good point. Though I think it shouldn’t be too bad unless under heavy load all the time. I think the CPU is made for laptops. That said it’d definitely have to be doing more than just working as an opnsense box

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