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Ideal energy efficient build for home use.

Hello,

I am interested in building a Sophos/Astaro UTM for home use. I have 5 main requirements that I am looking for and I have them ranked in order:

1. Energy efficient
2. Snort IDS maxed rules for PC, Macs, & iOS
3. Full Sophos and Antivir (since they still run both) proxy scanning enabled
4. Throughput of at least 10 megabits down and 10 megabits up without lag (only need the 10 megabits down, country DSL in the US, in all honestly, 5 megabits down is about the best my parents will probably get in the next 15 years)
5. VPN - probably will be rarely and infrequently used

I have looked at the new atom C2750 & C2550 processors and they look awesome for the task, especially with AES support and turbo boost; however, I am on a budget and at the same time not looking to waste money on excess power, especially when I would like to make the UTM as energy lean as possible....

Any suggestions guys?

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0 thanhd over 10 years ago

ftballpack,

What NUC case are you using (or will be using) as to fit the jetway nics for your build?
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0 thanhd over 10 years ago

ftballpack,

What NUC case are you using (or will be using) as to fit the jetway nics for your build?
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0 ftballpack over 10 years ago in reply to thanhd

ftballpack,

What NUC case are you using (or will be using) as to fit the jetway nics for your build?

I plan, as of right now to use the case they come in and do some mods to the case. Luckily the 2.5" drive is on the bottom side of the board, out of the way.

I will post pictures once I get the nuc in and I will show the steps involved in doing any mods.

edit: Barry was right, it's the one I hyperlinked as "i5" on the previous page, the BOXD54250WYKH. Emphasis on the "H" as with the current models, it signifies room for a 2.5" drive. Here is the Amazon link I was referring to: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-DisplayPort-Graphics-i5-4250U-BOXD54250WYKH1/dp/B00HZDLNWO/ref=pd_cp_pc_0
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0 thanhd over 10 years ago in reply to ftballpack

I will post pictures once I get the nuc in and I will show the steps involved in doing any mods.

Looking forward to the steps.
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