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Oooooo got my $99 broken SR-2 running with only one CPU:
 

 

 
Also heck yeah we have 66 pages of replies... *starts shooting Jedi* 

It sounds like a noisy 2.5 inch HDD to me. If you're worried about it, back it up and replace it with an SSD. 

Alright, thanks!
The cores are what pulls me towards the 2700X. It's just kinda cool I guess, if that makes sense

But I might ditch the idea of a 2700X anyway, because I just found a great deal on a new 9700K on eBay.
I wish I would've seen that earlier.  

The gaming performance could be different. The 8700 will turbo higher and has a much lower TDP which would be better if cooling might be an issue. But it you sound like you've talked yourself into the 2700X. It isn't a bad CPU or anything, just that if you're primarily gaming and want a CPU to game on the 8700 is ever so slightly cheaper than the 2700X and would probably give you slightly better performance in gaming.
 
Also Zen 2 is supposedly launching very soon so if it turns out to be as good as people are hyping it up to be, the Zen+ CPUs might be left behind. Personally I am waiting for Zen 2 to launch and benchmarks made before I replace my Ryzen 1700X. Believe me when I say I understand the anxiousness of ditching an aging PC...but honestly I wish when I built this PC, I wish I had scoured the internet rumor-mill and tech news a lot more because it wasn't really that long after I built it that Zen+ was launched...I would have waited. But after holding onto this CPU through the time people enjoyed Zen+, I'm glad I didn't talk myself into upgrading right away to a 2700X because Zen 2 is now coming out.

i7-8700 makes more sense as the 2700's competitor, 2700X and 9700k gets hot.

Specifically, it's a replacement-module for the Intel RealSense-cameras. The RealSense-cameras have depth-perception, multiple microphones for directional audio-input and all that and are a developer-thingy for designing any sort of interfaces, robotics etc. where depth-perception is important.

Yes that's essentially ethanol which will also work, you can even just use a lightly damp paper towel and some elbow grease which will be acceptable. 

If I can chime in on the R410 since I have experience running one barebones with PFsense.
 
In my testing an Dell R410 with a non redundant PSU, running a single L5630, a single SSD in the DVD-ROM slot, and two DIMMs along with opting for the Dell Active Power Management (hardware power management) should get the power consumption to about 70-75W at idle (where it pretty much stays most the time since it is still incredibly overkill hardware for a router)
 
It seems redundant PSUs in my testing will increase power consumption by anywhere from 10-20W with both plugged in and about 5-10W with only one plugged in. A second CPU will increase power consumption by 30-40W but will vary wildly depending on what CPUs you run. Obviously adding more hard drives, memory DIMMs, SSDs, PCIe peripherals, etc will increase power consumption also.
 
NOTE: My testing was done non-scientifically with a kill-a-watt device and compared to a watt meter on the UPS the setup was plugged into. Neither should be considered completely accurate since neither were calibrated or verified with calibrated equipment.
 
 
 
Pros to running the R410 is for one, PFsense runs on it just dandy. No drama or BS. Also it is incredibly cheap! There have been eBay auctions for a single CPU 410 with RAM, HDDs, trays, iDRAC 6 dedicated NIC, and rails for under $100 shipped.. The L5630 CPU you can get for under $10 usually (and not necessary unless you're trying to cut as much power consumption as possible). The drive caddy replace the DVD-ROM with an SSD is about $8 on Amazon. That alone would be worth the price of admission...even if you end up just turning it into a hypervisor box later.
 
Cons to running the R410 would still be power consumption is still a bit on the high side for a router build and a 410 only has one usable PCIe slot. (It does have another slot but it is for an integrated HDD controller) so if you're planning to run 10Gb networking, you're going to have to make due with the 2 integrated Broadcom ports while the PCIe slot is taken by the 10Gb card.

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Just a guess... Could be a latency issue. If the PCIe slot the GPU is connected to isn't directly connected to the CPU the game is processing on maybe that is causing it to stutter. If you're running Windows 10, try setting affinity for your game to CPU 0,1,2,3 then uncheck the rest and see if that helps. You can find the affinity setting in Task Manager under the Details tab then right click on the program and select "set affinity"
 
You could also try disabling hyperthreading.

Just a guess... Could be a latency issue. If the PCIe slot the GPU is connected to isn't directly connected to the CPU the game is processing on maybe that is causing it to stutter. If you're running Windows 10, try setting affinity for your game to CPU 0,1,2,3 then uncheck the rest and see if that helps. You can find the affinity setting in Task Manager under the Details tab then right click on the program and select "set affinity"
 
You could also try disabling hyperthreading.

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I HAVE FIXED IT, thanks for all the help
I did fresh install on both FreeNAS and Windows. Went through the video. Works like a charm
Thanks!

Here are a few you could check out...
Puppy Linux (http://puppylinux.com/) Small size (300MB or less) multiple distros, pick your favorite! Lubuntu (https://lubuntu.net/) Light weight debian distro Ubuntu MATE (https://ubuntu-mate.org/) Basically Ubuntu with a MATE desktop  
 

Depends on what you want your router to do.
 
ALso thats a very old power hungry system, get something newer, it will pay for its self in the power savings alone. and you get newer instructions like aes-ni that pfsense will require and makes some tasks much faster.

It should work.
 
Though please note that it has been iterated by Netgate that PFsense 2.5+ will require the AES encryption instruction which isn't present on that CPU.
(source: https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-2-5-and-aes-ni.html)

18 kW for a house??
 
Yeah I might need that if I had a weed farm in my basement.

Really depends where you live and your power needs. If you have a small house in Hawaii where power is $0.37/KWh (source:https://www.utilitydive.com/news/the-10-states-with-the-highest-electricity-prices/298112/) and don't require more than lights and maybe a TV or something, it wouldn't take long for that solar array to pay for itself. But if you're in an area where electricity is cheap and your power needs are much higher... the array may never pay for itself.
 
I am in the latter situation. A proper solar array to meet my consumption would not pay off. Hopefully someone can chime in on value of used equipment. In my area, second hand solar equipment seemingly doesn't exist...

I've already embraced the Fox... just need to fully embrace the penguin now...

I've already embraced the Fox... just need to fully embrace the penguin now...

Good, throw them in the bin,  Unless blackblaze learn how to properly qualify data and compare it they aren't worth the hdd space they occupy.

One fox.  Alone.  Betrayed by the country he loves.

Really depends where you live and your power needs. If you have a small house in Hawaii where power is $0.37/KWh (source:https://www.utilitydive.com/news/the-10-states-with-the-highest-electricity-prices/298112/) and don't require more than lights and maybe a TV or something, it wouldn't take long for that solar array to pay for itself. But if you're in an area where electricity is cheap and your power needs are much higher... the array may never pay for itself.
 
I am in the latter situation. A proper solar array to meet my consumption would not pay off. Hopefully someone can chime in on value of used equipment. In my area, second hand solar equipment seemingly doesn't exist...

Its the opposite for me, it will cost me $6000
part of my roof gets a lot of sun, but I use very little electricity and cost per kilowatt is suuuper cheap ($0.095) so a solar panel doesn't pay for itself for me.