can you guys recommend parts for a nice pfsense router

[nvidiahotdog]

i am willing to spend arround 200$. can spend a bit more.

also is an intel nic necessary? they are quite expensive

[Blauanzug]

At that point, just buy this https://store.pfsense.org/SG-2220/

[RedWulf]

Just get what you find cheap, an a4/a6 or a core duo with 4gb of ram and a 32gb hdd or ssd would be all you need. Then the right psu. most mobos have a 10/100/1000 port so you would just need a mobo with 2 or buy a pci card with 1 or 2(NIC) and a pci card for wifi or a usb adapter but pci will look better and have better bandwidth since alot of usb devices are still 2.0. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7yXCBm

[nvidiahotdog]

15 hours ago, Blauanzug said:

At that point, just buy this https://store.pfsense.org/SG-2220/

so can i add a harddrive to that? because i will be doing some caching 

[nvidiahotdog]

10 hours ago, RedWulf said:

Just get what you find cheap, an a4/a6 or a core duo with 4gb of ram and a 32gb hdd or ssd would be all you need. Then the right psu. most mobos have a 10/100/1000 port so you would just need a mobo with 2 or buy a pci card with 1 or 2(NIC) and a pci card for wifi or a usb adapter but pci will look better and have better bandwidth since alot of usb devices are still 2.0. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7yXCBm

so would an old 2010 xeon be good enough? i am getting it for half the price of the a4

[RedWulf]

3 hours ago, amogh solomon said:

so would an old 2010 xeon be good enough? i am getting it for half the price of the a4

Yeah, of course adjust the mobo and other parts accordingly