First router build

[Nrøjbrot]

my current router is absolutely horrible and needs to be replaced in the near future. Because of problems like that i cant port forward on it without it suddently dying every 15 minutes Which is not ideal as i play a lot of games and end up being the one who hosts the servers. And i have allways wanted to build my own router and home server. so that is what i am going to do probably.

But i need some input on the parts, since i do not have any experience when it comes to building a router.

This is what i've got:

 

motherboard: http://www.gigabyte.eu/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4747#ov

ram: 8 gb of corsair vengeance 1600mhz 

psu: http://www.chieftec.eu/en/accessories/ix-01b/ac-power-adapter/cdp-090itx.html

case: http://www.chieftec.eu/images/stories/produkte/chassis/itxtower/compact-series/ix-01b/files/IX-01B_CHASSIS-DATASHEET-EN.pdf

harddrive: some totally random harddrive that i took from an old computer : )

 

what do you think? would this work? if not, please come with other alternatives

[Carter]

Don't know that much about routers, something I am currently looking at...

But do you really need 8gb of vengeance?

[squirrl]

I dont think you need 8GB of fancy ram for a simple router  (even 2GB of cheap RAM should be fine)

 

If you're building from scratch too, it's probably best to get a dedicated NIC alongside it. Obviously, the easier alternative is to just buy a router. i found a cheap refurbished cisco one with all the decent features, wifi and 4 ports for about £25 (UK), but you will get a bit of a good experience building your own.

[Guest]

You dont need anywhere near that much ram.

[Nrøjbrot]

Don't know that much about routers, something I am currently looking at...

But do you really need 8gb of vengeance?

 

well no, but i have a pair of spare 4gb dimms, and i do not have anywhere else to put them

[Carter]

+1 to dedicated nic, forgot about that lol. It should make a difference

[Nrøjbrot]

+1 to dedicated nic, forgot about that lol. It should make a difference

well, i chose that motherboard because it is fairly cheap and has dual gigabit ports, so that i can use a tiny case so do i need an extra nic?

[Carter]

well, i chose that motherboard because it is fairly cheap and has dual gigabit ports, so that i can use a tiny case so do i need an extra nic?

My bad I didn't see the dual ports... Perhaps gigabyte has router in mind with this then...