Pfsense recommendation help please

[ColeWorld]

I have FTTH 1 Gig down/up connection. Currently on a consumer Asus AC88u router, have several devices set up to use the (slow) VPN through the router.

I'd like some recommendation to get better Wireguard (or OpenVPN) speeds preferably as close to 1gbps as possible? , solid reliability, and some ad blocking. Newbie, but not afraid to tinker with stuff, would like some room to add features as I learn more about Pfsense.

Have been looking at used Dell optiplex, HP ProDesk G4 400 and qotom boxes, but feeling overwhelmed with options. So any help appreciated.

[Electronics Wizardy]

What form factor do you want?

 

Id probably just go the used desktop/server route, but I don't mind the space they take up.

[WereCatf]

49 minutes ago, ColeWorld said:

Have been looking at used Dell optiplex, HP ProDesk G4 400 and qotom boxes, but feeling overwhelmed with options. So any help appreciated.

Odroid H2+ has 2x 2.5GbE-connectors, so it's a nice, somewhat future-proof choice. PFsense 2.4.x doesn't support the Ethernet-hardware, but 2.5 does, so either you wait for 2.5 to be released or use the beta (which seems pretty stable already). Or use OPNsense instead -- PFsense and OPNsense have more-or-less the same functionality, just different mentality regarding development.

UP Squared is another nice option, sporting 1GbE-connectors.

 

I have both and I, personally, prefer the Odroid, but YMMV and all that.

[ColeWorld]

11 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What form factor do you want?

 

Id probably just go the used desktop/server route, but I don't mind the space they take up.

Doesn't have to be too small if those cost a lot, desktop or smaller would be fine.