Pfsense recommend cpu

[Valandil]

im new to pfsense could someone recommended a cpu for my build.

 

It must be on the 1150 platform.

 

it'll be used for:

- DHCP Server

- DNS Server

- Firewall

- Web Cache

- OpenVPN Server

- Packet Prioritization

 

it'll have

- 16 GB RAM (most for web cache)

- 400Watt SFX power supply

- Silverstone SST-ML05B Case

- Asus H81I-Plus motherboard

- SSD for storage

- Intel NIC in PCI slot

 

im in a student house so a minimum of 10 desktops/laptops/devices will be using it for the internet at any given time.

[L.E.D]

im new to pfsense could someone recommended a cpu for my build.

 

It must be on the 1150 platform.

 

it'll be used for:

- DHCP Server

- DNS Server

- Firewall

- Web Cache

- OpenVPN Server

- Packet Prioritization

 

it'll have

- 16 GB RAM (most for web cache)

- 400Watt SFX power supply

- Silverstone SST-ML05B Case

- Asus H81I-Plus motherboard

- SSD for storage

- Intel NIC in PCI slot

 

im in a student house so a minimum of 10 desktops/laptops/devices will be using it for the internet at any given time.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117447

 

Honestly pfSense doesn't take a whole lot to run. So this would probably be fine considering the requirements on the website.

 

General Requirements:

• CPU - Pentium II processor
• RAM - 256 MB

[Valandil]

will it benefit from higher clock speeds on a dual core

[L.E.D]

will it benefit from higher clock speeds on a dual core

 

Maybe a little, maybe not noticable either, I ran a pfSense system on a Pentium 4 without hick ups so pretty much any i3 is going to serve you well.

[Valandil]

the 16GB is for memory caching with squid
i have two spare 8 GB sticks from previous builds and nothing to do with them otherwise i would probably of gone with 4GB instead