25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build

Re:25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build by easygenes on Saturday July 10, 2021 @08:36AM (#27792957)

Also plenty of slightly more capable laptop class SKUs that are in this ballpark.

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Re:25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build by vladvasiliu on Saturday July 10, 2021 @08:43AM (#27792987)

Can you still find "desktop" motherboards to go with them?

A long time ago, I remember there being desktop MBs for the Pentium M.

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Re:25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build by londons_explore on Saturday July 10, 2021 @08:50AM (#27793023)

For an always running thing, choosing a laptop motherboard is a nice way to guarantee all the power saving features will work properly.

Most desktop motherboards won't allow the PCI express bus to sleep for example, using an extra ~4 watts, $8 per year in eco-friendly countries. Across the ~10 years your NAS will probably sit in a cupboard, that's $80, which isn't an awful lot, but probably would have let you buy a bigger SSD or hard drive which would have had more utility.

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Re:25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build by vladvasiliu on Saturday July 10, 2021 @02:21PM (#27795340)

That's true, but then again I wouldn't be comfortable with a single-disk NAS...

However, for running random VMs, etc, I think a laptop is quite a good proposition.

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