Nicely packaged in a compact box. Comes with antennas, power supply and wall mounting hardware, as well as protective covers for all ports. The device seems well-built in a metal case with a heavy feel. The top of the case double as the heat sink for the CPU. To add components, you open the bottom of the case, and the CPU is mounted on the other side of the motherboard that you cannot see. It has two Intel NICs, which is ideal for router applications, and a lower-power quad core CPU. My P4 Kill-a-watt puts the power draw at 8W at the plug.
I am using this for a pfSense setup. It's currently at 37 days of uptime and counting and has been completely stable. My garage is fairly cool still (spring season in the south), but it hovers around 27 C idle.
I originally intended to go with a custom mini-ITX build, but finding good motherboards, with lower-power CPUs and Intel NICs is not easy. When I found this device it seemed like the most rational solution.
You will need to add storage (SSD) and RAM. I used these parts:
1. Crucial 4GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Notebook Memory Module CT51264BF160B
2. Kingston Digital 2-Inch 30GB SSDNow mS200 mSATA (6Gbps) Solid State Drive for Notebooks Tablets and Ultrabooks SMS200S3/30G
Update: 4 months later and still going strong. Interestingly, it's much warmer in the garage now, but the same sensor is still reporting the same temperature (27 C). The top of it felt hot to the touch, so I figured out how to get to the CPU core temps. They were showing around 55 C, which isn't that big a deal, but I decided to put an 80 mm on top of the device anyway, which instantly lowered the temp by 12 C. (see photos)
Nicely packaged in a compact box
Nicely packaged in a compact box. Comes with antennas, power supply and wall mounting hardware, as well as protective covers for all ports. The device seems well-built in a metal case with a heavy feel. The top of the case double as the heat sink for the CPU. To add components, you open the bottom of the case, and the CPU is mounted on the other side of the motherboard that you cannot see. It has two Intel NICs, which is ideal for router applications, and a lower-power quad core CPU. My P4 Kill-a-watt puts the power draw at 8W at the plug.I am using this for a pfSense setup. It's currently at 37 days of uptime and counting and has been completely stable. My garage is fairly cool still (spring season in the south), but it hovers around 27 C idle.I originally intended to go with a custom mini-ITX build, but finding good motherboards, with lower-power CPUs and Intel NICs is not easy. When I found this device it seemed like the most rational solution.You will need to add storage (SSD) and RAM. I used these parts:1. Crucial 4GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Notebook Memory Module CT51264BF160B2. Kingston Digital 2-Inch 30GB SSDNow mS200 mSATA (6Gbps) Solid State Drive for Notebooks Tablets and Ultrabooks SMS200S3/30GUpdate: 4 months later and still going strong. Interestingly, it's much warmer in the garage now, but the same sensor is still reporting the same temperature (27 C). The top of it felt hot to the touch, so I figured out how to get to the CPU core temps. They were showing around 55 C, which isn't that big a deal, but I decided to put an 80 mm on top of the device anyway, which instantly lowered the temp by 12 C. (see photos)
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Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2016
Nicely packaged in a compact box. Comes with antennas, power supply and wall mounting hardware, as well as protective covers for all ports. The device seems well-built in a metal case with a heavy feel. The top of the case double as the heat sink for the CPU. To add components, you open the bottom of the case, and the CPU is mounted on the other side of the motherboard that you cannot see. It has two Intel NICs, which is ideal for router applications, and a lower-power quad core CPU. My P4 Kill-a-watt puts the power draw at 8W at the plug.
I am using this for a pfSense setup. It's currently at 37 days of uptime and counting and has been completely stable. My garage is fairly cool still (spring season in the south), but it hovers around 27 C idle.
I originally intended to go with a custom mini-ITX build, but finding good motherboards, with lower-power CPUs and Intel NICs is not easy. When I found this device it seemed like the most rational solution.
You will need to add storage (SSD) and RAM. I used these parts:
1. Crucial 4GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Notebook Memory Module CT51264BF160B
2. Kingston Digital 2-Inch 30GB SSDNow mS200 mSATA (6Gbps) Solid State Drive for Notebooks Tablets and Ultrabooks SMS200S3/30G
Update: 4 months later and still going strong. Interestingly, it's much warmer in the garage now, but the same sensor is still reporting the same temperature (27 C). The top of it felt hot to the touch, so I figured out how to get to the CPU core temps. They were showing around 55 C, which isn't that big a deal, but I decided to put an 80 mm on top of the device anyway, which instantly lowered the temp by 12 C. (see photos)
I am using this for a pfSense setup. It's currently at 37 days of uptime and counting and has been completely stable. My garage is fairly cool still (spring season in the south), but it hovers around 27 C idle.
I originally intended to go with a custom mini-ITX build, but finding good motherboards, with lower-power CPUs and Intel NICs is not easy. When I found this device it seemed like the most rational solution.
You will need to add storage (SSD) and RAM. I used these parts:
1. Crucial 4GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Notebook Memory Module CT51264BF160B
2. Kingston Digital 2-Inch 30GB SSDNow mS200 mSATA (6Gbps) Solid State Drive for Notebooks Tablets and Ultrabooks SMS200S3/30G
Update: 4 months later and still going strong. Interestingly, it's much warmer in the garage now, but the same sensor is still reporting the same temperature (27 C). The top of it felt hot to the touch, so I figured out how to get to the CPU core temps. They were showing around 55 C, which isn't that big a deal, but I decided to put an 80 mm on top of the device anyway, which instantly lowered the temp by 12 C. (see photos)
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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2015
