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<blockquote data-quote="Cleo" data-source="post: 972516" data-attributes="member: 87751">Hi MalwareTips,I need hardware advice. I&#039;m hoping to put together a PC to act as a SOHO firewall. It will run in a class room and will be taken home during school holidays for Roblox use.I have a couple of existing parts which I would like to integrate if it turns out they are compatible.&nbsp;&nbsp; cpu) Intel i3-10325&nbsp;&nbsp; mobo) Maxsun H510-ITX Challenger&nbsp;&nbsp; gpu) 玄人志向 GF-GT1030-E2GB/LP/D5&nbsp;&nbsp; m.2) ADATA XPG SX8200 PRO 256GBIf my i3 isn&#039;t compatible, I can get a cheap i5-10600K but I&#039;d rather not so as to keep cooling requirements lower.The build would be ideally suited to a nice ITX case - I&#039;m not glued to any in particular but I do like IQUNIX designs. Prefer prices under 350USD for the case.The smaller the better.I don&#039;t mind taking out the GPU and using a network card during school term as the chip is technically an APU but I&#039;m also open to a managed external switch.OS during term will be Pfsense if I can wrap my head around the install and Win11 during holidays. I wouldn&#039;t mind getting a separate Win 11 gaming drive to swap in when needed.What&#039;s a good option for the networking aspect? How does a 4 port Intel network card sound? Would that create much heat? The internets max is 120/60mbps.If I use a managed switch into the mobo&#039;s single ethernet port will that overload it? H10 is a budget chipset.The likely wired network load isn&#039;t going to be that high. A 4K TV, a laptop and a NAS will be all. Its not going to be a Wi-Fi access point.I&#039;m also after RAM sticks and a PSU if there are any good suggestions but they probably won&#039;t matter.Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleo, post: 972516, member: 87751"] Hi MalwareTips, I need hardware advice. I'm hoping to put together a PC to act as a SOHO firewall. It will run in a class room and will be taken home during school holidays for Roblox use. I have a couple of existing parts which I would like to integrate if it turns out they are compatible. cpu) Intel i3-10325 mobo) Maxsun H510-ITX Challenger gpu) 玄人志向 GF-GT1030-E2GB/LP/D5 m.2) ADATA XPG SX8200 PRO 256GB If my i3 isn't compatible, I can get a cheap i5-10600K but I'd rather not so as to keep cooling requirements lower. The build would be ideally suited to a nice ITX case - I'm not glued to any in particular but I do like IQUNIX designs. Prefer prices under 350USD for the case. The smaller the better. I don't mind taking out the GPU and using a network card during school term as the chip is technically an APU but I'm also open to a managed external switch. OS during term will be Pfsense if I can wrap my head around the install and Win11 during holidays. I wouldn't mind getting a separate Win 11 gaming drive to swap in when needed. What's a good option for the networking aspect? How does a 4 port Intel network card sound? Would that create much heat? The internets max is 120/60mbps. If I use a managed switch into the mobo's single ethernet port will that overload it? H10 is a budget chipset. The likely wired network load isn't going to be that high. A 4K TV, a laptop and a NAS will be all. Its not going to be a Wi-Fi access point. I'm also after RAM sticks and a PSU if there are any good suggestions but they probably won't matter. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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