Re: [sudo-sys] [omni-sys] Gateway dead, Private network down

I found a cheaper alternative. I recently got one of the older systems from PC Engines and I've been really happy with it. I looked at their newer stuff and they have this: https://www.pcengines.ch/apu4c4.htm Which has AES-NI and four LAN ports. Assembled and with an aluminum case it comes to $145 + shipping. It works by having the CPU on the bottom of the mainboard and directly connecting it to the aluminum case which acts as a heat spreader. I tested mine with a high-powered wifi card and mSATA drive attached, maxing out CPU, IO and wifi transmit, and it didn't go above 79 C at 25 C ambient. Both my CPU and this CPU can take 90 C. Since we're not adding a WiFi card we can probably expect better performance. I'd assume we won't hit 90 C until ambient temperatures get close to ~40 C and then only if maxing out the CPU. I've written a script that shuts down the computer at a set temperature. Because the case itself is the heatsink, we can simply strap any additional CPU heat-sink + fan to the bottom (or top) of the case and add as much cooling as we want. Or we could just have the script send us an email and shut it down at 87 C and hope we'll never hit those temperatures. btw, this board has the bonus of running coreboot + SeaBIOS. On 6/27/19, Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: