ServeTheHome | Best EVER Fanless Mini PCs for Virtualization and Firewalls? @ServeTheHomeVideo | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 11 minutes ago.
The biggest processor innovation in a decade for these fanless firewalls and virtualization nodes brings a massive performance boost. We take a look at the newest fanless firewall and virtualization hosts from CWWK and Topton and see why this might be the OPNsense, pfSense, and Proxmox VE node of choice for quiet #homelab setups in the future.

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Where to Find The Unit We Purchased
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- CWWK N305: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DEKRDej
- CWWK Amazon: amzn.to/3qhLmKN
- Topton N305: hhttps://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DD9Pm4B

If you are trying to save money with the barebones, this is probably what I would outfit the system with:
- Amazon (Affiliate) G.Skill 16GB DDR5: amzn.to/45QicSX
- Amazon (Affiliate) WD Blue 500GB SSD: amzn.to/42pf7WY
You want something cool with fanless systems, not hot and fast.

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Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video
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- Intel N100 and N200 Fanless: youtu.be/58nVTNYrJ3E
- Intel Alder Lake Fanless: youtu.be/6rtRwKlJTgU
- Beelink EQ12 Pro with i3-N305: youtu.be/69ZsA_QToBE
- Example of setting up Proxmox VE with OPNsense/ pfSense: servethehome.com/topton-intel-j4125-4x-i225-fanless-virtualized-firewall-appliance-review-pfsense-opnsense-proxmox-ve/3
- iKoolCore R1 N6005 Review: youtu.be/evbuR8WvA6s
- R86S Review - youtube.com/watch?v=Z-YLy-RRZnM
- ASRock 4x4 AMD Ryzen 7 5800U: youtu.be/oqwnD5zKXqQ
- Three 6x 2.5GbE Fanless Systems: youtu.be/tZK1l9bXDgs
- Two Fanless N5105 Systems: youtu.be/xExmvIHEQao
- VMware ESXi and pfSense on a 6x 2.5GbE Core i7 Fanless System: servethehome.com/topton-fanless-intel-core-i7-1165g7-box-running-vmware-esxi-veeam-and-pfsense
- 4x 2.5GbE J4125 Unit (Topton): youtu.be/IJhlqb4iGn4
- 4x 2.5GbE J4125 Unit (Hnsun): youtu.be/wUcDg_ms0is
- 4x 2.5GbE N5105 Unit: youtu.be/rUuaAPG0PxU
- 4x 2.5GbE N6005 Unit: youtu.be/Q4_SyLV7s60
- Netgate 4100 pfSense Plus Review: youtu.be/8-qT2D5wDD0
- TinyPilot Raspberry Pi KVM: youtu.be/l7i-hm_E2ls
- Lenovo M80q Tiny Gen 3 review: youtu.be/kbMnivjy-E0

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Timestamps
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00:00 Introduction
01:38 External Hardware Overview
05:05 Internal Hardware Overview
10:38 Performance
13:17 Power Consumption
15:52 Key Lessons Learned
18:02 Wrap-up