The ULTIMATE budget hardware for pfSense, homelab, Proxmox...

[@phonebooker]

Thanks for the amazing and detailed video on the M720q. It was really helpful.

[@RandomTechChannel]

Thank you!

[@HSAMZZ]

Thanks for the video, you should do a video of the software config you did.

[@RandomTechChannel]

Thanks! If you mean pfSense, I have something on my to-do list.

[@elcolin_]

So hard to find that Intel i226 dual 2.5 NIC card here in USA. Lots of i225 though

[@elcolin_]

Does it get hot at all, with that dual NIC card? I'm thinking for the price of all this combined together, one can get a Protectli device and then run PfSense / OPNsense. Idk, maybe the Lenovo is the better choice for upgradeability...

[@RandomTechChannel]

It is warm but the temps also depend on your network load and for how long it runs.

[@andrebrait]

Is the power consumption you measured with or without the Intel i226 card?

[@RandomTechChannel]

With the i226 network card.

[@kal800]

Why replacement fan unit is needed?

[@elcolin_]

Right? Also would like to know lol. Not like there's a way to get a better fan setup like Noctua right? so what gives?

[@ep_dimi]

anyone have any complaints about this anonymous NIC? is it reliable?

[@DTDSasquatch]

I would like to hear how it's doing after some time in use...

[@ganeryhyperion8386]

have you tried using also the wifi m.2 slot with a ssd so that you can use as raid 1

[@RandomTechChannel]

I haven't tried the WiFi module. Sorry!

[@elcolin_]

I thought that would be a best practice "no no" for your firewall to have wifi lol