The BEST 2.5GbE AMD Ryzen Firewall-Virtualization Host-Desktop Box?

We take a look at an AMD Ryzen 4x 2.5GbE machine with features straddling the line between virtualization, firewall, router, and desktop. We ran the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U 8 core/ 16 thread machine through OPNsense, pfSense, Proxmox VE, Ubuntu, and Windows 11 to see if it was better at the router/ firewall, virtualization server, or desktop use cases. In the end, we learned a lot about this funky machine, but perhaps not what role it is best suited for with its 4x Intel i226-V NICs.

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AliExpress link: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DDw...
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Timestamps
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00:00 Introduction
01:43 Pricing
02:22 External Hardware Overview
05:48 Internal Hardware Overview
10:41 Testing OPNsense, pfSense, Proxmox VE, Ubuntu, and Windows 11
13:07 Performance and a Warning
15:31 Power Consumption and Noise
19:45 Key Lessons Learned
22:23 Final Words

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