The Intel N100 and Intel N200 are massive performance upgrades for the fanless firewall, router, and virtualization host space. We take the new Intel Alder Lake-N 4x units for a spin to see how the new chips change this segment in a massive manner. Whether you need a new Proxmox VE virtualization host, or an OPNsense/ pfSense Plus firewall for work (or the #homelab of course) this is awesome. STH Main Site Article: AWESOME STH Forum Thread on these: STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find The Unit We Purchased Note we may earn a small commission if you use these links to purchase a product through them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - AliExpress: (Note the N100 was around $216 for the barebones, $322 as configured when we went live) - Amazon - If you are trying to save money with the barebones, this is probably what I would outfit the system with: - Amazon (Affiliate) 16GB DDR5: - Amazon (Affiliate) WD Blue 500GB SSD: You want something cool with fanless systems, not hot and fast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a STH YT Member and Support Us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join STH YouTube membership to support the channel: STH Merch on Spring: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: Follow on Twitter: Follow on LinkedIn: Follow on Facebook: Follow on Instagram: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 01:38 External Fanless Mini PC Overview 04:31 Internal SSD, DDR5, Intel i226-V, and Intel N100/ Intel N200 06:51 Performance 08:58 Virtualization with Proxmox VE and Firewall with OPNsense and pfSense discussion 10:23 Intel N100 and Intel N200 Power Consumption and Temps 14:22 Key Lessons Learned 16:30 Wrap-up ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Intel Alder Lake Fanless: - Beelink EQ12 Pro with i3-N305: - Example of setting up Proxmox VE with OPNsense/ pfSense: - iKoolCore R1 N6005 Review: - R86S Review - - ASRock 4x4 AMD Ryzen 7 5800U: - Three 6x Fanless Systems: - Two Fanless N5105 Systems: - VMware ESXi and pfSense on a 6x Core i7 Fanless System: - 4x J4125 Unit (Topton): - 4x J4125 Unit (Hnsun): - 4x N5105 Unit: - 4x N6005 Unit: - Netgate 4100 pfSense Plus Review: - TinyPilot Raspberry Pi KVM: - Lenovo M80q Tiny Gen 3 review: