Best EVER Fanless Mini PCs for Virtualization and Firewalls?

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. STH Main Site Article: https://www.servethehome.com/almost-a... STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dryM09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CWWK N305: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DEK... CWWK Amazon: https://amzn.to/3qhLmKN Topton N305: hhttps://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DD9... 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: https://amzn.to/45QicSX Amazon (Affiliate) WD Blue 500GB SSD: https://amzn.to/42pf7WY 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:    / @servethehomevideo   STH Merch on Spring: https://the-sth-merch-shop.myteesprin... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: https://forums.servethehome.com Follow on Twitter:   / servethehome   Follow on LinkedIn:   / servethehome-com   Follow on Facebook:   / servethehome   Follow on Instagram:   / servethehome   ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel N100 and N200 Fanless:    • HUGE UPGRADE! New Firewall Router Virtuali...   Intel Alder Lake Fanless:    • KING of Fanless 2.5GbE Mini PC Routers and...   Beelink EQ12 Pro with i3-N305:    • Intel Core i3 N305 Mini PC Performance Bee...   Example of setting up Proxmox VE with OPNsense/ pfSense: https://www.servethehome.com/topton-i... iKoolCore R1 N6005 Review:    • This CRAZY SMALL 2.5GbE Node will Change E...   R86S Review -    • This is the GoWin R86S Mini 10GbE Virtuali...   ASRock 4x4 AMD Ryzen 7 5800U:    • This AMD Ryzen NUC Alternative is Fast!   Three 6x 2.5GbE Fanless Systems:    • 3x 2.5GbE Fanless Firewalls Compared   Two Fanless N5105 Systems:    • New Fanless 4x 2.5GbE Virtualization and F...   VMware ESXi and pfSense on a 6x 2.5GbE Core i7 Fanless System: https://www.servethehome.com/topton-f... 4x 2.5GbE J4125 Unit (Topton):    • Physical or Virtual? A Silent 4x 2.5GbE Pr...   4x 2.5GbE J4125 Unit (Hnsun):    • 4x 2.5GbE Intel J4125 Firewall that Finall...   4x 2.5GbE N5105 Unit:    • NEW 2.5GbE Fanless Router Firewall Virtual...   4x 2.5GbE N6005 Unit:    • Fastest Cheap 4x 2.5GbE Intel Atom N6005 F...   Netgate 4100 pfSense Plus Review:    • An 11W pfSense Plus 1/2.5GbE Router, Firew...   TinyPilot Raspberry Pi KVM:    • TinyPilot Voyager Simple Open Remote KVM w...   Lenovo M80q Tiny Gen 3 review:    • Lenovo ThinkCentre M80q Tiny Gen 3 Review ...   ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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