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one of the strongest opnsense own appliances uses embedded AMD EPYC 3201 which is still inferior to Intel Core i5 9600
get 16GB ram to be safe like they do, even more if you find cheap ram, doesnt matter which ram, you could get 2133
>What would be a reliable source for NICs, intel and mellanox?
nothing wrong with aliexpress or ebay