This is a refurbished and reconfigured HP T730 thin client - a
newer, faster and more efficient replacement for older homelab staples
like the T620 plus. It features a low profile, x16 PCIe 3.0 slot @ x8
electrical, and a fast, AMD CPU with AES-NI, full virtualization
support, a built in Radeon R7 GPU and other modern features.
It's
a very versatile box, but this one has been turned into an high
performance, quiet and power efficient firewall, with a mega spec:
- AMD RX-427BB, quad core 3.6Ghz boost, 35w TDP, passmark 2778 with AES-NI
- (up there with a Haswell i3 or Ivy Bridge i5, comparable to low voltage Broadwell)
- Radeon R7 GPU with 3 x DisplayPort output
- (DirectX® 11.1, OpenGL 4.2, Unified Video Decode (UVD) 4.2 and Video Compression Engine (VCE) 2.0)
- Onboard 1GbE Realtek NIC
- x16 (x8 electrical) low profile PCI Express slot
- M2 Key B+M Slot for SATA SSD
- M2 Key E Slot for WiFi / PCI-E Expansion
- 8GB of Dual Channel RAM
- 32 GB M.2 SATA SSD Installed
- (Can be upgraded to a larger drive for additional cost, get in touch)
- Plus your chosen network card, well tested for compatibility!
The 10GbE option is a Broadcom with great compatibility with this machine - there are known issues with many Intel and Mellanox cards on this platform! It also incorporates a small fan for active cooling, another fantastic synergy!
The 1GbE Dual Port is an ex-enterprise server or workstation pull, solid and well proven Intel, Broadcom or similar, not a budget commodity card. The Intel Quad will be either an i350 or i340, functionally the same for router duties (the 350 adds some virtualization enhancements).
This will come preinstalled with OPNsense, ports labelled on the rear, as in photos - no need to plug in a monitor! Unplug your old router, plug this into your switch, power on, then login from any PC at http://192.168.1.1 username: root, password: ebay123
As a full x86-64 PC, it is also compatible with PFsense and other router software like Vyos or Sophos. Firmware
has been updated to latest 1.16, BIOS has been configured for modern
UEFI operation, hardware upgrades installed and thoroughly tested.
It's
been tested thoroughly, checked for damage, and cleaned - though there will be marks, tape, stickers and other residue from
it's previous life! Nothing that won't scrub off given some elbow grease, though nothing you need to!
Let us know in a message at time of purchase and PFsense or a wiped drive can be supplied instead. This will also run proxmox quite happily, either as a secondary, fallback node with local storage, a competent 3rd node for quorum, or even a full node, with USB boot, SATA + NVME dual M2 storage and 2.5GbE in the E key slot is possible - get in touch to discuss a custom build around this purpose! :)
Also, I have a full range of network cards, switches and cabling to complete your faster network!