it's a matter of "here and now" when it comes to price/perf

@porco I'm really torn between the Linksys LRT214-EU and the Zyxel Firewall VPN2S.
Major difference between them is that Linksys seems to be relatively slow with OpenVPN, which I think about using.
What do you prefer, OpenVPN or IPSec?

If you want to use openvpn, then openvpn?

I'd probably go for IPSec but since you're buying for a small company, I'd suggest OpenVPN

The question is, would I really gain something by using ovpn as opposed to IPSec? The upstream of their ISP connection is fairly limited, so I wanna make it as "lean" as possible

OpenVPN is easier to understand and configure

d r @porco 16c rumoured for zen2

64/128 c/t

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New Epyc gen is rumored to be 64c / socket

Yes

epyc isn't mainstream though

No but nothing (except the pricing maybe) stops you from building an EPYC desktop

most software not benefitting from it is quite big block tho

aka "sanity" "do i get anything from this"

i would say that prevents using epyc on most systems

AMD says they're datacenter cpus

doesn't dictate what you end up doing with it, though

yeah people used Xeons for gaming due ??? they didnt care for electricity or anything else really

the low clock count makes it unappealing to me

Xeons maybe for more PCIe lanes?

I think the enthusiast have 40 as well

I doubt ECC makes a difference for gaming

I used a Xeon desktop from July 2012 to November 2018

Yes ecc makes a different for gaming, it makes gaming slower

I have a Xeon E3 in my homeserver

it's p nice

Ecc is not about perf, it's about stability

I would not run a server or video/audio rendering without it

at least the important stuff

It depends what you do on the server

Most use cases don't actually require or even benefit from ecc

Data storage, serving movies via Plex

What kind of raid level?

I use FreeNAS w/raidz2

@porco single core perf does

6 3tb wd reds

Then ECC brings a benefit

But only because of the raidz2

Everything else that you said has 0 benefits from ECC

yeah I have to. so many lifehacker tier guides said "just pick up old pc parts and smash them together" and FreeNAS forums were very clear about how important ECC is