This looks like an amazing little box that can do almost anything. I’m wondering how people feel about the pricepoint

$679 early bird

$839 msrp

I’d love to grab one to use as a router/firewall, plus run any homelabbing containers I have on my NAS.

How’s the value proposition stack up? Price looks great to me considering the cpu and connectivity it offers.

Edit: Additional info

serve the home sponsored video sponsored but still really really informative. There’s a section near the end going through a tons of ideas of how to utilize the pci slot, including epanding nvme storage, external sas, extra networking etc. seems you can get over 40gb extra throughput from that port.

Forum thread for pci slot compatibility

  • MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    10 months ago

    Great info thanks. Definitely agree, it’d be worth it for the lower power draw and lower heat output.

    I’m a beginner homelabber with just a NAS and a repurposed alienware laptop. I’d be able to offload all containers I’m running onto the ms-01. Also 4k video can be really hard on the CPU so even if it’s overkill for just 4k video, that headroom is of course helpful, especially if you’re running multiple containers, or even if you have two or more people in the household streaming simultaneously