Slim Micro-ATX Case Recommendation

[russellO]

Any recommendations for a slim micro-atx case easily available in SA?

I have an old Asus Z97M-PLUS with i7-4790 (stock heatsink) and 1 SSD that I want to reuse for Untangle or pfSense or what ever.

I'm looking for a compact/slim case that is minimalist and doesn't take up loads of space, or has 10 different kinds of LEDs.

 

[russellO]

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Have you considered a Pi 4 with passive cooling, or would the bandwidth not be sufficient for your needs?

That said, not sure if Untangle would run on it without effort. Will have to google. I don't think pfSense has done an Arm version.

The problem with single NIC device is you would need a switch that has proper VLAN support to do the routing for Untangle/pfSense. All their devices have dual or quad NIC to make it easier. I have a PCIe Dual Port Intel NIC that I was going to use.

I think it would have some big performance issues if I started enabling other features like OpenVPN, etc.

 

[ponder]

You're not going to find anything now.

Maybe put a wanted ad on carbonite specifying your location.