Hey there. My firewalls are getting old, so I thought it would be a great idea to replace them. I figured that a budget of around $1500 would be more than adequate, but because no one makes mobos with 5 pci slots anymore I am struggling to get these under $2800.
I have requirements for 6 legs plus the carp sync (which I could do with a usb nowadays, so that means just 6). The rest of the system is relatively undemanding, so 4 gig RAM is overkill, and it doesn't require huge CPU grunt either. It would be great if I could fit it into a small formfactor case to save rackspace, but this isn't worth $2k to me. Please recommend mobo/NIC combo that would fit within the budget! TIA nuffi
