I bought this to run pfsense for a home office and a household network.  I went with the recommended bought-together-option of 8GB ram and 32GB of SSD.  Disassembly was pretty straight forward but for SSD installation make sure you check online for the appropriate bay for installation.  There's two places it can go but only one will work for the only drive installed.  Getting to the bios was fast and the provided serial connection cable was easy to use.I've installed a few packages of pfsense for ad blocking and scan blocking and checking the dashboard the processor never seems pegged or overloaded.  I read a few people saying it couldn't handle gigabit speeds, but my bench marks didn't change after installation and I get the speeds I'm paying for (Gigabit service).  Add to it I have much more precise capability to traffic shape than my home mesh wifi system provides and I'm very happy with the install.  I was able to set up guest, work and home networks that all have specific traffic volumes, so the kids can play games, but I don't have to worry about it interfering with work.I don't have a longevity on it, but so far so good.