Burning it in for 12 hours now. It consumes 17W at idle running #OpenBSD 7.7 without apmd and ramps to 35W during KARL. Firmware was updated to the latest supported for the model and VT-x extensions have been turned off, this is just a firewall.

Thermals are good with the case back together. In 20 degrees ambient, they are reporting:
hw.sensors.cpu0.temp0=39.00 degC
hw.sensors.acpitz0.temp0=27.80 degC (zone temperature)
hw.sensors.nvme0.temp0=40.00 degC, OK

I did clean the heat sink and CPU, then applied new thermal paste. Time to build some ansible playbooks for management and then apply them, ready for production. #firewall#IPv6