I&#x27;ve been running OpenWRT on an PC Engines APU board (4 core x86 based w&#x2F; gigabit ethernet). According to the website[1] the power is &quot;About 6 to 12W of 12V DC power depending on CPU load.&quot; Before my APU I ran an Alix board[2] for years.<p>It&#x27;s a little bit more complicated to get running since it requires a custom compiled OpenWRT, but it&#x27;s <i>great</i> to have more memory and disk space than I&#x27;ll ever need in my router. I used to run on OpenWRT on reflashed consumer routers and I always had to be real careful about what I installed and ran. With the APU I can just install real `bash` and `less` and not have to deal with the crappy busybox emulations.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pcengines.ch&#x2F;apu.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pcengines.ch&#x2F;apu.htm</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pcengines.ch&#x2F;alix.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pcengines.ch&#x2F;alix.htm</a>