Opinion about LattePanda IOTA

I already have a ‘server’ with an i5-2500 and 16GB RAM, but it's at 95% usage, and I’d like to run my own OPNSense router. I initially wanted to buy a Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB, but it’s too expensive. After that, I looked into RISC-V boards, but those can’t run BSD. So now, I’m considering the IOTA 8GB for its x86 architecture. I would also buy the active cooler and the NVMe extension. What do you guys think?