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So... $337 for a decent soekris board and 'ok' case... or $340 for this: http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Edgerouter-Router-ER...
The latter has a complete open-source OS, you can ssh in and re-flash it yourself easily, a great community, the same TCP hardware offload, etc. I have been spec'ing out a BSD+soekris board setup for years, but when the Edgerouter came on the market it was a no-brainer. The fact that it works-out-of-box with little effort (for someone experienced with networking) is a big win, and that its quite easy to re-flash it and tweak as desired sure doesn't hurt.
While I really dig the DIY-router stuff, and was about to do it myself, Ubiquiti has sure made it hard to go that route when they can supply dang good products for the same price or less.
Edit: Added bit that this isn't a "zero effort for newbs" type product. If you've never setup a router, there'll be some research in your future to setup an Edgerouter, or BSD router.