Asus Prime B560-Plus Motherboard

[aj2703]

Hi.

I have this board which only allows a 1gb ethernet connection. https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-b560-plus/

I just purchased a NAS which as a 10GbE port and wish to connect it to the PC.

There is a PCIEX 16_2 spare which you can see in the image. https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNho_X9qDp0LugTL7N__amgqC4mV_ZthLxLGy5v

Will this card fit and work?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TX401-Low-Profile-Full-Height-Brackets/dp/B08DVGMKWP/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3CK72MZCQYYF0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.y4m9_CmEA1uxX8xxCyK-6BocqGsJcOIoyguVVp1qLR_0RLDfbE09s-vdmyZKKSCQEbb2MCNzX3WirVuKJrJyLGJYlO3LJ5vQb4IlAdROkYO8AMpP2lpQLHg3lBHu5LrE8IYmfWrElp8oXInF5IZGx9mqkRWPvlU_JSPInHWvbHMGFVjJt0OvefJEB3ROt7Atc1_jnyr3xXPySm5ZEqf29cSlbsC3n7iosK-h99CU5Y0.ydL0hB4nXmc18HJ02bEmH74dyZrZMHypthjgoQQzvhM&dib_tag=se&keywords=pcie%2Bnetwork%2Bcard%2B10gb&qid=1760204776&sprefix=PCIe%2BNetwork%2BCard%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-4&th=1

I am not sure if the slot is just for graphics cards or you can also use a network card..

Any other recommendations are more then welcome

 

[Tetras]

I am not sure if the slot is just for graphics cards or you can also use a network card..

Nope, you can use whatever you want, crossfire is pretty much dead anyhow.

Though, are you actually going to saturate the 1Gb LAN port with your NAS?

 

[aj2703]

I plan to connect the Nas to the 10gb card.

Is that the wrong thing to do?

 

[Tetras]

I plan to connect the Nas to the 10gb card.

Is that the wrong thing to do?

No, that's not wrong, I'm just wondering if you need the 10Gb card?

I mean, a NAS with hard drives is pretty slow anyway. With SSDs, eh, depends on the SSD(s) and how often you're reading from/copying to it.