Help with mini network?

[tomkelly]

Ok, so im wanting to set up my first mini network type thing. My question is that using the below setup, will i get gigabit transfer speeds between desktop1 and microserver? Or does the traffic have to be sent through the router in some convoluted way?

Please excuse the diagram drawn in excel, i couldn't think of a was to easily describe it, and this seemed simple enough.

Thanks for any replies!

 

[tomkelly]

Ah brilliant, thanks!
Yeah i understand that the end speed will depend on the NICs and hard drive speeds, but i just wanted to make sure i had gigabit speeds going on in there.

On a diffrent note, what powerline network adapters would you recomend? They will only be used to transfer the internet connection so speed is not an issue. Preferably on the low end of the price range?