Intel Gigabit NICs

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Just bought two of these, one for my desktop, another for my server.

Network file transfer speeds jumped from ~90MB/s to 112MB/s

Pretty much fully saturating my network now, well impressed with them :)

These are the ones I went for EXPI9301CTBLK



When I install my 24 port switch, I'll get another 2 of them for my server and team them together to get 3Gbps :)


Old setup was 2x onboard realtek NICs
 
What about using a dual port PRO/1000 PT instead? A second-hand OEM branded version (Dell?) wouldn't be anymore than a pair of CTs, probably a lot less.
 
Intel all the way, baby. :cool: I have an Intel Pro 1000MT in my desktop, and a dual-port Intel 1000PT PCI-e server card in my IPFire box. The inferior onboard Realtek ports are always disabled on installation.

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Onboard cards take resources off the host system so it's no surprise :p

I do have a spare slot to utilise so should get on this I think!
 
Just picked up a quad port Pro 1000 PT for £50 on ebay, woof.

Should have ordered my others from there, didn't think.. I tend to avoid ebay, but server pulled hardware is fine by me.


It's worth noting that until I upgraded to Intel at both ends, there was very little (if any) speed increase.
 
Ordered one for £26, will be interesting to see how much it differs in my own network and some other things like latency online.
 
If you're going for one with more than one port. You'll need a managed switch to take full advantage of it..
 
Do you think installing a NIC into my Microserver will improve my download speeds on the server?

I have a Pro 1000GT in my spares box that i could install. (Only have a spare PCI slot)
 
Rensin said:
Do you think installing a NIC into my Microserver will improve my download speeds on the server?

I have a Pro 1000GT in my spares box that i could install. (Only have a spare PCI slot)
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Only one way to find out :p
 
Rensin said:
Do you think installing a NIC into my Microserver will improve my download speeds on the server?

I have a Pro 1000GT in my spares box that i could install. (Only have a spare PCI slot)
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Assuming you're talking about the HP Microserver G7, it isn't going to fit. It only has PCIe slots.
 
bledd. said:
They're £15-20 each on the bay for single port versions.
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So definitely worth it over Marvell Yukon NICs? I guess that any onboard NIC won't be as good as a dedicated NIC card? You say single port versions, how much are the double port versions? Are they worth the extra money? How would a double port NIC card be better over a single port NIC?

The £15 ones on Ebay are all from the US and there's £8-10 of delivery to pay.
 
Intel NICs are the best option. Advantages of a dual port or quad port NIC over a multiple single ports are that they only take up one slot.
 
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