Finally, some affordable 10GbE
  • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 hours ago

    And that’s great and all, but I don’t need a new board. What about a $10 add-on card for those that can’t/don’t need to buy a whole board? A quick look on Amazon, competing add-on cards are $70 and up… For $10 they can swallow the market whole for this.

    • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      Yes. Base-T 10Gb is limited to 55m depending on the cable

      While fibre can go from 400m to to 80Km depending on the cable and optics.

  • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    3 hours ago

    It’s great that 10GbE is getting cheaper, but at $10 for the network chip alone, there is no way it will be available at a $80 mainboard.

    But at least it likely will be an option for midrange boards.

    Edit: just took a look, the cheapest mainboard with 10GbE onboard is now €370. Currently, if you need 10GbE, it’s smarter to buy an expansion card.