What is the best?

[skate048]

So I currently use wireless wifi, and I want to upgrade for no reason exept for....... IT WILL BE BLAZING FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway I'm thinking about going for a wired connection. But I know nothing about networking! So I'm wondering what is the best ethernet card for PCI-e 3.0. Right know I don't care about price.You know if I can't afford it now I'll just save up. So please give me some advice!

[KemoKa]

So I currently use wireless wifi, and I want to upgrade for no reason exept for....... IT WILL BE BLAZING FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway I'm thinking about going for a wired connection. But I know nothing about networking! So I'm wondering what is the best ethernet card for PCI-e 3.0. Right know I don't care about price.You know if I can't afford it now I'll just save up. So please give me some advice!

...Does your PC not already have a gigabit NIC on the motherboard? it should be an ethernet port on the rear I/O. It's pretty much standard these days.

[OAcesync]

Any modern standard mobo should have a fast ethernet port in the motherboard for a general consumer

[vanished]

Wireless WiFi eh? Now I'm curious what other kinds their are

But assuming you have gigabit or less hardware everywhere else in your house, the Ethernet port on your motherboard should be enough. If you really want 10 gigabit speeds though, yes you will likely need a card and will probably have to upgrade your other switches and/or routers. And remember, this will only help for connections over LAN; your internet connection is almost certainly going to be the limiting factor to the outside world in any setup.

These cards used to be like $450 but I think you can find them form on the order of $100 now

[oskarha]

Why dont you use your integrated nic on your motherboard? If you have pcie then you probably have a gigabit nic integrated on your motherboard. Whats your motherboard? Note: Ethenet wnt be alot faster for internet speeds unless your wifi is powered by half eaten potatoes.

[skate048]

...Does your PC not already have a gigabit NIC on the motherboard? it should be an ethernet port on the rear I/O. It's pretty much standard these days.

Yes of course but it's not as fast as an dedicated networkingcard. Even I know that!

[KemoKa]

OP if you seriously have access to more internet than your motherboard's NIC can provide, I hate you.

[vanished]

Yes of course but it's not as fast as an dedicated networkingcard. Even I know that!

That's not true; using the built in ports on my Asus z87 deluxe I've saturated cat 5e cables transferring over 100 MB/s

[skate048]

Wireless WiFi eh? Now I'm curious what other kinds their are

But assuming you have gigabit or less hardware everywhere else in your house, the Ethernet port on your motherboard should be enough. If you really want 10 gigabit speeds though, yes you will likely need a card and will probably have to upgrade your other switches and/or routers. And remember, this will only help for connections over LAN; your internet connection is almost certainly going to be the limiting factor to the outside world in any setup.

These cards used to be like $450 but I think you can find them form on the order of $100 now

I have an Asus AC-3200 router is that enough? Man I sound like a noob!

[KemoKa]

Yes of course but it's not as fast as an dedicated networkingcard. Even I know that!

Maybe in the past, but really with gigabit chipsets on the board, there's no real difference anymore. It's not really any different than having a card. It's just that the card is a part of the board.

 

You could get a gigabit server NIC with four ports and aggregate them.

[vanished]

I have an Asus AC-3200 router is that enough? Man I sound like a noob!

Without looking it up I can virtually guarantee its fine for gigabit but most likely no 10 gigabit

[skate048]

Wireless WiFi eh? Now I'm curious what other kinds their are

But assuming you have gigabit or less hardware everywhere else in your house, the Ethernet port on your motherboard should be enough. If you really want 10 gigabit speeds though, yes you will likely need a card and will probably have to upgrade your other switches and/or routers. And remember, this will only help for connections over LAN; your internet connection is almost certainly going to be the limiting factor to the outside world in any setup.

These cards used to be like $450 but I think you can find them form on the order of $100 now

And also can you link me to some of those cards because I want that sweet sweet 10 gigabit!

[oskarha]

And also can you link me to some of those cards because I want that sweet sweet 10 gigabit!

For what?

A pcie ssd nas???

[skate048]

Maybe in the past, but really with gigabit chipsets on the board, there's no real difference anymore. It's not really any different than having a card. It's just that the card is a part of the board.

 

You could get a gigabit server NIC with four ports and aggregate them.

Ok, in my day everything that was included on the motherboard was shit! And if you even looked at it it would turn int a unicorn and murder you!!!!!!   

[skate048]

For what?

A pcie ssd nas???

For work, you see I often transfer files over 50 gigabytes to the company I work for.

[skate048]

Without looking it up I can virtually guarantee its fine for gigabit but most likely no 10 gigabit

Ok but what IS enough!

[oskarha]

For work, you see I often transfer files over 50 gigabytes to the company I work for.

If the nas is based off mechanichal hdds 1gigabit is enough.

[vanished]

For work, you see I often transfer files over 50 gigabytes to the company I work for.

If you are connecting to their storage over the internet, you will need 10 Google fiber connections combined to get what you want

[skate048]

If you are connecting to their storage over the internet, you will need 10 Google fiber connections combined to get what you want

Ok but how do you do that?

[vanished]

Ok but how do you do that?

yeah, that's simply not happening.  Most people would kill for 1 connection.

[sobe]

For work, you see I often transfer files over 50 gigabytes to the company I work for.

 

What speeds are you paying for from your ISP? Since you are in Euroland you have a better chance of fiber than most of the USA. But really, you won't be getting anywhere near 10Gbit unless you were piggybacking off a datacenter, which, let's face it, isn't going to happen. And to run a single line from a backbone carrier would be in the several several thousands $$$$$$ per month assuming you were close enough to a major area, which, unless you are from a wealthy family that brings in millions a year, I highly doubt you will ever see an OC/PH line or anything remotely close. Then on top of that, in order to even USE that kind of connection for personal use, the company you work for would need to be paying that as well and then of course the hardware to accommodate the speeds.

 

 

I just don't see it happening, lol.

[skate048]

yeah, that's simply not happening.  Most people would kill for 1 connection.

Ok

[skate048]

What speeds are you paying for from your ISP? Since you are in Euroland you have a better chance of fiber than most of the USA. But really, you won't be getting anywhere near 10Gbit unless you were piggybacking off a datacenter, which, let's face it, isn't going to happen. And to run a single line from a backbone carrier would be in the several several thousands $$$$$$ per month assuming you were close enough to a major area, which, unless you are from a wealthy family that brings in millions a year, I highly doubt you will ever see an OC/PH line or anything remotely close. Then on top of that, in order to even USE that kind of connection for personal use, the company you work for would need to be paying that as well and then of course the hardware to accommodate the speeds.

 

 

I just don't see it happening, lol.

Yeah ok i'll give up my 10Gbit dream! 

[sobe]

I don't know your ISP, but Euroland residents have a better chance of getting 100Mbit and 1Gbit fiber connections to the home. So at the least you may be able to still go for that, which is quite damn fast.

[vanished]

Yeah ok i'll give up my 10Gbit dream! 

Never give up on your dreams!  Some day it will be mainstream... some day...