SFP Windows 10 Pcie 3 Card recommendations

[fredih]

Hi,

I'm trying to wire up my computer to my external Storage PC (which is shared with other computers as well), but at the moment I only have Gigabit Ethernet to transfer files, and it's become just too slow for my needs. I also have a few fibre cables lying around at home, and I was wondering, if there are any PCIe 3.0 SFP/Fibre cards that are compatible with Windows 10, not just with Windows server, since it's be a relatively cheap upgrade, compared to 10GB SFP+ (cards are much more expensive). I had a previous machine with Windows server, that ran 4GB Qlogic cards, but those don't run on Win 10, at least in my experience, so does anyone know a card that would be compatible? Doesn't matter if it's a fibre card, or SFP. I'm just looking for something that could give me 4-8GB/s.

 

Thanks in advance

[Electronics Wizardy]

how about these?https://www.ebay.com/itm/RT8N1-0RT8N1-DELL-MELLANOX-CONNECTX-2-PCIe-10GBe-ETHERNET-NIC-SERVER-ADAPTER/132756940343?hash=item1ee8ee2637:g:lhMAAOSwZNZbbMOC:sc:UPSGround!95014!US!-1:rk:2:pf:0

[fredih]

I can't find any documentation on these though... Do you know if they are compatible with Windows 10?

[simson0606]

On 1/13/2019 at 5:56 PM, fredih said:

I can't find any documentation on these though... Do you know if they are compatible with Windows 10?

yup, used them on 8 and 10 with success. even automatically installed on 10.

[fredih]

6 hours ago, simson0606 said:

yup, used them on 8 and 10 with success

Hmm, very interesting. Thanks for letting me know