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Hello all, does anyone has any clue on how to pick a Lan Card, my onboard z97 gaming 9 ack ethernet which is the Killer E2200 ethernet controller seems to be having issues due to it randomly disconnecting. I checked if its the wall socket issue or my ISP using a switch but it wasn't. So here I am trying to find a new Lan Card but i have no idea what to pick.

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If its just for a general purpose/gaming PC running Windows then just whatever is gigabit in your budget and available in your area. 

TP-Link & Netgear are generally quite cheap and widely available. 

 

 

 

 

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Adding to Jarsky's statement Intel makes well regarded 1Gbit NICs as well. Any modern one should work fine for general purpose applications. Windows will likely have a pre-installed driver for it as well.

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