News 10 Gigabit Ethernet slots into your M.2 port, costs only $86

[Admin]

M.2 10GbE network card based on Marvell's AQC113 chip is on sale for $86, a significant drop.

10 Gigabit Ethernet slots into your M.2 port, costs only $86 : Read more

 

[bit_user]

This is a nice option for cases too slim even to fit a half-height add-in card. I recently bought one of those, in fact.

 

[dimar]

I already saw something like this, but I was looking for SFP+ version and couldn't find one.

 

[pixelpusher220]

Curious why the M.2 version has a significant heatsink but the PCI doesn't?

 

[bit_user]

Curious why the M.2 version has a significant heatsink but the PCI doesn't?

Huh? Where's the PCIe version?

The few AQC107-based PCIe cards I can find all have big heatsinks. For example:

https://www.amazon.com/Syba-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network/dp/B07G2DV9K2

 

[pixelpusher220]

Huh? Where's the PCIe version?

The few AQC107-based PCIe cards I can find all have big heatsinks. For example:

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https://www.amazon.com/Syba-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network/dp/B07G2DV9K2

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yeah, I suppose the technical reason is the pictures card has no connector! lol it's clearly (to me now...) just a cut image

 

[fireaza]

I love the design! My motherboard has a VERY limited number of PCIe slots, but what it does have is a <Mod Edit>-load of m.2 slots. This would be perfect for me!

 

[bit_user]

I love the design!

I wonder why they went with a ribbon cable. The inside of a PC is very noisy - wouldn't shielded, twisted-pair be better? Or is there more happening in that port panel than just a connector?

 

[fireaza]

I wonder why they went with a ribbon cable. The inside of a PC is very noisy - wouldn't shielded, twisted-pair be better? Or is there more happening in that port panel than just a connector?

Hmm, networking data often has redundancy and error-checking built as part of how it operates, so maybe it's less essential compared to something like audio?

 

[spongiemaster]

yeah, I suppose the technical reason is the pictures card has no connector! lol it's clearly (to me now...) just a cut image

Those aren't PCI cards. That's the rj45 jack that comes with the NVME nic. Any NIC isn't very useful without a jack to connect the LAN cable to.

 

[bit_user]

Hmm, networking data often has redundancy and error-checking built as part of how it operates,

Ethernet has a frame CRC, but that exists for the sake of noise between the computer and switch. If you're getting a lot of noise from inside the computer, it's going to limit your external cable length by a lot, I'd expect.

If I bought one of these, I'd be checking the stats to see how many errored frames I was getting. I'm usually doing that anyway, to make sure none of my cables are bad.

 

[pixelpusher220]

Those aren't PCI cards. That's the rj45 jack that comes with the NVME nic. Any NIC isn't very useful without a jack to connect the LAN cable to.

ah, indeed it is. That explains the lack of heatsink on the 'card'. It's just a dumb jack/pass thru to the NVMe.

Thanks!