how bad are motherboards with killer lan

[MARK_kakuzo]

i will build red build and i like the look of the MSI Z270 M5
but it has Killer E2500 so is it bad? and will i have issues with it?
or intel i219v will be better than it (with only driver)?

 

[junkeymonkey]

i'll assume no more then the rest ? a lot of boards are now using it . like anything it will work as expected or it don't . I don't guess I would have a issue with it unless I see a lot of complaints in user reviews and what have you on that ?

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/network/97087-killer-ethernet-e2500/?page=3

http://www.killernetworking.com/about/about-rivet-networks

I guess they parted from quailcom ??

''qualcomm atheros killer e2201''

http://www.pcgamer.com/motherboards-with-killer-network-adapters-arent-worth-your-money/


now I just don't know I assume the lan part would be fine but all that software involved ???

all I can say is look at all the boards that have the one you posted about and read the end user reviews on anything said good or bad

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10679/rivet-networks-launches-the-killer-e2500-network-controller-website-detection-new-ui

I do prefer intel or realtek when the chips are down

 

[TMTOWTSAC]

I think they got a bad reputation for older versions of their drivers having some pretty serious memory leaks. Also the manager software. Fortunately, it looks like it can be used as a plain adapter as well.

http://www.pcgamer.com/motherboards-with-killer-network-adapters-arent-worth-your-money/

 

[Paul NZ]

Yup their drivers are known to crash windows

 

[junkeymonkey]

ya got to admit that a lot of software/driver for a lan , like said that could be at issue if you could not do a custom install and just get the base driver