ipolex 10Gb Network Card Intel X520-DA1 Ethernet Card PCI-E NIC(E10G42BTDA), with Intel 82599EN Controller, Single SFP+ Port, 10G PCI Express LAN Adapter Support Windows Server/Windows/Linux/Vmware

I had trouble getting it working on windows 11 even trying some other tutorials I found on the internet. The seller sent me the above image with a note and the card comes up very well on both ports now. For the price this is the best value I have found even through it is using a "old" driver. It works well connected to my Ubiquiti set up. I am glad they responded with a note, I had figured I would have to use it on a server platform instead of a workstation. Follow the video from the link above and it will come right up in windows 11. It will warn you about driver signing but it is an Intel driver it is just that they are not keeping up with windows 11. Beyond that the card works well on my mother board. It has a well designed heat sink and where it is located in system it has a case fan directly cooling it. For the price you are not going to beat the card.

I mean it’s a 10gbps network card. Chances are your computer isn’t even man enough to serve 10gbps from its hard drives. Does your switch even lift 10gbps, bro? Does your Ethernet cabling have the testicular fortitude to handle all this Heman glow shine?When a NIC eats up an 8 channel PCI Express port and has a fan on it, you know it doesn’t duck around. You’re probably going to need a multi device raid to even deliver all that data. What’s nice is even if you can’t max the stream out, you have a bit of overhead so the network speed doesn’t grind to a crawl during a file transfer. Or if your network is saturated by large data traffic from multiple devices like IP cameras.If you have a solid capable NAS array, these cards really have a purpose for serving data at blistering speeds. Moving large raw movie files and such.The card itself is easy to install and the drivers were easy to find and get working.

I don't really know what to say - it works at amazing speeds, given your internet provider gives you those Gigabits and your hardware can actually handle it. I put it into my Desktop and use it for my Synology 923+ NAS pool. Had to do some minor settings on the Synology side, but my Desktop (win 10) didn't need any drivers, even though they were included on disk, just as smaller bracket. Fits nicely into the slot, very easy to setup, fan works, very quiet. Build quality seems good - no jitter or some parts falling off.P.s. WINDOWS 11: INSTALL THE WIN10 DRIVERS FOR IT FROM THE SITE!

Haven't done a speed test yet, but so far it is detected and configured just fine.Edit May 2024: I have been using a few of these for a while, and I just wanted to update on something that I didn't really notice until it was a problem; the card(s) I received were not passive as the picture shows, but rather they have a fan/heatsink combo. I only realized this because the fan on my oldest one of these cards just started with a loud Death Rattle. I unplugged the fan power header from the card, and all is well. So I believe the fan is not needed for actual cooling in a normal (decent) PC case.This does not change my 5-star rating in the slightest, as I believe the fan to be both a cost-cutting measure (one heatsink part across their product line) and overkill (card cools just fine without it) at the expense of simply needing to unplug the fan header before installation.

Network card works fine for my home router I built, but the fan in the heatsink failed in two weeks time. Makes a horrible noise. Unplugged the fan and zip tied an 80mm noctua to it. Cheap cheap cooler on an already lower end NIC, so why did I pay over $100?

This card is a good fit for my specific use case but it won't work for everyone. It has no 2.5Gb or 5Gb support. It's an 8x PCIe; that's good for speed but won't fit in a 1x or 4x slot.--This listing says the X540-AT2 "support 100Mb to 10Gb" but the X540 is an older controller.It does not support 2.5Gb or 5Gb.This card connects at 100Mb/1Gb/10Gb only.--The card is 8x PCIe. I needed this for my older PCIe v3 mainboard (my 1x can't do 10Gb/s).The Intel spec sheet for the X540 says it's PCI 2.1 (32Gb/s@8x).The X540 is discontinued. The chips or cards might be NOS, which is fine.--It was plug and play for my pfSense 2.7.2 (FreeBSD).--The X540 chipset runs hot. Reviews say it is stable under heavy use with passive cooling and good airflow.This card has a fan but reports are some fans died early. I have a 2nd fan blowing on mine.The X540-AT2 draws 12.5 watts at 10Gb. This is comparable to other Intel Ethernet controllers.--My use case: Old ASUS PCIe v3.0 mainboard, pfSense 2.7.2RJ45 connected to 10Gb ONT, 10Gb SPF+ module in my budget 2.5Gb switch.--This is the cheapest I could connect 2.5Gb internet to my LAN:This card ($44 used)Sodola 2.5Gb (x8) switch with a 10Gb SPF+ expansion port ($60)Fibergaga 10Gb SPF+ module ($40)

Was a little worried if this card would work with Windows 11 or not, but it does. You just have to download the full driver package which as all the drivers for Windows, Linux, ect. and unzip it into a folder. Then go to the device manager and select the device and click on upgrade driver. Then just point to the folder and BAM it finds the driver for Windows 11. Don't know which driver it liked, but who cares, Windows 11 likes it and it now works and tested at almost 10g speeds.