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| 94 | 94 | Neither of my two most important machines shipped with 10G, so both needed a new |
| 95 | 95 | network card: |
| 96 | 96 | |
| 97 | - *Windows gaming PC*: an Intel X520-DA1, a 10G SFP+ card. | |
| 98 | - *Server*: an Intel X710-DA2, a dual-port 10G SFP+ card. | |
| 97 | *Windows Gaming PC*: an Intel X520-DA1, a 10G SFP+ card. | |
| 99 | 98 | |
| 100 | Both are enterprise Intel cards you can find used for very little money, which | |
| 101 | is half the reason I went with them. | |
| 99 | #+caption: X520-DA1 NIC for Windows | |
| 100 | #+attr_html: :alt A photo of the X520-DA1 NIC product image. | |
| 101 | [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20260730-10gbps/x520-da1.webp]] | |
| 102 | ||
| 103 | *Server*: an Intel X710-DA2, a dual-port 10G SFP+ card. | |
| 104 | ||
| 105 | #+caption: X710-DA2 NIC for Linux | |
| 106 | #+attr_html: :alt A photo of the X710-DA2 product image. | |
| 107 | [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20260730-10gbps/x710-da2.webp]] | |
| 102 | 108 | |
| 103 | 109 | The Ubuntu server already had Intel drivers installed, so I wasn't required to |
| 104 | 110 | install anything. I simply slotted the NIC into the PCIe port on the motherboard |