Windows 10: NIC Cards Wanted, but which ones?

Well I have several systems that all have been running onboard Ethernet. But two of the systems (H77 with Realtek and a Z87 with Intel) have had a couple of lockups in recent months. I saw the same behavior before on some older boards which finally one day I smelled the mobo burn at the solder joint of the Ethernet receptacle. So I am concerned that these last two events are the prelude to maybe the onboard Ethernet is going out so i want to buy some NIC's to insert them in to the systems so I can keep going.

I keep reading that Intel are the way to go. My network is all Gbit so looking for a card to be the same. Main uses are backups of files daily so no biggie there, but weekly I am imaging my drives. Main systems take about 15-20 minutes while other low working systems take about 5-6 minutes.

Which Intel Gb NIC cards are the go to?

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Replacment Nic Card Troubles


Got A Question> I Have A Dell Latitude Laptop Running A Dell DW1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card Network Adapter PCI And Want to Upgrade The NIc Card But Can't Find A Replacemnet card For Under $25;00 Dose Anyone Have Any Suggestions As To Were to find A Intel NIC Card With Blu Tooth?
Thanks

 

'Wrong' Nic Card driver


Hi Guys

I'm not sure what to do about this, whether to leave it as is and use the driver Windows thinks I should use or some how use the driver for the nic card I actually bought.

The manufacturer appears not to have a Windows 10 driver and the one listed on their website is dated 2013 and unlikely to work.

The nic card is working as expected and I get full gigabit speeds but for the past month or so I've been getting regular disconnections. I have been using a switch and for the past two days have bypassed it and plugged directly in to the nic card.

Since doing that I have had only one disconnection which makes me think its the switch. There is another switch plugged into the router downstairs and I do have a spare switch with which I could use to test whether it was that other one.

The main subject of this though is whether to entrust in a driver that Windows installs even though its not strictly the correct one and whether to get future updates for this driver.

 

Galaxy Designs Mysterious GeForce GTX 460 2 GB Card with Mini-PCIe Onboard

How very weird of them... this is truely odd IMO.

would be nice to see a list from them of suggested products, or even bundle the card with products that are right for it, like a killer NIC, wifi card, phsyx card, SSD etc.