After seeing success on the Internet of others successfully running 10 Gigabit networks in their homes over existing CAT5 and CAT5E in-wall cables I'm about to give it a go myself. The furthest away client device will be my windows desktop and I'm unsure if I should go with one of the consumer grade adapters like this or this? I like that these don't have fans indicating they don't draw much power and they support multi gig speeds in case 10Gbe winds up being a bust I can fall back to something slower.
I figure another option is a mellanox connectx-3 with an SFP+ RJ45 module. The advantage I see to this is the modules come in various distance options 30M, 80M, 100M etc. I have no idea if one of these modules would help with the odds of success or not. They are also quite expensive and power hungry. If anyone knows of any used well supported enterprise grade cards on eBay that do not need an SFP+ module with good windows drivers that would be very helpful.
I figure another option is a mellanox connectx-3 with an SFP+ RJ45 module. The advantage I see to this is the modules come in various distance options 30M, 80M, 100M etc. I have no idea if one of these modules would help with the odds of success or not. They are also quite expensive and power hungry. If anyone knows of any used well supported enterprise grade cards on eBay that do not need an SFP+ module with good windows drivers that would be very helpful.