Intel i350-T4 Deal?

[Zac_K]

Hey,
While I was searching for good offers on Quad-port LAN cards I found: THIS.
Considering the fact that those cards are selling new for 300€ in Germany it looks like a sweet deal but something is telling me that it is too good to be true. Any opinions about it?

BTW, if you have one or two Quad-Port LAN cards over contact me, maybe we can work something out.

 

[T_Minus]

Wow that's expensive! Those are <100 USD for us in the states that's some big price difference.

 

[sthsep]

Why not buy "fakes" from china? Only 49$. As far I know the chip is original from intel only the board was copied from the original.
NEW Intel I350-T4 PCI-Express PCI-E Four RJ45 Gigabit Ports Server Adapter NIC

 

[Zac_K]

Thanks for the hint T_Minus, I think I will watch out at ebay.com for offers, even with shipping and taxes they should be cheaper.
I am not a friend of fakes, I read to much about LAN problems with those.

 

[epicurean]

Try this: SUPERMICRO GIGABIT SERVER ETHERNET QUAD PORT CARD PCIe AOC-SG-I4 LP LOW PROFILE
I am quite certain this is not a fake

 

[T_Minus]

Why not buy "fakes" from china? Only 49$. As far I know the chip is original from intel only the board was copied from the original.
NEW Intel I350-T4 PCI-Express PCI-E Four RJ45 Gigabit Ports Server Adapter NIC

-You could be chasing ghosts aka hard to troubleshoot actual problem.
-Your system could burn to the ground for saving $20-40 on a part, who knows.
-Your switch could fry due to bad nic and sending power down the line.

Just some worst-case examples of why saving a few bucks could cost a LOT more later.

 

[Zac_K]

Thanks everyone for the replies, a friend of mine kicked me on the Intel i340 cards which are pretty cheap even here in Europe.
So I will go for them since SR-IOV is not needed.

 

[LiQuiD[EViL]]

Any opinions if this one is fake or not. Anything different with the IBM version?
IBM Intel i350-T4 ML2 Quad Port Gbe PCI-e x8 Ethernet Adapter - 47C8210 00D1998

 

[Zac_K]

Hmm,
hard to tell since the Delta-Chips are missing.
From a comparision with the picutures at the Lenovo page I can't tell if it is fake or not.
But this card doen't have a PCIe connector, looks like it is a mezzani board like HP LOM.

 

[LiQuiD[EViL]]

Ya your're right. I didn't notice that the PCIe doesn't look right.

 

[LiQuiD[EViL]]

Ok. How about this one? Supermicro AOC-SG-I4 4-Port Low-Profile Gigabit Ethernet PCI-E Adapter