Low-cost NICGIGA 10GbE SFP+ adapter (X520-DA1)

[tim_othy]

I thought this was worth spreading the word about - 45 pounds sterling here in the UK (57 dollars/53 euros) from Amazon.
Uses an Intel 82599 chip. I fitted it in my Windows 7 x64 box, installed the ProWin legacy drivers and has worked like a charm since 22nd Jan. iperf3 reports 7.77Gb/s, between my 2 Linux boxes it was 9.40Gb/s. Linux boxes use Mellanox Connect X-2 adapters.

 

[joeribl]

10Gtek is also selling a card based on Intel 82599 on Amazon, for 48 Euro (or less sometimes)

 

[blunden]

The downside of the X520 is power consumption and the need for cooling, aswell as their use of PCI-E 2.0.

If none of those are an issue for you, they could be a good buy.

 

[joeribl]

The downside of the X520 is power consumption and the need for cooling, aswell as their use of PCI-E 2.0.

If none of those are an issue for you, they could be a good buy.

And also the lack of ASPM support. Which is bugged and so disabled by Intel.