What kind of NIC goes on this Motherboard?

[kitvonsnookerz]

WIN11 Pro - Dell Optiplex 7040M Micro i5-6500T 2.50GHz 8GB 128GB SSD PC Only | eBay

Hi guys im considering this machine. I want to add an extra nic on it and it apparently can take one. Is this just a standard pcie port or is it some special dell card?

 

[RolloZ170]

two M.2 slots. there is no place in it for PCIe card.
or do you mean Wifi NIC ?

 

[kitvonsnookerz]

No i want a second ethernet port if possible

 

[BoredSysadmin]

There are aftermarket m2 -> SFP (1gig, not 10) adapter which could fit it, but they cost 2x of this PC

 

[RolloZ170]

No i want a second ethernet port if possible

look at M720q tiny or P330 tiny then. they have riser slot and can keep PCIe GPU(or Eth.NIC as well)

 

[RolloZ170]

https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/vog751

 

[Tom5051]

usb nic out of the question?