Intel INTG 1Gb 1xRJ45 CT Desktop, Black,EXPI9301CTBLK

I've found from experience that Intel NICs tend to be particularly good. I'm a Linux user, and Intel's NICs are well-supported, they tend to Just Work, and work well. Sure enough, threw this in to a Ubuntu 18.04.1 machine, and it was immediately recognised and I was away.I received the NIC in plastic moulded packaging - it was fitted with a full size backplate, but included a low-profile one too (which I needed) - swapping them over is a matter of undoing two screws, removing the plate, then screwing the screws back into the other plate once it's correctly positioned - easy!So - might be more expensive than bargain-basement Realtek and other cards, which you can get for a lot less than this one, but where a solid network adaptor is needed, you won't go far wrong with this - sometimes you do get what you pay for. Particularly if you're looking at high throughput, where a better card can offload some of the processing from the system's main CPU.

If you care about through put then you need an Intel card. Virtually all other NICs out there use the Realtek chip which has issues on Linux which are very well documented. Realtek NICs also don’t deliver true gigabit throughput very often in my experience. These factors make this Intel card worth every penny.

+ Item was well protected in package. Easy to fit and easily recognized by Windows 10 for automatic driver install.- It kept dropping my internet connection on a number of occasions within the first month of operation. Fortunately as it was covered by Prime, I could return for a refund.

PCI-E 1x network card. Windows 10 automatically detected and installed drivers, no messing about.

A useful upgrade to the onboard Desktop PC LAN connection and has some management features beyond the onboard device, too.

I stuck it in a Linux box. It just worked. Exactly what I wanted.

Amazing product saved my bacon when onboard network port decided it was done, highly recommened

Well, it works.