Firstly, being an American, and living in America and not working in a networking field, I haven't had to look at networking cards since the switch from dial up to broad band in the late 90's.
So, I know next to nothing about NIC hardware except I finally need one. My wife's computer is a recording PC, mine is the rendering PC, and I'm wasting a boatload of time on waiting for transfers using a USB 3.0 external hard drive. So, its time to get a LAN setup!
Her motherboard is the ASRock Z87 Extreme6, with an on board Giga PHY Intel I217V dual gigabit chipset. My mother board is the ASUS Maximus VI Hero, with a lowly Intel I217-V single chipset, which is also suffering some problems with hangs and lag every so often (something she doesn't suffer from).
I'm now in the market for a Dual Gigabit wired NIC so I can set us up on a LAN, and would like to know what card I should be looking for that would play well with her's, and just as importantly — if possible —, why is that? Cause I'm gonna have to start learning this now and I can't find any easily accessible information.
I was looking at the Intel expi9402ptblk-1pk and the HP NC360T. Why those too? No idea. They're highly rated? I fully admit I am ignorant as hell on this subject.
Here are our computers if anyone is interested:
Mine: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=29656447
Her's: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=29656427
Thanks in advance.
So, I know next to nothing about NIC hardware except I finally need one. My wife's computer is a recording PC, mine is the rendering PC, and I'm wasting a boatload of time on waiting for transfers using a USB 3.0 external hard drive. So, its time to get a LAN setup!
Her motherboard is the ASRock Z87 Extreme6, with an on board Giga PHY Intel I217V dual gigabit chipset. My mother board is the ASUS Maximus VI Hero, with a lowly Intel I217-V single chipset, which is also suffering some problems with hangs and lag every so often (something she doesn't suffer from).
I'm now in the market for a Dual Gigabit wired NIC so I can set us up on a LAN, and would like to know what card I should be looking for that would play well with her's, and just as importantly — if possible —, why is that? Cause I'm gonna have to start learning this now and I can't find any easily accessible information.
I was looking at the Intel expi9402ptblk-1pk and the HP NC360T. Why those too? No idea. They're highly rated? I fully admit I am ignorant as hell on this subject.
Here are our computers if anyone is interested:
Mine: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=29656447
Her's: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=29656427
Thanks in advance.
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