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Plugged into older Alienware R7 that only had gigabit on-board, just worked and at full speed.

I purchased 2 of these. one to put in my desktop and the other to put in my truenas server. truenas core will not support this card. I had to update to truenas scale for it to recognize.

This is the real deal. It comes with full and half height brackets.

- Just Works™ when put into a Linux machine - Comes with the low-profile bracket I needed - The card I received had the PCB rounded on the corner that just floats free in the case and, paired with PCI-E x1 allowing it to be shorter, I found the look Inordinately pleasing.

The obvious question is why one would purchase this card over the far cheaper options. Generic 1Gbps NICs can be had for just over a tenth the cost, while Intel's desktop varieties run less than half the price of this card. Leaving aside the cheapest cards - ones I've found to cause more problems with data corruption and reliability than it's worth - the main reason to go with a server card is if you will be loading it heavily. If you're running your own datacenter, power-saving features such as EEE and DMA coalescing are handy, but that likely doesn't apply to most potential customers for this NIC. The I210T1 does an even better job at offloading calculations than previous generation NICs.Saturate a full 1Gbps connection with multiple streams and you'll see CPU usage drop in comparison to what it is with desktop cards. We put this card in a workstation to replace the on-board Realtek NIC. System CPU time dropped by 20-30% under very heavy network loads after switching to the I210T1. Another benefit to the I210T1 - and a possible reason to upgrade to this new model - is Audio Video Bridging (AVB) support. When working on projects where multiple media streams need to be perfectly synchronized, AVB worked wonders. Older NICs simply could not keep everything synced perfectly. We needed to work on 10Gbps connections instead. Being able to accomplish the same feat with a much cheaper card is great! The I210T1 is tiny. It fits easily even in systems with bulging heatsinks and video cards.

Easy setup - no issues

Easy install. Nice price. I really love this Network card. It arrived on time in Manufacturers Box with the low profile bracket attached. Because of my computer case had to take out the 2 screws and install the standard profile bracket which was included. Also included was a driver CD and manual. .

Easy installation, price was great!