Intel EXPI9301CTBLK PRO1000 Network Card CT PCIex

I have a brand new high performance PC with an i7 intel processor, 32 Mb ram, a high performance Gigabyte motherboard, SSD and a high end video and sound card that is running Win 7 x64 which I built. After some issues with my network connection developed I decided to look into the possibility of a separate network port card as I didn't want to have to take my computer apart again to extract the motherboard I did some research and identified that I would be better to purchase a more expensive but higher performance network card that matched the rest of my system. I was hoping it would resolve my networking issues, but I wasn't expecting a performance boost on log on our loading we pages given the performance of the rest of my PC hardware. How wrong I was! Initial log onto network is now almost instantaneous and web pages load perceptibly faster. It didn't resolve the networking issues I was experiencing as this turned out to be a router issue. However, I'm still very pleased I have invested in this network card due to the performance increase it delivers and intel have provided updated drivers/ tools for it that enable you to run both hardware and network cable checks to assist in fault finding etc. If you want to increase the performance of your PC I definitely recommend investing in this quality high performance network card.

I bought this PCI Express card hoping that my read/write transfer rates would improve. I had 6Mb/s download and 0.1Mb/s upload which was causing me headaches with Windows 7 Pro, having had a much better upload speed (4-6Mb/s) with XP Pro. I tried all the blog fixes and there were marginal improvements in performance. I had an external 1Gb Network adaptor fitted on the PCI connector to the motherboard and that didn't improve matters. I read the blurb on the ASUS motherboard which generally referred to the PCI Express connections as being good for heavy duty gamer graphics, but buried in the text it also mentioned it might be good for Networks. I bought the card based on very positive reviews with my fingers crossed. I installed it in minutes and the BIOS instantly recognised it and the system booted up normally while I held my breath hoping no crash would occur. I then ran several large 100Mb transfers to my Synology NAS server via a Netgear ADSL+ router and couldn't record the upload/ download rate as it was near instant. I then went for a 2Gb file transfer and could find a transfer rate of between 50-80Mb/s..Outstanding. This is the best and least expensive upgrade I have ever had. Highly recommended and gets 5 stars...The only downside was that there was no installation CD..or anything other than the plastic packaging of the adapter and a short plate.

The Ethernet connection on my Dell XPS8300 had become erratic and was suffering from intermittent failure. I had wasted hours trying to fix it, updating and reinstalling drivers etc. and eventually concluded that the Ethernet port that forms part of the Dell motherboard was as fault. I believe that one of the connections on the motherboard was failing as it expanded and contracted with any heat fluctuations. Rather than having to replace or repair the mother board I decided to try this in one of the spare slots. Installing it was easy as it simply slots in to the spare port, Windows 7 found it straight away, so I could connect to the internet again. Once it was connected I was able to automatically update the driver and since install it has worked flawlessly, just what I wanted The only other thing I did was go to windows device manager and disable the old faulty Ethernet port so that the PC wasn't trying to use or find that at any point. As Brassneck said on his review "it's cheaper than a motherboard", as a fix for my aging (13 month old!) Dell its worked for me.

This card is a good replacement if your onboard is broken it is also cheap, it does it job it has 1gb speed But the only problem i have with it intel no longer support drivers for win8.1 and win 10 but microsoft do automatically install drivers for you so you will not get any of the advanced features for them two OS.

My onboard ethernet connection on my Windows 8.1 PC died due to a power surge, I think. January lightning... So the cheap and easy way to solve this seemed to be a CSL PCIe (PCI-E / PCI Express) Gigabit network card from Amazon, which I ordered for about £5. I have spent a week messing about with a connection lasting max. 90 mins, verifying Windows power management etc. to the Network Adaptor, trying different drivers, and seemingly exhaustive internet searches, and have got nowhere. If I unplugged my ethernet inside the 90 minute window, it would disappear, too, until a complete Shut Down and restart (not just a restart). Bought one of these, also from Amazon. Now I can unplug my ethernet connection, configure a router as an access point (fallout from the power surge), plug my ethernet back in to my network, and it WORKS! If I have any problems, I have the Intel dashboard to go to for help. So fingers crossed! It's not cheap, but Intel do seem to give value for money in the quality of this product.

This is a very high quality, fast, gigabit ethernet card. It's very good value for money, has a lifetime warranty and is backed by the best support in the business. But! Almist every computer made these days already has a Gigabit Ethernet adapter built into the motherboard, why would you need one of these? Well, first of all, not everyone needs one of these, for a great many people the built in network adapter will be sufficient. There are however some tasks that will really benefit: Gaming Video Streaming Large Data Transfer If you perform the tasks above a lot, then you can benefit from a dedicated network adapter. For gamers, you can experience lower latency and better pings, also the card here has it's own processor which will reduce the CPU load of you computer for better frame rates. For video streaming, the Intel card provides highly optimised packet prioritisation which can help keep your video streams fast and jitter free.* Large data transfers, particularly if your home sever also has a high quality network adapter are *lightning* fast with these cards, For me, this is the biggest improvement I saw over the built in adapter (about 60% faster throughput over the onboard Realtek). In summary then, not everyone needs these cards, but they offer some nice gains over onboard adapters for very little outlay. While it won't change your world, it can be the cherry on top of an already powerful computer. *Note: good packet prioritisation benefits all kinds of data transfer tasks from downloading a webpage to sending email.

I've been getting sporadic internet disconnections for ages (years on and off). It only happened now and then so I just put up with it. Not being techy at all I didn't know where to start looking for the cause either. A recent lightning strike killed my router and when the new one was installed I got more disconnections than ever. Some days I couldn't get connected at all. I blamed the new router but the ISP insisted that it was fine and my network adapter was to blame. Eventually I gave in and reluctantly sent off for one of these, just in case they were right. Fitted it to a spare PCI slot (which was easy even for untechy me, after watching a vid on YouTube) and I haven't had a moment's trouble since. I wish I'd bought one of these years ago. The driver installed automatically, it really was a case of fit and forget. Lovely stuff!! (My old one was a Broadcom 1gb Ethernet Network Adapter in a Dell Inspiron desktop, in case that's relevant to anyone.) RECOMMEND!!

...it's just a gigabit NIC card. I'll admit, I bought this card because every where I look it gets rave reviews. :) So it seems that with high-speed Internet access, e.g. BT Infinity, you'll be needing a card like this. In theory, the onboard NIC or a 100 Mbit card, or even a PCI 100 Mbit card should work. The problem with all of these is that of bus-sharing. When the NIC's bus is shared, actual performance drops. And that's the problem with PCI buses. You will never come close to gaining full speed with a PCI-based NIC. Onboard NICS are usually wired to share PCI buses, so they suffer from the same performance fallout. This card uses a discrete PCI Express bus. Since it's version of PCI Express is 1.0, it works fine in PCI Express 2.0 and 3.0 slots.

Nach viel Ärger mit On-Board-LAN war ein Wechsel der NICs von Nöten, und nach ein wenig Suche im WWW bin ich irgendwan bei den CT-Desktop Karten von Intel hängen geblieben. Laut Reviews auf div. Seiten sollten diese problemlos und vergleichsweise schnell arbeiten, was mir bei bisher maximal 12 MiB/s und regelmäßigen Verbindungseinbrüchen mit den Onboard-Lö- sungen mehr als zusagte. Frühere Versuche mit Realtek-basierten Karten waren auch in die Hose gegangen, sei es durch die gleichen Probleme wie mit Onboard-LAN, oder, wie im Fall von 3 bau- gleichen Realtek PCIe-GBit-Karten (in 3 Rechnern) mit dem zeitgleichen Ableben 1 Woche nach Einbau (bei auch max. 12 MiB/s wohlgemerkt). Die Intel-Karten haben derweil die Wochenfrist überlebt und überzeugen mit 50-80 MiB/s je nach Dateigröße und -mischung und bisher 100%iger Stabilität. Es sind keine Einstellungen nötig, die Karten müssen nur eigebaut werden, Treiber von Intel installieren (nicht dabei, muss runtergeladen werden) und fertig. Einziger Nachteil, unter Vista gibt es keine Standarttreiber, d.h. die Karten laufen nicht ohne externen Treiber. Den sollte man also runterladen, bevor man den Onboardkram ausschaltet. Fazit: Die Intel Karten kosten das 2-3fache anderer GBit-Lösungen, belohnen aber mit etwa 5-8fachen Datenrate im Vergleich zu Onboard-LAN (hier 2x Gigabyte mit P35 und X58 Chipsatz, 1x Zotac nVidia ION) bzw. anderen günstigen NICs. Kaufen, Einbauen, Freuen - die Dinger sind es wert.

I used it for a Asrock J4105 mini ITX mobo and works straight out of the box. Speed is better than the Realtek 8111 on board lan and synology updates do not break my NAS

My Dell Dimension E510 desktop had the PRO/100 VE desktop adapter as its NIC, which worked just fine. I was upgrading my E510 from XP to Windows 7 and wanted a new Ethernet card so I chose the Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter. I had PROSet software installed along with the driver for the PRO/100 VE. Some helpful instructions for those that want to upgrade your driver or install a new Ethernet card; With PROSet, you must first remove your current adapter from the PROSet software BEFORE uninstalling PROSet and the current driver. If you don't you may end up with a phantom adapter that causes problems when you try to install a new version of PROSet and an updated driver. I installed the Gigabit CT card while still running XP. I had a free PCI-Express (x1) slot, which made installing the new card easy. During system startup I entered Setup and disabled the PRO/100 VE NIC and then proceeded with the rest of startup. I then installed a new version of PROSet and a new driver that I downloaded from Intel's web site. I didn't have to reboot after installing the software. The card just worked. When I upgraded from XP to Windows 7, the OS recognized the Gigabit CT card and installed drivers automatically so I didn't have to worry about downloading and installing a driver after installing the OS. The only thing is that Windows 7 didn't install PROSet, which is optional software anyway so it's not required. My house is wired with CAT5 instead of CAT5e or CAT6 so I really don't get the benefit of having a Gigabit network adapter. My VPN router is not a Gigabit router. It's only rated at 75Mbps. With my current Comcast service I'm getting about 25Mbps download and 4Mbps upload, which is about the same as I was getting with the PRO/100 VE NIC so having a Gigabit card isn't making any difference for me. However, the card works flawlessly and I'm very pleased with it. If you're wired with CAT5e or CAT6 and have Gigabit network equipment I would highly recommend the CT Desktop Adapter. It's a great Ethernet card, easy to install, works with Windows 7, and it provides great performance even in a non-Gigabit environment. You can download the latest PROSet and driver from Intel's web site.

Do the job , easy to install

J'ai un PC qui sert de serveur domestique, très sollicité et à partir duquel je partage en direct moult fichiers multimédias, certains allant jusqu'à plusieurs Gigas au niveau de la taille. J'ai commencé par utiliser la prise Ethernet intégrée à la carte mère (un PC Dell XPS), la carte est tombée HS au bout de quelques mois d'utilisation. Puis je suis passé par une carte réseau TPlink sur port PCI, qui a duré jusqu'à aujourd'hui mais dont la fluidité ne m'a pas satisfait. Après avoir lu les commentaires très positifs sur cette carte Intel, j'ai franchi le pas sans trop me faire d'illusions sur la différence que je constaterai. Et bien je confirme tout ce qui a été dit, mes fichiers Full HD de plusieurs gigas sont lus instantanément sur les PC de mon réseau domestique, sans aucune saccade, la navigation dans les dossiers réseaux mappés ne présentent aucun ralentissement, le partage du flux TV via Dvblink est super fluide, bref mon réseau domestique a trouvé enfin La carte, sans me ruiner, mais qui correspond tout à fait à mon besoin, et, cerise sur le gâteau, elle a été reconnue immédiatement par Windows (8.1 Pro) et toute de suite opérationnelle. Bref, je recommande cette carte pour tous ceux qui ont une configuration et un besoin similaire au mien.