2.5g upgrade realtek rtl8125b vs intel i226-v windows

[cerulliber]

greeting,
looking forward to upgrade my on-board 1gb lan to match isp speed. local stores no luck, geizhals.de nothing mighty. via aliexpress managed to get

realtek rtl8125b
intel i226-v

which one is better for daily overall windows experience and easy to download driver?

is something better on budget-wise for europeans shoppers?

I would like not to overspend over 20-30$ excluding transport for only one port (don't need much).

thanks!

 

[Sarajiel]

Not sure where you are living, but I assume Austria or Germany? You'll probably find some 2.5Gb PCIe x1 cards from the likes of TP-Link, TRENDnet, AXAGON, DeLOCK, etc. for €20 to €30 at most online retailers in that area. At least your local Amazon should have some of those.

 

[cerulliber]

I can find axagon which is still realtek rtl8125b and 4x price of aliexpress which is dumb and greed.

so realtek rtl8125b or intel i226-v ?

 

[The Krull]

look for intels 10gb networls on ebay. intel 540, 520 or 720. they are pci-e x4 or x8 but are monsters in perfoemance

 

[Sarajiel]

rtl8125b or intel i226-v

Doesn't really matter for home use. Realteks work usually out of the box, for Intel you might have to manually install drivers. I got both in my environment, and that's pretty much the biggest difference I noticed.