Good cheap Intel nic?

[ALANMAN]

Late reply, but there’s a thread just for quad port intel nic info:

Demystifying Intel PRO/1000 Quad Port NICs

TL;DR: I highly recommend the i340/i350 for any application requiring a stable NIC (pfSense), with the -T2 being the most appropriate and cheapest option in most cases. You may have seen us recommend the Intel Pro/1000 series quad port gigabit NICs, and we do so with good reason - they’re cheap and reliable. That said, there’s a strong lack of information on them, and many of the eBay listings for one version may actually not actually be the product they describe. This post will serve as a (ve…