200GbE Smart NIC Card for Mellanox MCX653106A-HDAT-SP, PCIe 3.0/4.0 x16 200Gb VPI Ethernet NIC with Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx Chipset,Dual QSFP56 HDR IB Network Card Support RDMA

The Vogzone M.2 x520 network adapter is a very useful 10 GbE networking option for Mini ITX and Micro ATX systems with limited PCI-E slots. It uses the venerable 82599 chip from Intel, which is a bit long in the tooth at this point, but it gets the job done. A small PCB with a connector for the mini SAS cable sockets into your M.2 slot. The mini SAS cable carries the PCI-E signals to the card, allowing it to be inserted into any available slot in your case, even ones that don't have a slot from your mainboard. The 35cm cable is long enough to accommodate most configurations. It gets power through a single SATA power connector. The box includes a low profile PCI-E bracket for 2U servers and SFF systems.While it might be a bit unusual to use a SFF-8087 cable for PCI-E, I haven't noticed any trouble. The card gets all 4 PCI-E 2.0 lanes and delivers the expected 10 GbE throughput in Linux with the standard ixgbe driver. I have it in an Asus B550 mainboard running in the PCI-E 3.0 M.2 socket managed by the chipset.The biggest concern I have is the durability of the M.2 PCB. It's quite thin and fragile, so it's important to be careful routing the mini SAS cable to the card, making sure to limit stress on the connector. Once everything is screwed in place and wired up, it feels pretty secure.You'll probably want some airflow over the card, though the heatsink never became uncomfortable for me to touch after my tests with the card connected to the network with a DAC cable.Overall, this is a great 10 GbE solution for the small mainboard niche, assuming you have an extra M.2 slot and a case with an open PCI-E slot, which is often the case with a Mini ITX board in a much larger chassis for a NAS, etc. You can save your x16 slot for a GPU, while leaving plenty of room for cooling.

One of the few 10GB variations that works natively in Proxmox. I bought 3 of these.

This is awesome! Great way to get 10gbe into my itx build. The main board is a little big but it can be reduced a little to get it to fit right. I removed the pcie bracket and made some custom brackets to mount it in my itx case. Overall a super affordable way to get m.2 to 10gbe in your pc instead of the $100 smaller boards that I personally thought were a little too overpriced. This product gets a 10/10!

I use my desktop PC for gaming and work. While working I transfer a lot of data to and from my NAS, and 1GB networking wasn't cutting it. I decided to move to 10GB knowing it would eventually pay for itself. I bought a off brand Intel X520-DA2 and found it was forcing my graphics card into x8. While its not really a performance loss, its not ideal.With Vogzone's M.2 to 10GB NIC kit I've moved the 10GB port from the CPU to the Z790 chipset. My graphics card is back in x16So far the card has been rock solid. There are no drops while gaming, transfers to and from NAS are running at 10GB, and VPN to work hasn't hiccupped.What I don't like: Drivers. There is a sticker on the card telling you to visit https://console.box.lenovo.com/l/wJLSsy and you end up at a sketch looking site with no info on what, exactly, to download. Thankfully Win11 found my card without using anything from that site. I'm not sure if Win11 has something baked in, or if the drivers I installed for my Intel X520 card were sufficient.

This is a great way to adapt a motherboard with only 1Gbe ports to 10Gbe. I installed the M.2 adapter to SFF8087 on my motherboard, and installed the card into my system, attached SATA power and the other end of the 8087 SAS cable. Wirth the use of an SFP+ to 10Gbe copper module I was able to connect it to my switch! Works out of the box in linux too. How cool!