10GBASE-T is unreasonably power hungry. SFP+ passive cables are far superior for short lengths and fiber optics are superior for anything longer. I've got two S

10GBASE-T is unreasonably power hungry. SFP+ passive cables are far superior for short lengths and fiber optics are superior for anything longer. I've got two SFP+ 10GBASE-T transceivers on my home network and they seem to sit around 80°C all the time.