I hope that the sub-$100 price tag translates well into the end product. Nowadays I can find Chinese-resold X540 (2x10 Gbps) cards cheaper than 2.5 Gbps units.

I hope that the sub-$100 price tag translates well into the end product. Nowadays I can find Chinese-resold X540 (2x10 Gbps) cards cheaper than 2.5 Gbps units. I think the second-hand market is really killing these not-quite-10G network products for anything that isn't low-power.