New USB 3.2 10 GbE adapters offer smaller, cooler, cheaper alternative to Thunderbolt
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Summary
New RTL8159-based 10G USB 3.2 adapters are entering the market, offering a smaller, cooler, and cheaper alternative to traditional Thunderbolt 10 GbE adapters. The article highlights a specific $80 model from WisdPi, which costs less than half the price of Thunderbolt adapters while providing comparable 10 gigabit networking performance for laptops.
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2.5G and even 5G USB adapters have been out for a while, but sometimes you need more bandwidth.
The 10G adapter I'm testing is this $80 model from WisdPi. That's double the price of most 5G/2.5G adapters, but less than half what I paid for my Thunderbolt 10G adapters.
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