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[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I don't like the idea of a network card with a cooler. I strongly dislike the idea.

[–] Tahl_eN@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Have used 10GB cards with coolers. They were unstable and noisy.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Consumer grade mobos with 10 gig onboard nics have some MASSIVE heatsinks for them to keep them passive.

I swear it feels like half the heatsinking on my mobo is for the network card and not the VRM or chipset.

[–] SomeRandomNoob@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago

that cooler looks like a GPU cooler from the 90s :)

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

This is for servers, not desktops, so noise isn't much of an issue.

Buuut I'm curious why it has the fan isntead of a long heatsink. Maybe planning for homelab users in about ~10 years?

Also I'd just like to say: Fuck Broadcom. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.