PCIe Network Card Recommendations?

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Hi all,
Upgrading my Internet to 5Gb/s tomorrow :D However, I realized my Ethernet port on my B550 motherboard tops out at 2.5Gb/s. Anyone have any recommendations for a PCIe network card? I'm not sure what the current state is on network cards... Last time I remember reading a review of one it was for the Bigfoot Killer NIC card :D

thanks


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thinking about maybe ordering something from Server Supply: https://www.serversupply.com/NETWORKING/NETWORK ADAPTER/10 GIGABIT/

I have this Asus B550 with a few pcie 3 x1 lanes and an open pcie 4 x16.
 
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I don't have any recommendations... kind of need an SFP that supports 5 gig before I consider upgrading my service to 5 gig. They are offering it to me for JUST 20 bucks more a month over my 2.5 gig I have now...
 
If you want to go datacenter-grade, I wouldn't use anything lower than an X550 - the X540 and below need cooling:

For something new, Realtek's cards seem to be reliable with the usual caveats of slightly higher CPU utilization than say an Intel or Aquantia solution:

Aquantia's current AQC-113 does multi-gig up to 10Gbit, might find a more reputable OEM and vendor, link for example:
 
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