Aquantia Launches AQtion 5 GbE and 10 GbE Ethernet Adapters

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/16/2017 05:50 PM | source: | 7 comment(s)

If you have read our ASRock ASRock X370 Gaming Professional review you will have noticed how much I appreciated the implementation of the Aquantia 5 GbE ethernet jack. If you have read my MSI, Gigabyte ASUS and other reviews, you will have noticed I was complaining about the lack of them. Aquantia will be launching their own 5 GbE and 10 GbE ethernet adapters.

Aquantia will launch the AQtion AQN-107 and AQN-108 thus supporting 10 GbE or 5 GbE Ethernet. The adapters follow the IEEE 802.3bz standard meaning thet can manage 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, 5 Gbps and 10 Gbps. This will all work over your standard CAT 5e and 6e cable. You would need a supported network switch though.

Card	AQN-107	AQN-108
Controller	AQC-107	AQC-108
100/1000/2.5G / 5G BASE-T	Yes	Yes
10G BASE-T	Yes	No
Ports	1	1
Price MSRP	$127	$99

Ethernet has been slacking and lacking as Intel and Realtek simply refuse to update to newer standards. Look at your NAS unit, it's all locked in at 1 Gbps offering roughly 120 MB/s. With HDDs and SSDs much faster these days, how good would 250 to 500 MB/sec transfers be ? It is time to propagate and evolve I say. The 5G Aquantia cards are PCI-Express x1 based and the 10G are on a 4x lane configuration. Both are available in a single-slot low profile form factor. The 10 Gbps AQN 107 will cost 127 USD, the 5 Gbps AQN 108 will cost 99 USD. The cards are hopefully available soon, worldwide. In the USA you can spot them here at Arrow.com

Oh and motherboard manufacturers, can we please get at least the 5G version embedded in the high-end motherboards, please .. pretty please with a cherry on top?

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Ricepudding
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#5432374 Posted on: 05/16/2017 06:02 PM

Looking forward to the day i actually have an internet connection to make use of these, though i am sure by then they will already be on motherboards

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#5432380 Posted on: 05/16/2017 06:19 PM

Looking forward to the day i actually have an internet connection to make use of these, though i am sure by then they will already be on motherboards

Would be nice but likely greater than 1Gbps internet in the US is a ways off. However see the article 2 down from this one "QNAP Adds TVS-882ST3 8-Bay 2.5-inch Thunderbolt 3 NAS" that NAS would be a perfect home use case for backups / movie streaming or a small office that cant afford real servers.

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#5432429 Posted on: 05/16/2017 08:25 PM

This has nothing to do with your internet speed, its for data transfer within a LAN.

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#5432430 Posted on: 05/16/2017 08:25 PM

@Hilbert : In the text you state that "both cards are based on PCIe x1 connectors" but the 10Gbps card is on a x4 Interface, as per the picture below the article.

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#5432455 Posted on: 05/16/2017 09:39 PM

Indeed it is, adding. Thanks.

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