inexpensive pc with dual intel lan

[DiceAir]

Thanks for all the info so far so here is maybe a plan.


My office PC is an i5-12400 with 32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz on a Gigabyte B660 D3H, which already has an Intel i226-V NIC. So all I really need is to add another Intel-based network card and I'm sorted for OPNsense.

In short, I'll upgrade my own PC — maybe to an i5-14400 or even a mini-PC — since I don't have to worry about Intel NIC compatibility there. The OPNsense box needs Intel NICs because they just work best, especially on the WAN side.

Using my 12400 for OPNsense should give me great performance for everything I plan to run, and adding another i226-V or similar Intel NIC will be more than enough.

I'm mainly looking at upgrading my workstation because I need a better iGPU than what the 12400 offers for other tasks.


So if someone can maybe give me an amazon link to a really cheap intel lan card even if it's a single port i226-v. I heard there's so many fake cards out there.