I used my spare PCIe slot for something boring, and it became my favorite PC upgrade
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Adding a PCIe network interface card (NIC) to a gaming PC solved persistent random Ethernet disconnection issues caused by a faulty onboard port. Upgrading to a 10GbE NIC also dramatically improved LAN transfer speeds, making a NAS viable as a Steam game storage hub over iSCSI. Other PCIe adapter cards — a USB extender adding Type-C ports and an NVMe adapter for extra storage — further expanded the machine's capabilities at low cost, demonstrating that spare PCIe slots are underutilized expansion opportunities even on everyday desktop PCs.
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Slotting an NIC into an unused PCIe slot solved a bunch of problemsBut other adapters are just as useful96 Impressions