@JBlongz
USB-C and temps are an advantage over the Sabrent 10G Thunderbolt, but almost twice the price.
@realityos
This thing in the SFP+ version is literally gold. I love it. Use fiber not copper, the copper SFP+ modules get ridiculously hot.
@vardagsteknik6576
I did a upgrade to my sons computer. The motherboard has 2.5gbe now. So i got an Qsfptec sfp+ that can handle 2.5gbe on my Unifi Aggregation switch, even if this switch only can handle 1 or 10gbe. Good thing that Qsfptek trolling the switch beliving that it's an 10gbe sfp+ device linking it up to 2.5gbe. By the why i can't stop looking at that goldy whatch 😜
@GeoffCooper
Their previous TB3 10G unit I had ran hot and was unreliable, but it looks like they’re doing better here. If these can work with USB4 enabled NAS then the upcoming 25G would be really interesting for super fast direct connection..
@liamfoneill
I bought the SFP version by mistake. Works fine with a cheap transceiver from amazon
@poorlybuffalo555
Acasis got theirs on at $110 sale price currently...
@chatuugu1802
I guess it will still be connected via Thunderbolt 3 over PCIe 3.0 x2 lanes, because to use just one lane, it needs to be connected via PCIe 4.0, which was only introduced with USB 4.0 v2 or Thunderbolt 5
@beauslim
Given that USB4 devices like NVMe enclosures are generally cheaper than Thunderbolt ones, a higher price for this seems unreasonable. A quick search of aliexpress gives a couple "USB4" 10GbE adapters for $100 USD, one with active cooling. I'm sure we'll see a lot more over the next few months. 2025 might finally be the year of 10Gbit!
@ColinDyckes
If you haven't got a spare PCIe slot, then yes, albeit 3 times the price of a PCIe 10Gbe adapter. I'm running a Startech TB310G2 adapter on my 14900KS system and getting 9.5Gbps using iPerf3 to my DS1522Plus NAS. File transfers are much quicker although obviously hard disk limited by the NAS. The adapter does run pretty warm though!
@NickFabi
What I would like to know is it possible to run two of these kinds of adapters in parallel and if so would it double the width? I did question this to Sabrent but they could not say as it had not been tested. Note this would be on a Mac
@j340_official
In my testing, Aquantia’s AQC113cs is the better Aquantia 10 Gbe lan adapater to use with macOS via thunderbolt / usb4, as compared to AQC107, because of the older chipset’s bugs with Airplay. For example with the 107, it’s not possible to reliably use the Mac as an Airplay speaker for other Apple devices on the same network. The 107 bugs out… but the 113 shines. I wonder how this USB4 QNAP device performs in that regard?
@Josh-b3c
I'm going to comment that it always cracks me up at your money's various different things that qualify as money
@megadooooom6582
it would be interesting to see the IOCrest re-review vs the Qnap one specially on trueNAS i'm thinking to expand my system with this controller but i want to see some data if it is within possibility of course Thanks for the effort good sir
@FARBerserker
The Main Difference between USB4 and TB3/4? With TB you HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING IT CAN! With USB? You get to choose and pick and then it is good luck when buying the stuff in terms of what it is actually capable of . .
@adicl_yt
Wondering if it would be possible to use something like the UT3G thunderbolt adapter used for eGPUs to build a DIY solution with SFP support and/or proper cooling. And maybe it is possible to do it even cheaper: I have seen a user reporting on Amazon that he was able to connect PCIE devices to a Wavlink USB4 NVME adapter (ASM2464?) by using some NVME to PICE adapter cables. Unfortunately there were no additional details, but given the PCIE tunneling of USB4/Thunderbolt, maybe this is possible.
@Cemilaws
no thunderbolt needed ? iocrest 110 euro needed thunderbolt and did not work with usb4 only port
@zsoltcselenyi622
Wondering where is their more than 1 year ago teased 2x25Gbps TB adapter...
@Spreadie
I have a different AQC113 10G device and I could not get TrueNAS to even see it. AQC107 is fine but 113 just wouldn#'t show up. BTW I have the older TB3 to 10G SFP+ adapter and it's great (got it cheap) - although I gave up on TrueNAS before I got it , so I can't speak to compatibility
@1Sbnelson
I picked up the QNAP thunderbolt 3 device and could not get it to work on my Asus B850i motherboard using the USB 4 port. So I'll be forced to get the USB 4 version
@goodeguy16