P55 motherboards with INTEL or Marvell NIC's?

[aamsel]

Does such a thing exist, other than an INTEL motherboard.
Or is everything in the P55 boards completely Realtek?

 

[lopri]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2880

Its features are somewhat dated by today's standard (no USB 3.0 or SATA 6.0 Gbps), the board is as solid as can be. I have built a rig on it for my loved one and it's been taking all kinds of abuse without a hitch.

 

[aamsel]

I appreciate that, but (what I consider) 2nd tier boards don't instill confidence in me.
The USB3.0/SATA6.0 I can take or leave.

Any others?

 

[vailr]

Some recent P55 & X58 board versions use the newer Realtek 8111E lan controller chip.
Which seem to have better specs than earlier Realtek lan chips.
I prefer disabling the onboard lan and using an add-in card for that connection. But AFAIK, the 8111E chip is not available on a separate NIC card yet.

 

[StrangerGuy]

If you are just going to use onboard NIC for internet it's not going to make a wee bit of difference.