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thanks piquadrat - am surprised that the NEC USB3 chip is viewed as a better choice?
It was a better choice but this is progressively changing
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also on the topic of chip selection, i noticed the ASRock board uses a Broadcom LAN chip that i've heard good things about.
What have you heard as I'm still wondering what's the real difference between Broadcom and Realtek LAN chips?