Intel PWLA8391GTLBLK PRO/1000 GT Desktop Network Adapter

by Intel

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 65 x 59.1 x 11.8 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00030DEOG
• Item model number: PWLA8391GTLBLK
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #48 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Network Cards
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

PCI - 1 x RJ-45 10/100/1000Base-T - 10Mbps Ethernet, 100Mbps Fast Ethernet, 1Gbps Gigabit Ethernet - Twisted Pair

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Low Profile PCI Card, July 14, 2008

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Westlake (West Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intel PWLA8391GTLBLK PRO/1000 GT Desktop Network Adapter (Personal Computers)

There are several different network interface cards that can be described as Intel Pro/1000 GT Desktop Adapters. The Intel PWLA8391GT, PWLA8391GTBLK, and PWLA8391GTLBLK NICs all have the same electronic specifications. The "BLK" cards come in packs of 20, though they may be sold individually.

The card advertised here is the GTLBLK. The "L" after "GT" stands for "Low Profile," meaning that this card has a smaller form factor than a regular PCI card. Unless you are sure that your PC has a low-profile Micro-ATX or Flex-ATX or 2U case that requires low-profile cards, don't buy this low profile NIC, buy a standard sized PWLA8391GT or PWLA8391GTBLK.

This card is not a server adapter, as another reviewer asserts. The Pro/1000 cards were designed as desktop adapters, as their product description indicates. The other reviewer also says that these cards do not run in PCs, but of course they do: they run in small PCs designed for small PCI cards.

The Intel Pro/1000 GT cards are great NICs, well supported and documented, very fast, extremely reliable, and amazingly inexpensive. They will communicate perfectly well with your 100Mbps NICs, until you upgrade everything to gigabit.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Low profile card!, January 24, 2009

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Lucas Scharf (Urbana, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intel PWLA8391GTLBLK PRO/1000 GT Desktop Network Adapter (Personal Computers)

This card works wonderfully, and the performance is great.

However, I accidentally ordered the low-profile version of the card, rather than the full-height version of the card -- so my installation was a little hackneyed. Make sure you order the correct size for your case.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a NIC, September 10, 2010

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Jason Heiss - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intel PWLA8391GTLBLK PRO/1000 GT Desktop Network Adapter (Personal Computers)

Short of some exhaustive performance test I don't know how much there is to say about a NIC. This is the low profile model, so make sure you order the right thing. I ordered the regular ones initially before noticing that my Dell desktops took the low profile cards. Linux has no problem with these.