Help finding inexpensive, quality PCIE 2.0 x1 gigabit NIC

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I’m building my first home router, and while I have one Intel gigabit NIC embedded onto the board, I need a second for the LAN (or WAN) connection. The only potential limiting factor is that my H67 chipset only supports up to PCIe 2.0, but that shouldn’t be a major factor, from my understanding of things. This is for a small home network of 5 machines, so no need for anything fancy above being just a reliable NIC that plays nicely with pfsense or a similar setup. It’s for a standard Mid-ATX case, having full-height expansion slots.

I know there are dozens of cheap NICs that say they’re based on an Intel chip on Amazon, but I’d prefer a card that’s more properly branded.

Would any of you mind helping me find what card(s) I should check into? I’m based in the US.

Thank you!
Red

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I can only recommend something Intel-based as those work reliable with pfSense. Avoid Realtek because there are quite a lot of people having issues. You can check their forums.