[dcrazy]

Jeff, I’m curious whether you really would have needed the $1,000 version of the Sonnet TB5 PCIe chassis. Would this $400 one have sufficed? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1932655-REG/sonnet_ec...

[wmf]

$400 is for the empty enclosure and $1,000 is for the enclosure with a NIC in it. Obviously it's still a ripoff because a 25G NIC does not cost $600.

[geerlingguy]

Yeah the best option for cost is to buy one of the many TB4 to PCIe adapters on the market now (I've tried two), that are less than $100. They require external PSU power though, and they don't look nearly as nice on a desk.