One of the three most dreaded phrases in the computer world is "SILENT DATA CORRUPTION". Your data gets corrupted just enough that it isn't readily detectable by most applications and operating ...
Realtek's latest PCIe LAN driver offers performance and stability improvements for the RTL81xx and RTL84xx PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet chips.
My main PC is a Zen3 board with a 2.5GBit Realtek NIC built in. When I built the system I put a 1GBit Intel NIC in it due to previous bad experiences with Realtek cards, and that card was rock solid ...