Are there any affordable 5GbE / 10 GbE switches?

[Axeman]

I just upgraded my motherboard and it has a 5 GbE port and also got the new the Super hub 5 which has a 2.5GbE port so now Im looking to upgrade my home switches.

Is there anything affordable that doesn't cost mega money £££

[Tudor]

Unlikely to find cheap one. Most are 10G, but you are looking at $299 minimum.

[Roger_Gooner]

For the next several years 2.5GbE will be plenty fast enough for file transfers, video editing, etc. You will therefore have a lot of time to save up for a potential upgrade to 10GbE.

[Timwilky]

Look at the switches in my signature.

CRS312 A 12 port router/switch and CRS 305 a 5 port SFP+ router / Switch.

You pick the OS according to your need. Switch OS is quite easy to use. Most of my stuff is connected by DACs or fibre So SFP is not an issue.

[Adduxi]

This one is not to bad a price to match the Hub 5.

QNAP QSW-2104-2T 4-Port Unmanaged Desktop 2.5-Gigabit Switch w/ 2 x 10GbE RJ45 Ports (broadbandbuyer...

[JJG92]

Have a look at Netgear switches i've got a Nighthawk SX10 10 port managed switch 2 of the ports are 10GB, i use one of the 10GB as wan and the other 10GB for lan to pc 5GB ethernet card and the other 8 1GB are used for tvs and game consoles. I do have my hub 5 in modem mode to an orbi what does have up to 10GB wan and 2.5GB lan 

[unisoft]

12 port 2.5gbps, 2x 10gbps SFP

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=2.5gbps+switch&crid=2OC72FJA1KG6B&sprefix=2.5gbps+switch%2Caps%2C84&ref...

8 port 2.5gbps

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-Unmanaged-Multi-Gigabit-fanless-TL-SG108-M2/dp/B08SWNG4NN

8 Port 2.5gbps - QNAP QSW-1108-8T

The switch I am using because of Power Over Ethernet capability, 16x2.5gbps and 2x10gbps (RJ45):

16x2.5gbs, 2x10gbs RJ45 and 2x10gbps SFP with POE:

https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/products/42833-qnap-qsw-m2116p-2t2s/

but I got it for £628 inc. VAT (pricing error?) £880 from Amazon.co.uk but they pay import fees from Amazon.com (USA).

Good firmware update coming 2023 but can't speak about it as manufacturer said in confidence.

List of 2.5gbps switches here:

https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/store/gigabit-switches/?t=6226&sort=1#content

5gbps switches tend to be expensive, even more in some cases than 10gbps ones:

https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/store/gigabit-switches/?t=5899&sort=1#content

[Tudor]

For a small switch this has a lot to offer for the price:

https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-switching/products/switch-enterprise-8-poe

Or more ports, this one:

https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-switching/products/usw-enterprise-24-poe

[unisoft]

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@Tudor wrote:

For a small switch this has a lot to offer for the price:

https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-switching/products/switch-enterprise-8-poe

Or more ports, this one:

https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-switching/products/usw-enterprise-24-poe

Unifi are good kit, but although it has 2x10gbps SFP ports, to connect the switch to my router I needed a 10gbps RJ45 port. Just mentioning in case anyone else was getting the Asus GXE-16000 router as it won't have SFP ports. Another Asus model RT-AX89X does have SFP but it is not supported by Merlin's firmware as not Broadcom chipset and not WIFI 6E. I also didn't want multi switches/routers to lower electric use and lower patching and EOL of patching for items when time comes.

[Tudor]

The SPF+ ports will work at 1, 2.5 & 10. You can easily get Ethernet adapters for them, you don’t have to use fibre.