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If you know you will not be using a discrete GPU you can use the motherboards PCIE slot to add a wireless card to a board without wifi for less money than it'll cost to buy a board with wifi.
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good point, did find motherboards with a mini pci-e slot and also more than half the cost. mini wifi card is $30 plus Bluetooth. so that's the route im going with
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Just a FYI I have my sons desktop connected to the internet using a wireless adapter like this one and it works great. Though his room is about 30' away on the same floor as my router, so YMMV.
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Your link doesn't work for me.
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Wonder why, just checked it again and it works for me.
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Very!
Anyhoo it's a TRENDnet TEW-649UB Mini Wireless N300 USB Adapter for $12.00
Anyhoo it's a TRENDnet TEW-649UB Mini Wireless N300 USB Adapter for $12.00
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Noooo.
You don't want a USB WiFi adapter. You want a PCIE wifi adapter.
You can screw 8dbi antennas onto a wifi card. Can't do that with a USB. Even the stock antennas on a PCIE card will have better signal than a USB adapter.
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Well it works well for my sons rig, again he's only 30' from the router but he games on it without any issue. I even checked his connection he gets 20k down and 18 up on a 50k/30k.
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You sure you don't mean 50M? 50K down is dial up speed. Fast dial up speed mind you...
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