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QuantumBit
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So my powerline just gave in and I can’t run Ethernet across the room, so I need a WiFi card

Ive learnt my lesson from cheaping out on network hardware, so the budget is ~$100 (at max) 

 

All the card needs to do is to be reliable, and have a good warranty. The speed I have right now is 250 Mb/s, so what would be the best internal card?

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You'd be aiming for something with good external antennas. Dual band is also a must.

 

I have a ASUS PCE-AC68 and it performs exactly the same as my wired connection.

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Maybe check out this :

 

82$ TP-LINK TL-WDN8280 (Asus PCE-AC88 Chip) AC3167 Dual Band Wireless PCI Express Adapter, 2.4 GHz 1000 Mbps / 5GHz 2167 Mbps, IEEE 802.1ac/b/g/n, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK/WPA/WPA2, Windows 7/8/10

https://www.newegg.com/tp-link-tl-wdn8280-pci-express/p/0XM-001R-000F4?Item=9SIA4RE6T46553

 

120$ Asus Network PCE-AC88/CA AC3100 Dual-Band Wireless PCI Express Adapter 802.11ac

https://www.newegg.com/asus-pce-ac88-ca-pci-express/p/1B4-005K-000C4?Item=9SIABVR9G19147

 

from 115$ : https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-PCE-AC88-AC3100-802-11AC-Adapter/dp/B01H9QMOMY/

 

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10 minutes ago, Required said:

Why not USB?

Aren’t the USB ones really bad? I have one and it cost me $12 and it doesn’t even work. 

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26 minutes ago, Required said:

Why not USB?

USB models over heat and fail. They have shit for antennas and generally are unreliable. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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3 hours ago, Donut417 said:

They have shit for antennas

Mine have a SMA Connector so?

 

I would buy a Intel and put them into an Adapter and use them.

From AT. :x

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30 minutes ago, Required said:

Mine have a SMA Connector so?

 

I would buy a Intel and put them into an Adapter and use them.

When it overheats and drops your connection, you wont be happy then. I see FAR too many post on here about shitty USB networking adapters. Its always, it worked at first then it just randomly started dropping connections. PCIe cards generally never have issues, nor do M.2 adapters. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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