Help please looking for a PCI

[djd3]

Hey there, Im looking for a legacy PCI card for networking. 

it'd be amazing if it was a WIFI / Bluetooth card.

 

 

the ethernet port on my mobo didn't work when it shipped and I was too eager to just buy a USB for the time being. 

Also Im about to get a 1060 .. and it will block my PCI x1 which is why Im not looking for a PCI x1 card .. which there seems to be a TON of.

 

thanks in advance.

[mariushm]

You could get a half-height / low profile pci-e x1 card, and use a pci-e x1 extension cable.

 

Examples of extension/riser pci-e x1 cables :

 

1. https://www.newegg.com/p/282-004E-00002?Description=pci-e x1 extension &cm_re=pci-e_x1_extension-_-9SIA4RE7862168-_-Product

2. https://www.amazon.com/Tenext-Quality-Riser-Extender-Ribbon/dp/B0067WZH2Q/

 

fixed ethernet cards :

 

15$  TP-Link TG-3468 (with full height and low profile brackets) : https://www.newegg.com/tp-link-tg-3468/p/N82E16833704060?Item=N82E16833704060

33$ Intel EXPI9301CTBLK (with both brackets) : https://www.newegg.com/intel-expi9301ctblk/p/N82E16833106033?Item=N82E16833106033

 

wireless

24$ TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wireless Wifi PCIe Card (Archer T4E) : https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Beamforming-Technology-Archer-T4E/dp/B07NFMSGGR/

actually better than the Asus model below and cheaper... 2.4g/5g, up to 1200mbps, includes low profile bracket

 

30$ : ASUS PCE-AC51 AC750 Wireless Dual-Band PCI-E Adapter : https://www.newegg.com/asus-pce-ac51-pci-express/p/N82E16833320340?Item=N82E16833320340 or https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-PCE-AC51-Wireless-Dual-Band-Adapter/dp/B075SWSN32/

(includes low profile bracket, 2.4ghz and 5ghz, can do up to 750mbps)

 

If you insist on PCI, pretty much anything 1gbps fixed ethernet will work just fine.

 

14$ : Rosewill RC-400-LX - Network Adapter 10 / 100 / 1000 Mbps PCI 1 x RJ45 : https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-rc-400-lx/p/N82E16833166017?Item=N82E16833166017

Realtek chip like the ones on motherboard

36$ : Intel PWLA8391GT Desktop Adapter PRO/1000 GT 10/100/1000Mbps PCI 1 x RJ45 - OEM : https://www.newegg.com/intel-pwla8391gt/p/N82E16833106121?Item=N82E16833106121

 

Wireless PCI... kinda hard to find more modern cards on PCI.

 

This one should be OK but it's only 2.4ghz 300mbps but it's NOT supported in Windows 10

 

25$ : TP-Link Wireless N300 PCI Adapter, 2.4GHz 300Mbps -(TL-WN851ND) : https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wireless-Adapter-300Mbps-TL-WN851ND/dp/B005NHIQ06/

Again ... NO WINDOWS 10 drivers for it.