Need Wi-Fi solution for X470 motherboard.

[NovaTronG]

Hello! So later this year I will be moving to my student residence which happens to not have an ethernet port, just high speed wifi. My motherboard (Asus X470-F Strix) happens to not have a built in Wifi antenna, so I need a solution for this.

I have thought about PCI-E antennas, yet I am not sure if they will fit considering I have a vertically mounted GPU (Cooler Master Vertical mount in a Lian-Li 011 Dynamic), I've also thought on USB adapters, however, I've read about their not so good reliability, as well as the fact that it takes up a whole USB port, which I would really need. The last option would be a M.2 Wifi card, which seems to me as the best option so far, they are cheap and they are small, would this be it?

Please share with me which would you consider to be the best solution for this situation, thanks for your time!

[katoptrys]

If you have the spare lanes in your rig I'd go for a PCIE or M.2 wi-fi adapter, they are generally rather small and easy to install. USB tends to be less reliable, I have a spare USB wi-fi dongle I use only when I have to because they get, at least in my experience, WEIRD signal drops even within 3 meters of the access point, and they aren't quite as fast. Plus, it depends on the person but USB ports might be much more at a premium than PCIE ports in your motherboard

[Boomwebsearch]

6 minutes ago, NovaTronG said:

I've also thought on USB adapters, however, I've read about their not so good reliability, as well as the fact that it takes up a whole USB port, which I would really need.

 

How many USB ports are available on your system currently, you can use a USB hub to get more USB ports if needed?

I have used USB WI-FI adapters before without any noticeable difference from a integrated or PCIe card wireless adapter, although make sure to get a good one that supports the full internet speed and network connection standard available. What I think would be the most optimal solution in your situation would be an Ethernet to WI-FI adapter, I will link on within this post.

 

Link to a good USB WI-FI adapter:        https://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Dual-Band-Wireless-Adapter-WUSB6300/dp/B00EDOG8NC

 

Link to an Ethernet to WI-FI adapter (I would recommend this):        https://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-Ethernet-2-WiFi-Universal-Wireless-GWU637/dp/B018YPWORE

[Jimkirk363]

I can recommend this card.......

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-WB1733D-I-1733Mbps-Express-Adapter/dp/B07FBSV1XZ/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?crid=BBI6DEM89UIT&cv_ct_cx=wifi+card+pci-e+tp+link&dchild=1&keywords=wifi+card+pci-e+tp+link&pd_rd_i=B07FBSV1XZ&pd_rd_r=1c835204-a15b-43b1-b659-7f51a92800e2&pd_rd_w=nRTnf&pd_rd_wg=ZjLYb&pf_rd_p=d9b87ec0-c7c2-464c-b8a6-2e7b5576127a&pf_rd_r=61KW0K55W3SXMQA0NYB8&psc=1&qid=1587933571&sprefix=pci-e+wifi+card+tp+link%2Caps%2C168&sr=1-1-718396de-69ac-46a0-9195-9669ab0086b2

 

I bought it as a cheap option for one of my PC's in a room i have no ethernet run to and it runs fine on my 350mb broadband.

[NovaTronG]

5 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

How many USB ports are available on your system currently, you can use a USB hub to get more USB ports if needed?

I have used USB WI-FI adapters before without any noticeable difference from a integrated or PCIe card wireless adapter, although make sure to get a good one that supports the full internet speed and network connection standard available. What I think would be the most optimal solution in your situation would be an Ethernet to WI-FI adapter, I will link on within this post.

 

Link to a good USB WI-FI adapter:        https://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Dual-Band-Wireless-Adapter-WUSB6300/dp/B00EDOG8NC

 

Link to an Ethernet to WI-FI adapter (I would recommend this):        https://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-Ethernet-2-WiFi-Universal-Wireless-GWU637/dp/B018YPWORE

My MoBo has 7 USB ports and I am actually using all of them, I might be able to use the case USB ports, yet I tend to use them for external hard drives quite often so USB is still an IDK for me. On the other hand, I'm not sure how I would be able to use an Ethernet to Wi-Fi adapter considering my room won't have an ethernet connection, just Wi-Fi.

[NovaTronG]

7 minutes ago, jimkirk363 said:

I can recommend this card.......

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-WB1733D-I-1733Mbps-Express-Adapter/dp/B07FBSV1XZ/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?crid=BBI6DEM89UIT&cv_ct_cx=wifi+card+pci-e+tp+link&dchild=1&keywords=wifi+card+pci-e+tp+link&pd_rd_i=B07FBSV1XZ&pd_rd_r=1c835204-a15b-43b1-b659-7f51a92800e2&pd_rd_w=nRTnf&pd_rd_wg=ZjLYb&pf_rd_p=d9b87ec0-c7c2-464c-b8a6-2e7b5576127a&pf_rd_r=61KW0K55W3SXMQA0NYB8&psc=1&qid=1587933571&sprefix=pci-e+wifi+card+tp+link%2Caps%2C168&sr=1-1-718396de-69ac-46a0-9195-9669ab0086b2

 

I bought it as a cheap option for one of my PC's in a room i have no ethernet run to and it runs fine on my 350mb broadband.

This option seems solid, however, as I mentioned, I have my GPU Vertically mounted, meaning I have no spare PCI-E slots to connect this adapter. I guess I could cut the metal support bar and probably would be able to connect it on a PCI-E in the board without the card being in the way, yet I'm not sure if it would fit and the antennas would be a bit of a pain to connect...

[Boomwebsearch]

4 minutes ago, NovaTronG said:

I'm not sure how I would be able to use an Ethernet to Wi-Fi adapter considering my room won't have an ethernet connection, just Wi-Fi

You will need an ethernet cable to connect the adapter to your PC, the adapter contains a WI-FI antenna to send/retrieve WI-FI signals from a wireless router and then send information back and forth to your PC through ethernet. You don't need to have an ethernet connection in your room, all you will need is an ethernet cable and this adapter to connect to the computer's ethernet port.

 

[NovaTronG]

1 minute ago, Boomwebsearch said:

You will need an ethernet cable to connect the adapter to your PC, the adapter contains a WI-FI antenna to send/retrieve WI-FI signals from a wireless router and then send information back and forth to your PC through ethernet. You don't need to have an ethernet connection in your room, all you will need is an ethernet cable and this adapter to connect to the computer's ethernet port.

 

Oh ok I get it now, thought the ethernet to wifi adapter was meant to be connected to an ethernet cable coming from the router, just like a WiFi extensor. Ok so this seems like a great option tbh, is there any connection loss I could suffer from this solution? Like compared to M.2, PCIE or USB, is there one better than another towards stability or speed? I really want to maintain both my gaming experience and software cloud management/downloads stable at all times.

[Boomwebsearch]

12 minutes ago, NovaTronG said:

is there any connection loss I could suffer from this solution?

12 minutes ago, NovaTronG said:

Like compared to M.2, PCIE or USB, is there one better than another towards stability or speed? I really want to maintain both my gaming experience and software cloud management/downloads stable at all times.

 

You shouldn't experience connection loss with this solution and it should be more reliable than other types of wireless adapters since once you setup the adapter with the wireless router, you get reliable signal over ethernet without the possibility of connection loss from potential driver issues on the PC or something along those lines which could be possible with other types of adapters.

[NovaTronG]

11 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

You shouldn't experience connection loss with this solution and it should be more reliable than other types of wireless adapters since once you setup the adapter with the wireless router, you get reliable signal over ethernet without the possibility of connection loss from potential driver issues on the PC or something along those lines which could be possible with other types of adapters.

Awesome, then I will go with this solution, seems by far the most practical and easy to go with. thanks!