Posted May 24, 2014 Which one's your favorite way to browse the internet? Leave your comments and rants below. also what would you prefer if speed wasn't an issue with the mode of transmission. a ninja sees everything.. Details separate people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 Cable. Sometimes I even plug in laptops when I have to upload huge pictures. Build Log Define R4 case mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 If speed wasn't a problem I'd use wi-fi more often but wired is much nicer. i'm a potato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 wi fi is my favorite for browsing, nice being a bit mobile but nothing beats cable. Proud Member of the Glorious PC Master Race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 Wired. If speed wasn't an issue then obviously wifi Enthoo Primo - ASUS Maximus Formula VII - 4790k 4.8ghz 1.28v - EK Supremacy Evo Clean - 16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical - 1000w EVGA Supernova Gold - 2x Alphacool Monsta Rads in push/pull - 2x Galaxy 780 HoF with EK waterblock Build Log http://imgur.com/a/UV6Wh Just want to warn everyone, my build log is pretty mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 the fact that some people put wifi as a choice boggles my mind if u had the choice of a fast car or a slow car, why would you take the slow lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 I use WiFi for all my stuff, no issues with latency or anything else. Le Bastardo+ i7 4770k + OCUK Fathom HW labs Black Ice 240 rad + Mayhem's Gigachew orange + 16GB Avexir Core Orange 2133 + Gigachew GA-Z87X-OC + 2x Gigachew WF 780Ti SLi + SoundBlaster Z + 1TB Crucial M550 + 2TB Seagate Barracude 7200rpm + LG BDR/DVDR + Superflower Leadex 1KW Platinum + NZXT Switch 810 Gun Metal + Dell U2713H + Logitech G602 + Ducky DK-9008 Shine 3 MX Brown Red Alert FX 8320 AMD = Noctua NHU12P = 8GB Avexir Blitz 2000 = ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 = Sapphire Radeon R9 290 TRI-X = 1TB Hitachi Deskstar & 500GB Hitachi Deskstar = Samsung DVDR/CDR = SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W 80 Plus Gold = Xigmatek Utguard = AOC 22" LED 1920x1080 = Logitech G110 = SteelSeries Sensei RAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 The only wifi connection that I can use is 1/4 of the wired connection I have. It makes more sense for me to use wired for just about everything. Something, something, something, famous quote, computer specs, and stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 I have a very long ethernet cable going upstairs into my room which then goes into a switch to distrubute internet upstairs. If we need to plug devices in downstairs they go straight into the router. I recommend houses with up and down stairs to do a setup similar to mine, Very good for when friends come round with their laptops/desktops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 cable ,cable always, i would plug a cable in my phone if i could B) "Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something." Also needs a new profile picture.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 Cable, because Wi Fi cannot keep up with my 1GB internal connection. Official Profile for Addon Customs LTD and Custom AcrylicsAddon Customs - Custom LED Lighting | Single colour and RGB available, hand sleeved | Now making Phanteks Case compatible LED KITSCustom Acrylics - Custom computer parts | GPU backplates, Fan Grills, NZXT H440 Fascias and PSU covers | 3D printing and Laser Cutting Service available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 Wireless as long as it's fast and strong enough, and if I don't want to be tethered. Otherwise, cable. Main rig on profile VAULT - File Server Spoiler Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro Mac Mini (Late 2020) Spoiler Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 Cable. It is way more reliable, and has no packet loss NEW PC build: Blank Heaven minimalist white and black PC Old S340 build log "White Heaven" The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log Project AntiRoll (prototype) Custom speaker project Spoiler Ryzen 3950X | AMD Vega Frontier Edition | ASUS X570 Pro WS | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | NZXT H500 | Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 | Custom loop | Coolermaster SK630 White | Logitech MX Master 2S | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Pro 512GB | Samsung 58" 4k TV | Scarlett 2i4 | 2x AT2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 -snip- Cable. Because we have like five gigabit switches because of all the tech in my house, cable is actually a little bit, but not noticeably, slower than wi-fi. However, I always get better ping times using wired, so I use wired. Plus, whenever I use wi-fi with my Asus USB-N13 wifi adapter, I can't download games through origin for some reason. Build: CPU: Intel Core i5 4690k | CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 | RAM: 8GB G-Skill Ares 1600Mhz CL9 | Storage: 120GB Samsung 840 Evo + WD Blue 1TB 64MB Cache + Seagate Barracuda 2TB 64MB Cache | GPU: MSI GTX 960 | Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer | Power Supply: EVGA 600B Non-Modular | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 This is interesting. If this question were asked to a general audience not specific to this forum, the the answers would be very different. Anyways, I only use wired when I need it. I usually use a laptop, which doesn't even have an ethernet port (first world problem: my laptop is too thin to have an ethernet port LOL) I use wired on other laptops, desktops and sometimes with a usb dongle. But generally wifi since 300MBit/s are enough for me. I have no faster transfer speeds in my network. Usually. Owner of a top of the line 13" MacBook Pro with Retina Display (Dual Boot OS X El Capitan & Win 10): Core i7-4558U @ 3.2GHz II Intel Iris @ 1200MHz II 1TB Apple/Samsung SSD II 16 GB RAM @ 1600MHz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 Favorite: WiFi. Much less hassle than wired (I'm lazy at routing cables...) Still though, I mostly use wired due to better stability and faster speeds. If speed wasn't an issue, then I'd ditch wired almost entirely. But since wired is, and will stay faster than wireless, I'll keep wired for my desktop PC. Everything else is connected via WiFi. Never trust my advice. Only take any and all advice from me with a grain of salt. Just a heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 the fact that some people put wifi as a choice boggles my mind if u had the choice of a fast car or a slow car, why would you take the slow lol. Even with ethernet, your internet connection is still limited to that finite amount that your ISP provides, and wifi is usually more than sufficient to deliver that. Intranet speed is usually irrelevant as few people (as in, small percentage) host things off their local network. 15" MBP TB AMD 5800X | Gigabyte Aorus Master | EVGA 2060 KO Ultra | Define 7 || Blade Server: Intel 3570k | GD65 | Corsair C70 | 13TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 I like wireless, my desktop is wireless because i would hate to route a cable to my room, it is much slower than a wired connection but it doesn't bother me that much. My dream pc would have all wireless peripherals, just the video cable and the wireless reciever modules attached to it. Main PC: ASUS F1A55-M LX, AMD A6-3500, (2x2)gb Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600mhz, Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7200rpm, Corsair CX430M, Cooler Master Elite 343, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit Netbook: Lenovo Ideapad S10-2, Intel Atom N280, (1x1)gb DDR2 667mhz, WD Scorpio Blue 250gb 5400rpm, Zorin OS 9 Lite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 My desktop, which I use for pretty much everything, is plugged into my router/modem via ethernet cable.. This is partially due to wired being better, and partially due to my desktop motherboard not having a built-in wi-fi controller.. If I'm just web browsing on my laptop I'll use it over wifi because both the router and laptop's wi-fi card support more bandwidth than my internet connection, so there'd be no benefit to plugging it in. However, if I need to move something large between my desktop and laptop I'll plug my laptop into the router because they all have gigabit ethernet switches.. i7 not perfectly stable at 4.4.. #firstworldproblems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 Wired all the way (as far as the cable goes at least). More reliability and greater, consistent speeds. WiFi for convenience, Wired for performance. i5-3570k and an R9 390 chugging along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 Obviously Ethernet Cable for my desktop PC. For laptop, tablets and phones, I don't have much choice but to use Wifi. Could plug the ethernet cable in the laptop, but that would mean it'd basically sit where it is forever, which would pretty much defeat the purpose of having a laptop. Wifi just is "good enough", but not great. I wouldn't game online with wifi due to all the things that can possibly go wrong with the connection. (Not to mention, DD-WRT has had wifi dropout issues for MONTHS now on Atheros based routers, which was apparently fixed in OpenWRT a month or so ago but has yet to be implemented in DD-WRT...) CPU: AMD Ryzen 3700x / GPU: Asus Radeon RX 6750XT OC 12GB / RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3200 MOBO: MSI B450m Gaming Plus / NVME: Corsair MP510 240GB / Case: TT Core v21 / PSU: Seasonic 750W / OS: Win 10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 Even with ethernet, your internet connection is still limited to that finite amount that your ISP provides, and wifi is usually more than sufficient to deliver that. Intranet speed is usually irrelevant as few people (as in, small percentage) host things off their local network. net speed is alpha omega for me. under 100gb/s and i wont use it. ( im joking ofc, but you get the point ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 24, 2014 My desktop is wired, and when I game on my laptop I wire it as well as the router in my place has crap for wifi stability and packet loss. BF4 goes from unplayable on my laptop on wifi to extremely playable when wired. I don't mind browsing on wifi, and my phone is always hooked up to it, but if I'm doing something serious like uploading videos/gaming then my choice is wired by a huge margin. Never say it's not broken. Everything is broken. Why? Because everything needs MOAR POWA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 25, 2014 Cable hands down, WiFi is just too unreliable Asrock 890GX Extreme 3 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 @3.50GHz - Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME Rev.2 - 4GB Kingston HyperX - AMD Radeon HD7850 - Kingston V300 240GB - Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - Chieftec APS-750 - Cooler Master HAF912 PLUS osu! profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 25, 2014 Even with ethernet, your internet connection is still limited to that finite amount that your ISP provides, and wifi is usually more than sufficient to deliver that. Intranet speed is usually irrelevant as few people (as in, small percentage) host things off their local network. The real world speed of my 600mbps router is less than my 30mbps internet connection unless I am within 10-20 feet of the router. As for the original post, even if speed wasn't a factor WIFI is still extremely flaky. I think the small percentage of people utilizing their LAN is increasing exponentially. Big box stores now sell NAS's, which they wouldn't do if very few people were buying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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