Do I need a wireless card?

[reutrel]

This is where I am stuck. Do I need it.

 

Pc: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fBfZzy

 

[dev893]

most likely if you are going to run on wireless you could also just buy a USB dongle for WiFi

[WoodenMarker]

Do you need WiFi?

[reutrel]

yes

[dev893]

yes

Get a USB receiver they are cheaper than a internal card and a lot easier to use since you wont have to deal with stupid third part software

[reutrel]

then what would I get and how would I use it.

[Probenja]

Get a USB receiver they are cheaper than a internal card and a lot easier to use since you wont have to deal with stupid third part software

I would guess that an internal one will be more reliable and at least in windows 8.1 you don't need third party software, "it just works"

[WoodenMarker]

yes

Then unless you have a motherboard with wireless connectivity, yes--you would need a wireless card for WiFi.

You need to quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

Get a USB receiver they are cheaper than a internal card and a lot easier to use since you wont have to deal with stupid third part software

They're usually fat and take up slightly more than one usb port though. 

 

then what would I get and how would I use it.

Get one and plug it it. It may or may not need manual driver installation. 

[Guest]

Powerline adaptor for the win 

[dragoon20005]

then what would I get and how would I use it.

it depends on your home network setup

 

are you using wireless N or the recent AC?

 

Most of the wireless card or USB receiver run at least wireless N with speed from 150Mbps up to 450Mbps 

 

look for those which support at least N standard

 

if you networks supports Dual Band which is 2.4GHz and 5Ghz frequency

 

look for the WiFi card with dual band support

 

look at these few

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-wireless-network-card-pcen10

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwn881nd

 

the last one is AC WiFi support so it more costly

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-wireless-network-card-7260hmwdtx1

[scaryjam823]

I would guess that an internal one will be more reliable and at least in windows 8.1 you don't need third party software, "it just works"

Trust me that's far from the truth. I assumed the same thing and bought an internal adapter when I built my pc. I had so much trouble with it, wouldn't connect 75% of the time. When it did it worked fine, but most the time it just wouldn't work. Usb dongle provided better experience, same speeds and a lot less pain to use. Tp-link is the brand I used for the internal adapter and I would NEVER recommend them to anyone.  The problems I had were widespread after doing research and the company doesn't even care to try and address the problems.

[dragoon20005]

if its USB

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-wireless-network-card-usbn53

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-wireless-network-card-usbac51

[Probenja]

Trust me that's far from the truth. I assumed the same thing and bought an internal adapter when I built my pc. I had so much trouble with it, wouldn't connect 75% of the time. When it did it worked fine, but most the time it just wouldn't work. Usb dongle provided better experience, same speeds and a lot less pain to use. Tp-link is the brand I used for the internal adapter and I would NEVER recommend them to anyone.  The problems I had were widespread after doing research and the company doesn't even care to try and address the problems.

Well, if the speed is the same then it doesn't really matter. I have a D-Link internal one and i would say it works 90% of the time, sometimes it randomly disconnects but it reconnects back again with no problems.