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Connection usb or pci-e

FoAffinity
By FoAffinity
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Well I recently decided all my part for my build except an unexpected one. My dad told me he won't be able to get an ethernet cable to my new computer and told me that I will need a wi-fi solution...

Well I did some reserch and I came up with two solutions. The one would be the ASUS PCE-AC68 AC1900 Wireless Adapter and the other one would be the ASUS USB-AC55 Wi-Fi Adapter.

Well as you can see its a choice between usb and pci-e. 
Well the pci-e does have the overall color of my build but it has an kind of garish (don't know if this is the right word but I hope you get it) red and I would happily avoid this by getting an USB that will be at the back of the case instead of inside but I'm willing to sacrifice the looks of the interior of the computer if it will incress my gaming,editing performance and uploading/dowloading. Like I don't want to sit on a loading screen 10-20 seconds longer in a online game just because I choose the USB over the pci-e just for the looks. But if I can get away with being able to download games and upload videos fast and maybe sit 3-6 seconds longer on the loading screen than the pci-e I don't mind. 

Specs for the computer. 
NZXT Noctis 450 Midi Tower Black

MSI X99A GAMING 7, Socket-2011-3
Intel Core i7-5820K, Socket-LGA2011-3
HyperX Predator DDR4 2666MHz 16GB 4x4GB, DDR4 Non-ECC CL13 DIMM (Kit of 4) XMP Predator Series
NZXT Kraken X61 CPU Cooler
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD
WD Desktop Black 1TB
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB
Evga Supernova 850w G2

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Uhhhhhhh...... Photo is no help. 

But a PCIe card will be best for AC wifi. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-wireless-network-card-gcwb867di

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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