A good wireless network adapter?

[Samer_hammer]

Hey just finished my new pc and i need to connect to the internet, im like super broke so ethernet is out of the question whats a good wireless network adapter for a gaming pc rig i have on a tight budget?

[Zayzo]

Hey just finished my new pc and i need to connect to the internet, im like super broke so ethernet is out of the question whats a good wireless network adapter for a gaming pc rig i have on a tight budget?

An ethernet cable is pretty cheap.....

What's your budget for the adapter? Don't expect anything good if its cheap.

[Opeth747]

How is ethernet out of the question? It doesn't cost anything extra (other than a cable, which most people have. If you don't, they're cheap.)

[alexhelvetica]

An ethernet cable is pretty cheap.....

What's your budget for the adapter? Don't expect anything good if its cheap.

That isn't true with the cheap network adapter, I have had 2 less than $20, and they have been fine (And Hideous)

as you said, an Ethernet cable is cheaper and will give you higher speeds, but it can't be used everywhere.

[Opeth747]

That isn't true with the cheap network adapter, I have had 2 less than $20, and they have been fine (And Hideous)

as you said, an Ethernet cable is cheaper and will give you higher speeds, but it can't be used everywhere.

How often is OP going to be taking his desktop with him?

[Samer_hammer]

I don't exactly know how to even set up ethernet, my computer is in the basement and my home computer with the ethernet and router is upstairs, that's gonna be a long ass wire besides i dont know much about ethernet soz

[alexhelvetica]

How often is OP going to be taking his desktop with him?

I never said he would move it, I had a desktop a long way away from my modem and the only way i was going to get internet was if i drilled a hole in 2 walls, got a 40metre long Ethernet cable and spent hours putting the cable through the walls.

a wifi card was A LOT easier than doing all of that.

[watts300]

This or this.

 

 

I have that wireless adapter. It works as advertised. 

If you need a longer cable, there's this.

[Zayzo]

That isn't true with the cheap network adapter, I have had 2 less than $20, and they have been fine (And Hideous)

as you said, an Ethernet cable is cheaper and will give you higher speeds, but it can't be used everywhere.

a $20 wireless adapter will work 'fine'. You'll still get loss of speed if you're too far away, up stairs or behind walls. AC would be the best solution to get. And they aren't that expensive.

[Opeth747]

I never said he would move it, I had a desktop a long way away from my modem and the only way i was going to get internet was if i drilled a hole in 2 walls, got a 40metre long Ethernet cable and spent hours putting the cable through the walls.

a wifi card was A LOT easier than doing all of that.

Oh, right. I had that problem. My router was in a different room from the one I wanted to put my PC in. I went out to the cable box and manually switched them to the room I wanted it in.

[alexhelvetica]

a $20 wireless adapter will work 'fine'. You'll still get loss of speed if you're too far away, up stairs or behind walls. AC would be the best solution to get. And they aren't that expensive.

agreed.

[Opeth747]

I found this, anyway.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007GMPZ0A/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687622&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B003OBHE60&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0XNTBSDE96KSB3SH0ZER

[Samer_hammer]

Okay i think i shall go with ethernet.... How exactly do i set it up though? Do i just plug one side of the ethernet cable to my router or modem and the other end to my pc?

[Opeth747]

Okay i think i shall go with ethernet.... How exactly do i set it up though? Do i just plug one side of the ethernet cable to my router or modem and the other end to my pc?

Yes.

[Zayzo]

Okay i think i shall go with ethernet.... How exactly do i set it up though? Do i just plug one side of the ethernet cable to my router or modem and the other end to my pc?

 

Yes.

^

[watts300]

Okay i think i shall go with ethernet.... How exactly do i set it up though? Do i just plug one side of the ethernet cable to my router or modem and the other end to my pc?

And no security concerns. No forgotten passwords. No interference. No signal dropping.  

 

 

I wish I could plug in all my things. 

[Samer_hammer]

Okay my problem is solved lots of love to all you guys, ima buy that 50 foot ethernet cable and hook it up to my new rig thanks!!