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xdeathshot20
By xdeathshot20
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looking to get a new wireless card, either internal or external.  have a netgear one now and i hate it.  i want an ac one that acually decent and will allow me to get a AC signal on my PC.  any suggestions?  also what is the main difference between internal and external wireless cards?

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Internal is plugged into the motherboard via a PCIe (or legacy PCI) slot.

External would be plugged in via a USB port.

I would recommend an internal card like this. But make sure you do your research and know what you are buying.

 

PS - I'm assuming since you are wanting to use an AC card that you already have an AC wireless router....

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Bought my brother a Asus AC56 USB external wireless card because he did not have Ethernet in his new appartment, and i was not happy about it. 
The software was not friendly, it did not work proberly and it was slow. I do though think my brother got it working later on, but buy a internal wireless card instead. Saves you alot of annoying bottlenecking. 

 

 

 

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I'm currently using the Asus PCIE-AC68.  I've been using it for over 7 months now, has not dropped it's connection once and I have no issues transferring files to a my media server (wired to the router) at 155MB/sec.  I'm about 15-17 feet away (through 1 floor & wall) from my R8000 connected via the 5Ghz band at anywhere between 1053-1300Mbps with a Signal bouncing around 38-44dbm.  My experience with the unit I received has been nothing short of excellent.  Moving into this house 7 months ago and not having the house hard wired (like I did to my previous 2 houses) was quite a shock to me but his device has worked out just great

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