windows and wifi

[noob at PC]

I have been researching building a PC in the last few months and i need to know about windows and wifi. I dont know if i need to buy a motherboard with windows or if i have  to spend 100$ on a windows disk. Also i dont know if i need a network card to get wifi in a PC or if wifi comes with most parts of a PC. Any help appreciated  

[pithball]

if the motherboard is not completely terribad and costed $10 then it probably has wifi. you can buy Windows cheaper off of kinguin.net or reddit. save $10 for Win10 if you buy win7 then upgrade or just buy win10.

[themctipers]

you CANT get a motherboard WITH windows, thats stored on a hard drive.

You don't have to spend $100, go on /r/microsoftsoftwareswap

You need to buy a network card because most motherboards dont come with a network card..

I think you should go and buy a prebuilt.

 

[Hackentosher]

8 minutes ago, themctipers said:

you CANT get a motherboard WITH windows, thats stored on a hard drive.

You don't have to spend $100, go on /r/microsoftsoftwareswap

You need to buy a network card because most motherboards dont come with a network card..

I think you should go and buy a prebuilt.

 

To clarify your point, most motherboards have an Ethernet port and controller (things that would be found on a traditional network card) but few have built in wifi support. If you want wifi, you will need to add a wifi card or USB wifi dongle. For my rig, I use a TP link Archer AC1750, but you could get away with a $20 USB stick that plugs into the back of your computer.

[MoonlightSylv]

30 minutes ago, Hydraxiler32 said:

if the motherboard is not completely terribad and costed $10 then it probably has wifi.

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Most motherboards don't come with wifi, I've senn $500 boards with no wifi.

[pithball]

14 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

ಠ_ಠ

 

Most motherboards don't come with wifi, I've senn $500 boards with no wifi.

most motherboards i see come with wifi...

[MoonlightSylv]

Just now, Hydraxiler32 said:

most motherboards i see come with wifi...

You must be looking at itx boards? Give me links

[pithball]

15 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

You must be looking at itx boards? Give me links

oh shit. i have to tell the OP that i am wrong.

[MoonlightSylv]

Just now, Hydraxiler32 said:

oh shit. i have to tell the OP that i am wrong.

lol

[Donut417]

3 hours ago, noob at PC said:

I have been researching building a PC in the last few months and i need to know about windows and wifi. I dont know if i need to buy a motherboard with windows or if i have  to spend 100$ on a windows disk. Also i dont know if i need a network card to get wifi in a PC or if wifi comes with most parts of a PC. Any help appreciated  

As far as WiFi is concerned some motherboards have it built in. Mostly ITX boards. I havent seen any in the larger mATX or ATX category, so you might have to buy a card. Honestly you can get a decnet WiFi card for like $40. 

 

As far as windows is concerned you will need to purchase it. Some buy a sites like redit for like $20. However an OEM license will be about $80, a Retail license will be like $119. These prices are US pricing BTW.