Looking for a uab 5Ghz Wifi dongle

[yas1320]

Hi Guys,

 

I'm looking to buy a usb 5ghz wifi dongle for my pc.  My budget is £25.00, can anyone suggest any good ones?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

[Pcinacan]

This is know to be good https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Wireless-Adapter-Archer-T2UH/dp/B00UZRVY12?ie=UTF8&tag=wireless2016-20

[tsunoda]

desktop? if so i would grately advise getting an internal network card, they dont cost much more but offer allot more performance.

https://www.amazon.com/Fenvi-Wireless-2-4Ghz-150Mbps-5Ghz-300Mbps-interface/dp/B01DP8PRA6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469025546&sr=8-2&keywords=internal+wifi+card+5ghz

if you can stretch to allitle more 

https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-450Mbps-Wireless-Express-TL-WDN4800/dp/B007GMPZ0A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469025584&sr=8-1&keywords=internal+wifi+card+5ghz

you will get more range aswel

[manikyath]

from my experience USB wifi devices are a disaster, and you're much better off getting an internal wifi card that has antennas with a cable so you can aim them properly.

 

that said... i really dont like to recommend wifi in general unless absolutely necessary.

[yas1320]

thanks for all your suggestions so far.

 

The reason I'm going for a wireless connection is that my pc is in a different room to the router.

 

Am i right in thinking the best internal wifi cards are TP link.  I know i had one of them in my old pc.

[tsunoda]

Just now, yas1320 said:

thanks for all your suggestions so far.

 

The reason I'm going for a wireless connection is that my pc is in a different room to the router.

 

Am i right in thinking the best internal wifi cards are TP link.  I know i had one of them in my old pc.

https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-450Mbps-Wireless-Express-TL-WDN4800/dp/B007GMPZ0A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469025584&sr=8-1&keywords=internal+wifi+card+5ghz

this is pretty much the best guaranteed one for range and connection stability, it supports 5GHz so you wont have to worry about speeds either.

[yas1320]

Just now, tsunoda said:

https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-450Mbps-Wireless-Express-TL-WDN4800/dp/B007GMPZ0A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469025584&sr=8-1&keywords=internal+wifi+card+5ghz

this is pretty much the best guaranteed one for range and connection stability, it supports 5GHz so you wont have to worry about speeds either.

Cool, i might just go for that one and its within my budget of £25.00 on amazon.

 

Thanks @tsunoda

[tsunoda]

9 minutes ago, yas1320 said:

Cool, i might just go for that one and its within my budget of £25.00 on amazon.

 

Thanks @tsunoda

oh, you used £ im so used to people using $ on this site

[yas1320]

Hi Guys,

 

Just one more question.  I have the Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 motherboard, it has the following PCI Express Slot:

 

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

1 x PCI Express x1 slot

 

I was wondering, if i plug the Wifi card in the slot that is running at x4, will it reduce the download speeds of the wifi card?  As i have my GPU in the first slot and if i install the wifi card in the 2nd slot, that will reduce the speed of the first slot.

 

Thanks

 

[yas1320]

23 hours ago, yas1320 said:

Hi Guys,

 

Just one more question.  I have the Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 motherboard, it has the following PCI Express Slot:

 

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

1 x PCI Express x1 slot

 

I was wondering, if i plug the Wifi card in the slot that is running at x4, will it reduce the download speeds of the wifi card?  As i have my GPU in the first slot and if i install the wifi card in the 2nd slot, that will reduce the speed of the first slot.

 

Thanks

 

Can anyone advise me on this?