Any good network cards or should i just go usb?
I just cant get ethernet here so its not an option (fk dorm life)
Any good network cards?
Lincoln Wright
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Asher Sanchez
Just go with an Alfa AWUS1900
Ian Phillips
USB are better than cheap pci cards. Personally recommend the Asus PCE-AC68.
Jack Lopez
Christian Garcia
Depends on the speeds you want, and if you want high end features like 802.11ax, or 160mhz DFS support.
Gavin Campbell
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My friend bought this and gets ~600-700mbps with 5ms ping, though the router is only about 10-15 feet away, and he is using 160Mhz DFS channel.
Eli Johnson
>recommending a 80 dollar ac card when ax exists.
Sebastian Thompson
PCI-express cards are generally better as they can draw more than the ~2-5 watts USB can provide. I'd advise looking for ones with at least 4x4 MU-MIMO im the 2.4GHz (lowest latency and highest stability) range for them to really be worth it.
Ryder Powell
If your motherboard supports it (only new intel motherboards)
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Probably the cheapest fast option.
William Davis
4x4 cards are exceedingly rare and fairly expensive, since you have to have 4 antennas.
Aaron Baker
I'm sorry for recommending a card that has been reliable for me for years. Do you know that his hall even supports ax? Because it probably supports ac.
Lincoln Sanders
True but if you really want one I'd honestly go overkill and get that. It would really help out when affordable 10Gbps internet rolls out in a few years.
Or just brave the storm with a shitty 300Mbps usb adapter until 10Gbps usb wifi adapter cost $20 in a few years. Though even the usb one from the future will have high latency like the ones from today unless you're 2 feet away from the router.
Oliver Richardson
Here you go.
You can get a cheapo used wifi card for now and upgrade ax later.
Jacob Myers
>no heatsink
hmmmm not sure about this, sounds extra chinky
Wyatt Edwards
What is ax even?
My mobo is b450 tomohawk max if that matters?
John Sullivan
If 802.11N is WIfi 4
802.11AC is Wifi 5
802.11AX is Wifi 6
just the newest generation of wifi.
Faster speeds, more advanced features, etc.
Aiden Smith
m.2 cards the only ones you want these days. Intel makes a variety of them, including Wifi 6 cards, and they're hands down the best wifi cards you can get
Owen Watson
M.2 not pcie?
Will the router support this (can I check it, cuz its a fairly old router/repeater)
Logan Ward
M.2 technically is PCIe, just a different connector type.
William King
>Will the router support this
No, but if you plan on upgrading your router in the next year or two, it will most likely be Wifi 6
Liam Wright
Ok thx i will keep this in mind
Ok i wasn't really sure thx
James Long
>going to a university without ethernet
what kind of clown school are you going to