PCI wireless card or USB Wifi adapter

[lankeyphil]

I'd say pci e card over USB latency will be lower.

But either will work just depends on expansion space and slot availability

[Bonebreaker777]

How much lower? Never really thought of that. As soon I get my MoBo back from Scan, I test it out.

[0100001]

I went <£5 usb nano adapter - my internet connections 32 mb/s it claims to transmit at 150 mb/s but even if its only a third effective it still won't saturate the connection.
Also I could be wrong but I believe with many boards using a x4 pcie slot in addition to the x 16 slot can cause the x16 slot to run in x8 mode.

[PaulM1]

All said and done! Use a cable

[Bonebreaker777]

I went <£5 usb nano adapter - my internet connections 32 mb/s it claims to transmit at 150 mb/s but even if its only a third effective it still won't saturate the connection.
Also I could be wrong but I believe with many boards using a x4 pcie slot in addition to the x 16 slot can cause the x16 slot to run in x8 mode.

And what GPU sits in that 16x slot which would see a performance decline if you reduce the PCIe lanes from 16x to 8x? Out of curiosity....

All said and done! Use a cable

Cable? You mean ethernet? Or a USB extension cable? I wonder if you are using an active USB extension with a separate power source, the latency increases...of the wireless connection.

[gupsterg]

Anything from Asus or TPLink. Depends how much you want to spend.

Quick recommendations from high end to low end: ....

Just to add another one to the list , Gigabyte GA-WB867D-I

Got mine at a time when CCL had it on promo for about £20, IMO great performance/features vs price.

The black PCB to match my mobo is a bonus especially when you have a window / mesh side panel .

I had been tempted by the TP-Link offerings, reason being I didn't wish to pay the price for Asus cards, but then the Gigabyte one was a no brainer! .

[PaulM1]

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Cable? You mean ethernet? Or a USB extension cable? I wonder if you are using an active USB extension with a separate power source, the latency increases...of the wireless connection.[/QUOTE]

Ethernet, or you might consider a MB with wifi built in

[Bonebreaker777]

Ethernet, or you might consider a MB with wifi built in

A motherboard with a built-in WiFi is all the same as a WiFi mini-PCIe card via a PCIe adapter. Only very expensive or ITX motherboards are equipped with mPCIe slot.