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Motorola SBG6580: PCI or PCI Express or USB wireless card : maximus hero VI with GTX 780

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December 1, 2013 3:26:44 PM

SO I finally finished my build.
but I can't put a Lan wire as router is too far. Can you guys help me choose a wireless card?
PCI or USB?

My router is Motorola SBG 6580: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

here is my build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $215.00)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $183.00)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (Purchased For $166.00)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (Purchased For $490.00)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1283.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-01 18:26 EST-0500)

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December 1, 2013 3:34:58 PM

I recently just purchased this one http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-AC-Bluetooth-Adapt... since it had bluetooth included as well.

Has worked well for me so far, except the usb connection to the mobo has the polarities reversed.
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December 2, 2013 1:16:01 PM

shardey said:
I recently just purchased this one http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-AC-Bluetooth-Adapt... since it had bluetooth included as well.

Has worked well for me so far, except the usb connection to the mobo has the polarities reversed.


this looks good, but I was looking for a slightly cheaper option.
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December 12, 2013 8:16:58 AM

I went ahead with TP-Link TL-WN822N
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-c...

It was giving me connection drop on Windows 7 32 bit(which i installed by mistake) but I upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro and it works fine now, didn't even need to install drivers, was recognized in setup itself.

Gives me decent speed of 2-4 Mbps average and 5.1 Mbps peak. My macbook pro gives me 10 Mbps, macs are the best.
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December 12, 2013 11:03:47 AM

Aside from saying the Macs are the best, you ever wonder that purchasing a TP-link is the reason why the speeds are lower? Not saying they are poor quality, but Apple tends to use higher quality parts for their builds.

My Intel wireless adapter is 30 feet farther from the router (time capsule I should state), connected to 5ghz, and still has stronger signal that my girlfriends macbook (5ghz has weaker signal strength).
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December 12, 2013 11:16:01 AM

shardey said:
Aside from saying the Macs are the best, you ever wonder that purchasing a TP-link is the reason why the speeds are lower? Not saying they are poor quality, but Apple tends to use higher quality parts for their builds.

My Intel wireless adapter is 30 feet farther from the router (time capsule I should state), connected to 5ghz, and still has stronger signal that my girlfriends macbook (5ghz has weaker signal strength).



Well, I am not surprised by the speed but by the fact that it kept dropping connection on Windows 7 32 bit. It was way painful, It took me twice the time to download my first games.

I guess you get what you pay for, but I'm not gonna spend 100$ on Wireless adapter.

Macs are so much better than windows because I hated the whole restarting experience, it's been 6 years since i used windows and the whole restarting business brought bad memories back.
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December 12, 2013 1:44:30 PM

ManicMonkOnMac said:
12164728,0,392229 said:
Well, I am not surprised by the speed but by the fact that it kept dropping connection on Windows 7 32 bit. It was way painful, It took me twice the time to download my first games.

I guess you get what you pay for, but I'm not gonna spend 100$ on Wireless adapter.

Macs are so much better than windows because I hated the whole restarting experience, it's been 6 years since i used windows and the whole restarting business brought bad memories back.
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Not sure where the $100 came from, but I spent not even half of that for my adapter. Restarts must be terrible, as I don't have a clue what you are referring to, coming from windows 8 64 bit. You buy cheap parts, you get cheap parts.
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December 12, 2013 1:47:56 PM

shardey said:
ManicMonkOnMac said:
12164728,0,392229 said:
Well, I am not surprised by the speed but by the fact that it kept dropping connection on Windows 7 32 bit. It was way painful, It took me twice the time to download my first games.

I guess you get what you pay for, but I'm not gonna spend 100$ on Wireless adapter.

Macs are so much better than windows because I hated the whole restarting experience, it's been 6 years since i used windows and the whole restarting business brought bad memories back.
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Not sure where the $100 came from, but I spent not even half of that for my adapter. Restarts must be terrible, as I don't have a clue what you are referring to, coming from windows 8 64 bit. You buy cheap parts, you get cheap parts.
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Well, I did install windows 8.1 Pro yesterday and I do remember having to restart it several times. Your constant vouching for that adapter now makes me feel like I should have bough that one, maybe in future eh?

I am not cheap, I just prefer a deal. : )
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