What network card do I need for this PC build?

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Hello everyone!
I am looking forward for building my own gaming pc soon(from a low budget) and I got this so far(not sure if link will work):https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Crasytom/saved/
Since I am pretty unexperienced in this,I am not sure what network Card should I get if I want wireless internet.
I am not sure if any of the cards will work or not?
Sorry for bad english and thanks for your time you put into reading this.
Looking forward for answers!

 
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madmatt30
Absolutely mate.

Can I just point you to this which has a substantially better PSU & GPU & works put a fiver less ;-)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£38.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.54 @ Aria...
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Hey there!

So you basically have two options:

1. Get a USB Wi-Fi card -anyone of these will work (mostly) on any OS. Installation is a breeze, although they can get slightly less throughput/"goodput" bandwidth speeds/range -compared to option:

2 - A PCIe Wi-Fi card. This would be added and attached to the motherboard. These usually have antennae (sticking out the back) providing more range, and these tend to be faster because one, they have stronger chipsets then their USB counterparts, and also the data bus (PCIe) on which it communicates is faster than native USB -Although in most cases it will not be a noticeable difference on your end. These are more expensive typically, but not by very much.

If you are using Windows - the USB NICs are almost all "plug and go" if you will. And most newer *nix release have gotten better with their native nic drivers.

Hope this helps!
 
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Hey!
Thanks for your answer it helped a lot.
But I will bother you once more so you see how evil I am :na:

So I have updated my build(https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Crasytom/saved/#view=qnQWGX).
So you are saying if I buy all the parts everything will be working,and I will have wireless internet right?

 
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Absolutely mate.

Can I just point you to this which has a substantially better PSU & GPU & works put a fiver less ;-)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£38.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.54 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£13.38 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Xfx 550w core psu (£42.66)
Other: OcUK GeForce GTX 770 "Twin Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (£139.99)
Total: £491.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-07 12:56 GMT+0000

Core components solely from aria & amazon , GPU from overclockers (about £6 postage)

Well worth it .

 
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Yeah! That's a solid build.

The Wi-Fi card is PCIe x1 sized. This WILL work in a full size x16 slot, which is all you have on your board. When first looking one thinks it wont fit -it will and work just as its supposed to (considering the mobo/slot is okay physically-obviously) and pop right in (The first 8 pins are all the same on PCI-Express slots). The rest of the pins in the slot simply don't get used.

EDIT: Nevermind -it was hard to see- you do have a black x1 PCIe slots! Very top one and then the third down. The second x1 slot will probably get covered up by GFX card. That's cool they put one on top of the GFX slot for you! Perfect for your Wi-Fi card.

Performance-wise there is no difference.
 
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Thanks for the tip :))
I am really dumb for this stuff I wouldn't have figured it out by myself.
 
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The PSU & GPU mate - there is a link to them on the part picker page if you click on them.

Honestly go out of your way to buy these 2 items asap - they will not be that price for long.

That 770 trounces the 960 let alone the 950 & is a bargain buy.
 
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Thanks man I'll try but it depends on how much salary I get.
If salary is not enough for whole build I'll buy these 2 parts first and then the next month the rest.

 
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