Wireless Network Card

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So, I'm currently remodeling my room and since everything is cleared I can't use my ethernet cable for my PC, I've been trying to understand what makes a good wireless network card and I can't really understand it all too well. So does anyone know a good card thats arond 20-35$?
 
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Yeah, in this case I'd suggest the more expensive one. I really can't suggest the ASUS one because of the reviews. I posted it too soon. It's better to buy a good one the first time, than to get one that has design flaws.

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Basically it doesn't matter all that much. usually your router wont support the function on the top of the line cards and really the speed differences between midrange and top of the line won't speed up internet surfing, so I'd go with something around $20 or less that fits. You will need one with an antenna though because if it's a desktop, it won't have one built in usually.
 

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not all people buy cheap routers .. besides $20 ones are less range , it is not about the speed only it is about the signal strength.
 

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Those cards dont have Bluetooth included ..

The card I gave him has BT 4.2 and WIFI

and The Gigabyte card uses M2 slot , so you can upgrade the Wifi / BT card any time .. ...

and your card is not dual band ...

actually the card I posted is cheaper , Bluetooth alone 4.2 in it is worth $10

then comes the Dual Band Wifi ... max speed of 867 vs 300 your card .

and by the way , all our mobile phones today supports high speed AC wifi . he can use it for 4G internet hotspot incase his landline internet stops . or to transfer files fast from mobile to pc using wifi.

have a nice day
 

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Eh, maybe it's ultimately up to his needs. I think the one you posted is a pretty good price for the quality. The external antenna did look pretty nice, either way he won't go wrong. it's hard to mess up a wireless card purchase. I don't think he'd have any problems with either.

If you're far away from your router go with the more expensive one, the external antenna will help with that, otherwise I'd go cheaper personally.
 

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Yeah i totally agree, it's a nice card I didn't read your post before I sent my reply. I like to save money where I can and I feel like this is a place. i've never found use in Bluetooth on my computer. It sounded cool, but never used. I do have an AC card in mine currently, but it came in the motherboard, so I didn't really have to pick. In a video game setting the bandwidth won't help all that much. you might see a slightly lower ping on the du band one. You're call, you have two decent options in my opinion. go with whatever works with your budget. If you can afford the better one go for it it's twice the price and much better, but if not, the cheaper one's not all that bad and I don't think it would be that much slower using internet

It would be much slower if you transfer a lot of data over LAN, but to be honest bandwidth is

not a big concern when most of the time people get 60 megabits per second or less from their ISP. I mean 300 Megabits per second vs 800 megabits per second transfer speeds when the most the computer can get is 60. It seems pointless to me. The only time i'd go for something super nice would be if I had a cloud data bank on my router or something that runs on LAN. Otherwise you really don't need a high bandwidth. Ping could be a concern, but it shouldn't be that effected by bandwidth.

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That being said the one I posted has a lot of one star reviews(even though it has 4 total), so based on what i've read on the reviews you may want to splurge. usually it would be fine to cut down on speed, but it looks like you may not get the speed it advertises assuming the reviewers knew what they were talking about.
 

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ways to use BT on PC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlpOqW0BnH0

enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ppNTrtnV0


plus BT headphones
 

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Yeah, in this case I'd suggest the more expensive one. I really can't suggest the ASUS one because of the reviews. I posted it too soon. It's better to buy a good one the first time, than to get one that has design flaws.
 
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