Can I fit this wireless adapter onto my motherboard?

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Long story short I'm planing on building my first PC and I need to get a wireless adapter for it. I have ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card (what worries me is the size)

I was just wondering if I'll be able to fit in a wifi adapter (Asus PCE-N15 PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter)

Heres the full build just in case. Also the only slot that the adapter can be plugged into is right next to the GPU, will that be a problem?

Thanks in advance
 
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Also the only slot that the adapter can be plugged into is right next to the GPU
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Not true. You can install the Wireless card into the lower PCI-Ex16 slot. It will cut your upper PCI-Ex16 to only x8, but that shouldn't be an issue. As for the PCI-Ex1 slot, it will be covered by the cooling shroud of the graphics card and you won't be able to use it.

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Also the only slot that the adapter can be plugged into is right next to the GPU
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Not true. You can install the Wireless card into the lower PCI-Ex16 slot. It will cut your upper PCI-Ex16 to only x8, but that shouldn't be an issue. As for the PCI-Ex1 slot, it will be covered by the cooling shroud of the graphics card and you won't be able to use it.

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A better wireless adapter does sound nice but considering the fact that my internet doesn't go past 2mb/s and that an average game for me is at 90ms I don't feel like it is worth the extra money. As for the monitor, well the only reason I went with it is because it has good reviews and it has speakers in it(I know it's not very good). Also I've exhausted my budget by now but thanks for the suggestions.




If this doesn't work out I'll end up getting one but I'd like to give this a try. Worst case scenario I'll just use my Phone as an adapter for a short period if needed.





Where did you find out about this? I've been trying to figure it out if this was the case but couldnt.


Thank you all for your responses, so far I've been having a blast planing out my PC thanks to the great community on this site.
 
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