pcie wireless adaptors

[ME##]

so, i just came to the realisation that i will probably need one of these bad boys as usb ones are literal cancer so i've pretty much narrowed it down to two options

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106251&cm_re=desktop_wifi_card-_-33-106-251-_-Product

pros:
cheap [right now]

cons:
looks like it was spawned from leftover 90s beige computer plastic intel had laying around somewhere

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320181&cm_re=desktop_wifi_card-_-33-320-181-_-Product

pros:
just look at that heat sink!
and those antennae

cons:
could be mighty expensive if it goes off sale before i decide to buy it

[squirrelfriend]

this is lit 2005 again
both are ugly because you shouldn't see the antennae
just use hardwire ethernet like normal people

[Daddy]

I've got the intel one.

The reason why that antenna is so big is because it also has hardware for Bluetooth and Intel's wireless display bullshit.

[C.Mongler]

i forget which one i have, i think its an intel one; whatever i have never got full strength signal and then had the compounded problem of dropping my internet every 10 minutes or so, so i got power line ethernet adapters

[squirrelfriend]

Is there anyway i can have a wifi card without a fugly antenna sticking out thx

[ME##]

Is there anyway i can have a wifi card without a fugly antenna sticking out thx

yeah if you want shittier signal

i forget which one i have, i think its an intel one; whatever i have never got full strength signal and then had the compounded problem of dropping my internet every 10 minutes or so, so i got power line ethernet adapters

lol well that might have to be in then

[C.Mongler]

to be fair, i'm pretty sure my combo modem+router is just a piece of shit, or where i'm living where there's like literally 100+ wifi signals all fucking each other might be the issue, not the adapter

see: the sony thread where i'm currently whining about vita remote play being hella choppy

[ME##]

to be fair, i'm pretty sure my combo modem+router is just a piece of shit, or where i'm living where there's like literally 100+ wifi signals all fucking each other might be the issue, not the adapter

see: the sony thread where i'm currently whining about vita remote play being hella choppy

combination modems+routers are absolute fucking garbage

personal story time:

>calls me at work
>hey the guy at mediacom upgrading the cable says we should get the combo modem+router
>'no'
>gets it anyway

'why is the internet always shit'

[C.Mongler]

i mean i wasn't using the actual router portion of it at first but it didnt make a flying fuck of a difference so i figured id save myself the 50 cents a month in electricity of having the good router plugged in  and i stopped using it lol

[don't let's]

I still need one. Been using a usb one wifi adapter but I hate it.

[C.Mongler]

i have a different intel CHIP on my mobo btw lol tho in googling this i did find lots of people have the random drop out issue with a variety of intel chips n cards 

[squirrelfriend]

i use the fios router that pulls in the internet from the ont because i'm too lazy to make it a btidge
but it works well surprisingly aside from the lack of QoS settings
It also resets at 2 am though for some reason