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Buying a motherboard variant without WiFi to save 100€ is the worst financial decision ever...

Here I am, after spending over 300€ in USB adapters first, then PCIe boards, buying another one because it broke again...
The alternative is to buy a new motherboard (gen 4 in 2023?!) or change the whole system... two even worse financial options.

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  • 6
    hmm i think it's okay for pc. Just run a long cable from the router. Heck speeds will be better too. Or.. use usb tethering from your phone?
  • 5
    Or buy any USB wifi NIC, which don't cost anywhere near 300 bucks?
  • 4
    Who even needs network
  • 4
    wifi usb adapters are like 20 bucks what are you doing
  • 3
    This does not make sense. At all.
  • 0
    @Nanos the one I'm currently using cost me ~30€. I'd say it's a pretty good one as it serves incomparably better (faster, more stable) wifi than my wifi AC router.
  • 0
    some wifi mainboards have the same problems as wifi cards. They're not a silver bullet. However, i ask you, would you rather replace the mainboard 3 times, or the wifi card 3 times?

    Matter of fact just look around on amazon or ebay (or equivalent in your country) and read the comments.

    Other than that: just use cable 🤷
  • 2
    RJ45 is the answer. Splurge on cat7 if possible. You never know when you need to increase to 10GBit.
    RJ45 tool is like 20$.
    Measure twice and take your time and you have a good feeling that it was installed correctly.
    With a cabel channel it will look professional.
    RJ45 wall socket is optional but better than just a cable coming from cabel channel.
  • 1
    @2Fdev2Ftcsh either that, or if you don't have a lot of hardware, just buy premade cables. I have a decent network at home, complete with switches, routers, and APs for phones, and i swear, cables are by far the cheapest part of it (even cat7).
  • 0
    And yet you could just use a 10 buck Ethernet cable
  • 1
    if you're doing _any_ networking that's of _any_ importance, you ARE going to want a cabled connection anyway.

    and for anything else - usb (or for internal mounting m.2) wifi adapters are dirt cheap - if you spend 300€ on it, there's something very very wrong with your money management skills.
  • 0
    Any USB WiFi nic will work okay
    An actual WiFi PCI card would be better but honestly a complete waste. If you want a good connection you go wired not wireless.
  • 1
    You all missed a point (I didn't write clear enough), €300 is all adapters combined and I've changed 6 over 4 years.
    They were between €30 and €60 each.
  • 0
    @Alexanderr great info, thanks
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