Help with Internet connection and Dongle questions.

Posted by DishonoredSkull456@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 2 comments

Hey there,

I have a Asus Prime B550 PLUS motherboard and it doesn't have a wifi card so I have been using a repeater and a cable since my router is downstairs on the otherside of the house but its only 20mbs on a good day.

I was looking into wifi dongles but want to know...

Is it better to use a USB or PCie dongle
Is there much of a difference between the two
What drivers are needed? Is it the board, the dongle or both?
What are the recommended dongles to get (also knowing how to know good ones from bad ones)

Any kinda of information would be very useful :) Thanks!

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Emerald_Flame@reddit

PCIe if you can
Most USB wifi dongles are absolutely junk, overheat and throttle quickly, have poor antennas, etc. There are good ones out there, but they tend to cost 2-3x as much as what a good PCIe card costs.
This question doesn't really make sense. You use the drivers for whatever wifi device you're using
Pretty much anything based on the Intel AX210 is the current go-to like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SHPKKBR but a billion other brands have essentially the exact same thing.

DishonoredSkull456@reddit (OP)

Cool thanks for all the information, appreciate it.