I have an issue at the moment and i need an opinion.
I'm currently using a crappy Asus PCI-E wireless G network adapter in my PC. I am running a Linkysys WRT610N Dual Band Wireless-N router at home (which is awesome by the way, Click here to see it) I am looking to upgrade my adapter to a Wireless-N PCI Adapter with Dual-Band (click here for link) however i need to buy this from the USA as its not sold retail in australia. There is, however this available in aus which i can buy from U mart: Wireless-N USB Network Adapter with Dual-Band (click here for link)
My ultimate question is, what is better in terms of performance with USB network adapters compared to PCI?
Full Version: Usb Vs Pci-e
If your not transferring data between one pc or laptop to another there isn't much point as far as I have seen. The fastest internet is 24mb/s as far as I am aware off and that's only half the speed of a Wireless G router.
QUOTE (Wraith @ Jul 7 2009, 10:14 AM) 
If your not transferring data between one pc or laptop to another there isn't much point as far as I have seen. The fastest internet is 24mb/s as far as I am aware off and that's only half the speed of a Wireless G router.
Sorry I missed that point completely.
I'm streaming media from my PC to my PS3. In which i need a reliable and quality connection for as it is transcoding live.
What I need to know is what is the performance and reliability difference between PCI and USB....
I think you'll find the USB adaptor will be just as reliable as the PCI.
Wife used to work at a place that had 5 or 6 desktop PCs running cheap Netgear USB adaptors and a cheap Netgear router with no problems from a wireless point of view. The benefit of USB is if it stuffs up, you can just yank it out and put it back again as a hard reset. PCI requires a PC shut down.
I'd go with USB.
No, wait. I'd go with wiring the damn thing, cause I think wireless is arse for anything requiring a decent data throughput. But whatever.
Wife used to work at a place that had 5 or 6 desktop PCs running cheap Netgear USB adaptors and a cheap Netgear router with no problems from a wireless point of view. The benefit of USB is if it stuffs up, you can just yank it out and put it back again as a hard reset. PCI requires a PC shut down.
I'd go with USB.
No, wait. I'd go with wiring the damn thing, cause I think wireless is arse for anything requiring a decent data throughput. But whatever.
wireless n is rated at 540 Mb/s usb is rated at 480 Mb/s . But the irony is that these speeds are theoretical. Your worrying about the wrong chaing in the link . The weakest chain is the wirless itself. Wirless is shit. Go ethernet. If you have to go wireless get pci.
If I could go ethernet I would, However concidering our house is already built and its a rotten pain in the arse to wire ethernet in a house already built, Wired isn't an option.
Cheers though krawler I'll pick up the linksys wusb600n
Cheers though krawler I'll pick up the linksys wusb600n
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