Reddit mentions of TP-Link N150 Wireless PCI Adapter (TL-WN751ND)

Everything is good but don't get that WiFi adapter. That shit is old stuff. Get this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005FUGPP4?cache=7d53aee1fe33f7d46399bdff293ab4d5&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1406718579&sr=1-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1

You have a couple of options: Internal wireless card, or USB wireless card.

there's tons of different brands and price-points, but they essentially do the same thing. If you want to find more, on Amazon or ebay or whatever search "PCI Wireless card' for the internal, and "USB Wireless card" for the USB one.

+1 for PCI

I game and have never had problems connecting unless it was ISP side (boo comcast). I also stream Netflix and Amazon without any signal issues.

I use [this PCI-E adapter] (http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN881ND-Wireless-Express-Low-profile/dp/B0079XWMEI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1405104552&sr=8-2&keywords=tp-link+pci+wifi) with good results. They also make regular [PCI] (http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN751ND-Wireless-Adapter-Low-profile/dp/B005FUGPP4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1405104552&sr=8-4&keywords=tp-link+pci+wifi) depending on what you have available. I'm sure the Rosewill one is quite good too.

I also picked up something similar to [this] (http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-ANT2405C-Desktop-Omni-directional-Antenna/dp/B001VEAI74/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1405104686&sr=8-11&keywords=tp-link+antenna) to help with my signal, since my room is quite far from my router. It will give you some flexibility on your antenna placement, and gave me a huge boost in signal.

For your purposes either would probably work but I prefer having the cleaner look of a PCI card and I'm under the assumption that there is better power/bandwith going through PCI. If you do go with USB, I suggest something like [this] (http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN722N-Wireless-Adapter-External/dp/B002SZEOLG/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1405104921&sr=8-14&keywords=usb+wifi) where you can add on an optional antenna if you have signal issues.

I don't know any mac compatible usb dongles, but there is a cheaper version of the product I listed. If you're really in need of a cheap usb dongle, you may want to try heading over to the tonymacx86 forums. Find someone who has had success with the device you want, or a similar one, and go from there.

If you wanted to go for something cheap, TP-Link makes good PCI-E cards. However, when I first got mine, I wasn't getting the performance I wanted or anything that was close to what was advertised. I managed to find an antenna, similar to this one, and I never get lag spikes and have none of the issues I used to have with the included antenna.

Although your mileage may vary. I don't have that specific antenna, so I can't guarantee a certain performance; however it definitely will be better than the default antenna.

I have something similiar

no issues so far on Windows 8.1

spring for this.

My french is a bit rusty but was enough to parse the italian. For future reference may be better to post links to english pages? just an imo.

Okay. This is a bit embarrasing to ask, but if I buy one of those usb-looking wireless adapters like this one, would I not have to purchase a whole wireless card like this one?

You can easily get one new online for your price range:

http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN851ND-Wireless-Adapter-Low-profile/dp/B005NHIQ06/

http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN751ND-Wireless-Adapter-Low-profile/dp/B005FUGPP4/

I actually have an extra 2-antenna PCI wifi card I can sell for cheap, but the problem is that the driver support stopped at Windows 7; the card still works but it uses default Windows drivers on Windows 8.