Reddit mentions of ASUS 802.11ac Wireless-AC1200 Bluetooth 4.0 PCIe/mPCIe Adapter (PCE-AC55BT)

I picked up this Asus wifi/bluetooth card a couple months ago and have been happy with it. The pc I use it on is as far from my router as you can get in my house and it’s worked great so far.

if you are living at home and/or have access to your router, consider powerline adapters instead. the jist is they let you run a wired signal over your house's power grid, rather than running a huge cable through your house.

there's a few rules about using them, but for 90% of people they work great.

if you're in a dorm or something and cant actually get to the router, than u just want a cheap pci AC adaper, something like this

Pretty much all motherboards have built in sound. You can add a PCIe sound card which may or may not give you higher quality sound output than the on board if you wish.

If you need to connect the PC to WiFi you need a WiFi adapter. You can get a cheapo USB one but I recommend a PCIe card like this Gigabyte or ASUS. Those WiFi cards also give the PC Bluetooth connectivity.

I have an ASUS PCE-AC55BT, it may not be the BEST, but it works perfect. No issues with the desktop in the living room, going through quite a few walls. Had a USB stick adapter and it couldn't handle the distance, kept disconnecting, but this one is 100% uptime solid. Has bluetooth as well. There's a USB header cable that plugged into the motherboard, I don't know if it's needed for the bluetooth, but the box says it's "Recommended." Plus it's only 30 bucks.

Three options.

the first/PCIe one is the cleanest as the device will live in the computer and make the desktop act like a laptop in respect to how wireless networks function.

• wireless ac via PCIe
  
• wireless ac via PCIe
  
  The second/USB one is pretty much the same but will have less performance due to antenna diversity and the USB interface.
  
  
• Wireless ac via USB
  
• Wireless ac via USB
  
  
  The third/router is probably the most ideal as it will allow the computer to continue using the onboard ethernet, and give you additional ports to plug other things into. It does have the complexity of having to switch the router into bridge/client mode, but that isn't very hard.
  
  
• Router in bridge mode
  
  As of now the OnHub/GF equipment doesn't interop directly. They are separate business units, and operate independently. It's possible they will integrate in the future but as of now they are on distinct paths from each other.

Are there any other ways to get Bluetooth in a Desktop PC other than using a PCIe card like this or a USB bluetooth adapter?

I've heard the USB bluetooth dongles can be pretty laggy and I don't want to ruin the aesthetic of my build too much with another PCIe card. Any ideas or experience with other options?

I just want to be able to use my PS4 controller wirelessly with my desktop.

ASUS 802.11ac Wireless-AC1200 Bluetooth 4.0 PCIe/mPCIe Adapter - PCE-AC55BT

Ahh, that makes sense now. It won't be much savings, but I would get a dedicated wifi network adapter, I got this one and I've been pleased. It has wifi and bluetooth, both work well.

Network/bluetooth adapter + CPU Cooler + cheaper PSU (850w is overkill; you only need ~ 360w so 550w is overkill but not as bad):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor | $250.00
CPU Cooler | CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler | $34.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard | Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard | $159.99 @ Amazon
Memory | Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | $119.99 @ Amazon
Storage | Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $177.89 @ OutletPC
Storage | Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $48.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card | EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card | $374.00 @ Amazon
Case | NZXT H440 (Matte Black) ATX Mid Tower Case | $96.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply | EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | $79.79 @ OutletPC
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1352.43
| Mail-in rebates | -$10.00
| Total | $1342.43
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-07 17:13 EDT-0400 |

I used this for a bit before I upgraded my Mobo that had built in wifi/Bluetooth.


I was able to get 100Mbps+

Not sure how this helps but I run Hyper-V just fine as a homelab on Windows 10 Pro x64 using this Asus adapter with an Intel chipset https://www.amazon.com/802-11ac-Wireless-AC1200-Bluetooth-Adapter-PCE-AC55BT/dp/B01FL6SY5A

No problem. You could try this.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FL6SY5A/?tag=pcpapi-20

Enjoy your new build !

Can we talk about that wifi adapter? It is a last gen card. This is not a problem in and of itself, especially if you have a last gen router, but it does limit your upgradeable in future. If you do choose to go with the multiple option instead of a 144Hz monitor, I would recommend something like this more. Not only will this allow you to switch out your router without having to update your card in the future, it may also give you faster speed son your current router.

Honestly, I don’t know which WiFi card is better. My WiFi is built into my motherboard so I never had to do research based on which pcie WiFi card is better. So your guess would be as good as mine.

I’d probably end up getting this one.

https://www.amazon.com/802-11ac-Wireless-AC1200-Bluetooth-Adapter-PCE-AC55BT/dp/B01FL6SY5A/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1543373732&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=pcie+wifi+card+asus&dpPl=1&dpID=41JHH7NfoML&ref=plSrch

This Seems to be the cheapest 802.11ac PCIEx1 Adapter, which may also require your router to be of 802.11ac to get the full speeds.

You might consider dropping wifi entirely and trying Powerline Adapters instead, they're often better than point-blank wifi, as seen here shown by Bitwit

I would go with the Asus PCE-AC55BT.

Instead of the WD Blue SSD I would go with a PCIe ssd like a Samsung 970 EVO. It's much better performance and that motherboard has an M.2 slot. Other than that it's pretty good. Also depending on the resolution he's looking to game at, here are some good GPUs:

1080p: GTX 1060 6GB
1440p: GTX 1070/1070ti/1080 (depending on price)
4k: 1080ti is still the king of 4k, and the only dependable option for 60fps across most games.

Also, I use the wifi card below. It's not the cheapest but it's great for wifi and Bluetooth.

ASUS 802.11ac Wireless-AC1200 Bluetooth 4.0 PCIe/mPCIe Adapter (PCE-AC55BT) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FL6SY5A

1. I would recommend changing the processor to the Intel Pentium G4560. You'll be losing an unnoticable amount of performance.
   
   
   
2. Change the motherboard to one with the B250 chipset. A good budget option is the MSI B250M PRO-VDH
   
   
   
3. Change the PSU to a SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze EVO. It's cheaper and is just as reliable.
   
   
   
4. If your router supports broadcasting the 802.11ac band, I would recommend getting a PCI-E wireless adapter that supports it as well. My recommendation
   
   
   Everything else looks fine.