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25 August 2016
Build your own Wi-Fi Card
This is basically a build your own Wi-Fi Card. Antennae and PCI-e adapter are supplied, no screws supplied though which was a bit of a bummer since i'd lost the ones from my laptop.
Fair warning, I already knew this but just putting it out there for those who may not: you do need your own mini PCI-e Wi-Fi adapter which is NOT supplied, so whether you purchase one for about $50 or pull one out of an old laptop is up to you, so beware that what is shown in the picture is all you get. I personally pulled one out of an old laptop and it worked just fine.
Reception and speed. On just two of the three supplied antennae, this feels just like it did in my old laptop - 4 out of 5 bars of reception through about 4 walls and a maybe 25 metre distance between the desktop and the router itself. Great reception with no latency. The speed felt just as it would had I used it in the laptop, but now it's in my desktop! I don't think I could have been any more satisfied had I used all 3 antennae.
Build structure is great, but the antennae are VERY fiddly to get in. You sort of have to twist and turn in order to actually get it into the slot. The plugs are also very fiddly but once on they stay on as long as you're careful.
Verdict: The product is a great DIY Wi-Fi card and works exactly as intended, with no discernable difference between laptop usage and between desktop usage. I gave this only 4 stars due to the lack of screws and how annoying it was to get the antennae into their slots, but that's simply being nit-picky. As long as you have the screws on-hand or know where to get them, and are patient, this product is a great alternative to a desktop Wi-Fi card, and saving you about $80 if you have a dead laptop whose Wi-Fi card is intact. I would give it a 9/10 if I could but I can't, so yeah, it's really a 9/10.