Question Any possible issues using these antennas on this motherboard ?

Tenvern

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May 31, 2017
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I have a MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WIFI DDR5 but the antennas it came with are extremely bad, and I've had some persistent connectivity issues since setting it up. However after swapping them out with the antenna from a TPLINK TX3000E that I used in my previous computer (only swapped the antennas didn't install the adapter itself since I want to keep my pcie slot for other things) the speeds are consistent and fast.

I don't really know a ton about wifi connectivity stuff but is there anything in this that could cause any problems (compatibility issues or such) with the motherboard down the line or is it fine? I'm really paranoid about accidentally damaging something.

 
That antenna is fine. It actually has a magnetic base to attach it to the pc case if wanted. The antennas themselves swivel to enable you to check to see if you can get better reception with them.
Yeah it's miles better than the ones that came with the motherboard :)
 
It'll be completely fine. There's no firmware or anything like that inside the antenna, it's basically just some wire going into a connector. The only compatibility issue is that the connector connects. The motherboard won't have a clue what antenna is connected to it.