[SOLVED] Is there a way to connect a wifi card to a z390-H motherboards

[Kristio1232]

I just got my pc together and I thought I would be able to just add a wifi card to my motherboard but I can't figure out how to do it. Is it possible?

 

[Math Geek]

what kind of wifi card? a pcie card or usb card should be just a matter of plugging it in.

what specific motherboard do you have? and again what type of wifi card are you hoping to use? a link to a product or 2 would go a long way to helping you out

 

[Kristio1232]

what kind of wifi card? a pcie card or usb card should be just a matter of plugging it in.

what specific motherboard do you have? and again what type of wifi card are you hoping to use? a link to a product or 2 would go a long way to helping you out

Motherboard: rog Strix z390-h gaming
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/428648.pdf
Wifi Card: Depends on what we have, cause we have a few spares laying around. Right now we found the intel dual-band wireless ac 3165
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Intel-3165NGW-Wireless-Bluetooth4-0-802-11AC/dp/B0194GE5YC

I should be able to plug it into the PCIE1_1 slot right?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Link is broken for the wifi card, but any PCIe X1 wifi card will work in one of the PCIe X1 slots on your motherboard.

Alternatively you could go with a USB WIFI dongle.

 

[Kristio1232]

Link is broken for the wifi card, but any PCIe X1 wifi card will work in one of the PCIe X1 slots on your motherboard.

Alternatively you could go with a USB WIFI dongle.

I currently have a wifi dongle, not great but gets the job done. But yea, just wanted to confirm i can plug it into that slot without having my PC die.

 

[Math Geek]

that is not a pcie card like we are thinking. that is a mini pcie version usually used in laptops. many mobo's have such a slot (usually ones that have built in wifi) but yours does not.

you can go with a usb type or a true pcie model like this

https://www.newegg.com/tp-link-archer-tx3000e-pci-express/p/N82E16833704507

this is just an example and not an endorsement of this specific model

 

[bill001g]

You can get a adapter board for it so you can plug it into a normal pcie slot. It is not that much more expensive to buy a complete wifi card.