Looking for a wifi card for my PC

[esq.david.holmes]

I'm going to be moving somewhere for a while that has no ethernet port where my computers will be (Staying at relatives since I'm in the process of getting a new place. I'll be on the 3rd floor, and router in on the ground floor)
I want to get a PCIE wifi card that will allow me to continue streaming, downloading and hopefully game with low latency and relatively high speeds.

If there is anything else you need to know, feel free to ask.

EDIT - I'm looking for 2, with a budget of about £100, but less would be preferable, as long as there's no compromise on performance and/or quality.

 

[The Paladin]

1. performance and Wifi depends oin the router your relative have, for all you know they are using a N300 router that no matter what high performance wifi device you connect to your desktop will never get any decent latecy to game, never mind streaming with

2. is their router 2.4Ghz only ? does it have dual 5Ghz ?


I would start by loading an application (its free) on your cell phone called "WIFI ANALYZER" and go visit that location where your hoping to get WIFI 3 floors up from a router and see if you can even see the SSID of that router. this will define where your issues start, you will discover what signal (2.4 or 5ghz) you can connect and what strength they are providing. you may have to install a repeater device on a floor below (self contained unit in a wall plug) to reinforce the router signal to the 3rd floor area before you can even consider gaming on it.

 

[esq.david.holmes]

1. performance and Wifi depends oin the router your relative have, for all you know they are using a N300 router that no matter what high performance wifi device you connect to your desktop will never get any decent latecy to game, never mind streaming with

2. is their router 2.4Ghz only ? does it have dual 5Ghz ?


I would start by loading an application (its free) on your cell phone called "WIFI ANALYZER" and go visit that location where your hoping to get WIFI 3 floors up from a router and see if you can even see the SSID of that router. this will define where your issues start, you will discover what signal (2.4 or 5ghz) you can connect and what strength they are providing. you may have to install a repeater device on a floor below (self contained unit in a wall plug) to reinforce the router signal to the 3rd floor area before you can even consider gaming on it.

Thanks for the response.

Here's all the information that I know;
The download and upload speeds are 20Mbps and 5Mbps respectively with low latency (~10-20ms ping).
They have both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz connections.

All from the third floor room that I'll be staying in again.

I have stayed there previously before for a couple days, and been able to borrow a laptop to stream on, and it was able to handle 1080p perfectly fine, and was able to download and game relatively okay (Laptop hardware was the bottleneck, internet connectivity was fine)

 

[The Paladin]

well if your have the choice of 2.4 or 5ghz (you did not tell me if it was dual channel or single)
I would suggest for a desktop a PCIE with an external antenna capable of adding if needed an extension/base


like the Asus - PCE-AC55BT PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter for example
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/X9rcCJ/asus-pce-ac55bt-none-wi-fi-adapter-pce-ac55bt
or
TP-Link - Archer T9E PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/pxrcCJ/tp-link-wireless-network-card-archert9e

I like this one better because it has dual 5GHZ … but if the router doesn't its pointless