Hello,
My motherboard is quite old, and the only PCI-E slot is taken by my GPU. I am looking for a WIFI adapter, and I know that the non-express PCI is supposedly a bit faster than USB 2.0. The question is, are those real world measurements? Should I get a PCI adapter? Or should I get a USB adapter that was most likely meant for USB 3.0 and will not be performing how it should? I run linux on this machine and I don't think getting drivers for either will be too much of a hassle since PCI has been around forever and TP-link USB adapters have lots of support.
EDIT: My motherboard actually has 3 PCI-Express 1x slots, they were just colored white so I assumed they were PCI. I know even gen 2 PCI-E is a lot faster than USB 2.0 so should I go with that?
My motherboard is quite old, and the only PCI-E slot is taken by my GPU. I am looking for a WIFI adapter, and I know that the non-express PCI is supposedly a bit faster than USB 2.0. The question is, are those real world measurements? Should I get a PCI adapter? Or should I get a USB adapter that was most likely meant for USB 3.0 and will not be performing how it should? I run linux on this machine and I don't think getting drivers for either will be too much of a hassle since PCI has been around forever and TP-link USB adapters have lots of support.
EDIT: My motherboard actually has 3 PCI-Express 1x slots, they were just colored white so I assumed they were PCI. I know even gen 2 PCI-E is a lot faster than USB 2.0 so should I go with that?
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