wireless pci card or usb wireless

[Ninja3D]

hey guys dunno which one to get for my new pc, the place im buying my pc is offering a single band pci card for 25 bucks or should i pass on that and get a usb one or can i get better pci card for less? at the moment my laptop internet is good and im far from the router thing other side of house so dont think i need anything too fancy

 

[bboiprfsr]

weight the pros and cons. PCI cards are cleaner b/c it's internal. Most often times, I find myself short of USB ports b/c i connect a lot of peripherals to it.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2973/6gbps-sata-performance-amd-890gx-vs-intel-x58-p55/2
PCI is also slightly faster (500mb/s for PCI 1.0 vs 480mb/s for USB2.0) but it's negligible. Main difference though is arguably a stronger connection.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/243226/the_desktop_wireless_adapter_difference_usb_vs_pci.html

Normally, you get what you pay for when it comes to peripherals.