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7/31/12 at 11:43am
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Recently, I have migrated my main rig to mATX, so some sacrifices have had to be made.

My PCIe Wireless Card is going in exchange for a Xonar DGX Sound Card.

What does OCN recommend for a USB wireless adapter?
I'm thinking something like this because of its size:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/edimax-ew-7811un-usb-20-150mbps-ieee-80211b-g-n-wireless-usb-adaptor


Thanks in advance.
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7/31/12 at 12:25pm
If you're using a dual band router I would recommend this http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1048_1053&item_id=042522 . I've been using it for a couple of months now and I haven't had any problems with it so far.
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7/31/12 at 2:13pm
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Hadn't thought of Asus, didn't even know that they made wifi adapters.

Went with this in the end:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008B7PZU4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

TP-Link has always been my go-to network brand, and found this after a bit of digging.
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8/1/12 at 9:43am
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I've used the Cisco Valet Wireless Adapter usually cheap on the market now and isn't half bad.

There is also the ASUS Wireless Adapters, and TP-Link Adapters.

Planning on buying a ASUS N10 as it's slim and supports OSX tongue.gif
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