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If I use a mini PCI-E wifi card like this: http://www.amazon.com/Tax-Software/b...31BP1E0K085PMS It seems that I need a connector between the wifi card and an antenna like this: http://www.amazon.com/WIFI-10-dBi-2-...s=wifi+antenna

I see. I think I mainly am so interested in such a solution because I really enjoy the tinkering and building aspect of my own box. Say that I'm going to go forward with this idea. Since downtime is not that big of a concern to me and I also want to use this device for other uses (game server...

I guess I'm asking about the specifics. I have a hard time picturing what would "break" on such a system.

Thanks for the replies; I have a few specific questions: 1. Is this setup possible? 2. How fast would the wifi be? 3. Compared to an expensive router, say $150-180, what are the differences? 4. To Dawza: to me, it seems that having 5 separate devices would be both more costly and harder to...

You can get a 100-ft ethernet cable for around $11. Is there a reason that you can't run one ethernet cable?

With the new J1800 Celeron boards from MSI, Gigabyte, and Biostar for ~$60 I was thinking of making a long term router out of one. - $60 Bay Trail Mobo - $40-50 High end PCI-E mini card (Intel Ultimate, Killer, etc) - $10? Antennae - $20 Cheap RAM - $30 PSU/case - Debian linux Brian...

I've always been an advocate of as small as possible, resulting in mITX to microATX builds, never bigger (simply no reason).

So the ASRock mobo is fine? Even with the HAWK's non-standard 5mm protrusion? What do you mean that the Hyper 212 doesn't play well with the ASUS mobo? Edit: Discovered a potential problem between the Cooler and the Mobo...

After searching through a lot of reviews, I've decided to search for Bitfenix Prodigy build logs, as most mobo reviews deal with performance and not fit. The closest picture I can find is: http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=44585&page=2 but it seems to be the ASUS P8Z77-I mobo, on...

I don't know, the GMA 3100 is quite newer than the 82945G (mid Core 2 era). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA I doubt the 82945G supports 1080p resolution.

For the bump on the HAWK I'm talking about: http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-radeon-hd-7870-hawk-review/3 From eyeballing it it looks to be ~5mm thick, and then from looking at the space between the socket and PCI-E here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2&Tpk=z77e-itx I'm not sure...

Regarding the 50% mark for the Vertex: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vertex-4-ssd-write-performance,3235-5.html Assuming that a cache is always going to be full, just how long is a MLC's theoretical life expectancy (when the NAND can no longer write)? I don't want an exact answer, just a...

Going for a new $1000 mITX build, and I have a few questions about the fit in the Prodigy. CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo GPU: MSI 7870 HAWK From build logs, pictures, and reviews, it seems the placement of the CPU socket compared to the PCI-E slot means large CPU coolers can bump into a large...

ASUS's Zenbook's, HP Envy 15/Spectre 14, Samsung's new slim laptops.

I have a few questions about SSD caching: - How much difference is there between a MLC and SLC SSD for caching? - I've heard that SSDs perform worse once they fill up, and on the Vertex 4 (firm 1.4?) there's a sharp threshold once the drive is 50% full, does this affect only MLC? How steep...