PC idiot needing help with Wifi and Bluetooth

SICO94

Hi.

I know this is going to sound stupid to a whole lot of you guys but I am building my first gaming pc and how do I make sure that my PC has both Wifi and Bluetooth?

I am obviously going to need them for downloading games and mods and also connecting different devices.

Do I need to purchase a specific motherboard with those capabilities, buy an adapter or do those features just come as part of the package nowadays?

If anyone can help without making me feel too stupid that would be great!

FSL

Just about every modern motherboard will have an Ethernet connection on it. For wireless you can get a pci card or a usb wireless dongle. You can also get usb Bluetooth adapters.

For major downloading and gaming forget about wireless particularly if you live in an urban area.

Wireless is convenient and great for casual browsing not when you need a solid connection.

uncle_sam_ie

SICO94 wrote: »

Hi.

I know this is going to sound stupid to a whole lot of you guys but I am building my first gaming pc and how do I make sure that my PC has both Wifi and Bluetooth?

I am obviously going to need them for downloading games and mods and also connecting different devices.

Do I need to purchase a specific motherboard with those capabilities, buy an adapter or do those features just come as part of the package nowadays?

If anyone can help without making me feel too stupid that would be great!

You can get motherboards with all that built in, http://www.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/67261/Gigabyte+GA-Z77N-Wifi%2C+Intel+Z77%2C+ITX.article

SICO94

Cool thanks.

Where I am now though my Wifi connection is very good so can anyone recommend some good choices for me.

riclad

Unless you wanna use a bluetooth ,keyboard,or connection to a mobile phone,by bluetooth.
there,s not much point in getting bluetooth on a pc.

ITS easier to use a usb keyboard on a pc.
I transfer data to my phone using a 16gig sd micro card,
using a 2 euro sd card reader ,
Bought from dealz ,2 euro.

uncle_sam_ie

riclad wrote: »

Unless you wanna use a bluetooth ,keyboard,or connection to a mobile phone,by bluetooth.
there,s not much point in getting bluetooth on a pc.

ITS easier to use a usb keyboard on a pc.
I transfer data to my phone using a 16gig sd micro card,
using a 2 euro sd card reader ,
Bought from dealz ,2 euro.

This is true and, if you game you're better off with a wired connection.

SICO94

Thanks for all the help everybody
It really helps my understanding of this.