Picked up an 802.11ac adaptor today and all suited and booted. Cheers mate!
Now to get Steam support off their arse to sort out updating my email as hotmail not receiving the verification email
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How do I turn off notifications from this thread?
Explain it to me in the simplest way possible.
That’s nice. How do I get to that bit?
Glad to see your battery has recovered.
Here… 
A gloriously ironic question in this thread 
Cheers!
My old pc needs a wifi/bluetooth card, trying rid of some of the clutter with dongles/wires. Is it worth going for a card with bluetooth 5 over 4.2?
What do you even use Bluetooth for is the question…
Your wireless mouse and keyboard wouldn’t require another Bluetooth card.
Maybe your speakers will if you are having a Bluetooth speaker.
Just a wifi card might work.
Unless you end up with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard…
Earphones/headphones, mouse mainly. Maybe keyboard.
Hmm, thought not all wifi cards have bluetooth integrated.
No they don’t, but I believe @Sithbare was just saying forget about the Bluetooth.
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My set up is completely wired atm, so trying to transition out. Anyway… after a bit of reading, bt 5.0 seems excessive for my needs.
I think you’re probably right on that, that prioritising the BT part is not going to be optimal.
I’m not too familiar with the BT spec, but reading Wikipedia, 5.2 seems to include support for LE Audio which may help with your battery life if your earphones support it too.
Either way, given how old Bluetooth 5.2 is, let alone 5.0, I’d be rather concerned (not knowing much about the WiFi adapter market these days though) if the cards you should be looking at don’t already have those built-in?
EDIT: I’m not sure where you are, but a quick Google suggests you can get an Intel one for £16 that has BT 5.2 (in fact it’s the cheapest WiFi + BT adapter I’ve glanced at, and an ASUS one for £29. I’m not sure what either of those are like, but I’d avoid anything from a company that doesn’t have a track record in wireless networking equipment. But even if they do, it may not necessarily mean much.
Which has an USB adapter by itself.
Do they? My experience is limited only to buying a Bluetooth mouse (which has served me great for over a decade).
Don’t the bluetooth mouses come with a USB plug ?
It did not. Microsoft Sculpt Comfort for reference.
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