Review on 📶 High-Speed Wireless AC 1200Mbps PCI-E Wi-Fi Adapter - Windows 10/8.1/8/7 compatible - LinksTek PCIE-AC68 by Clarence Calcara

I confess that I was looking forward to installing this PCI-E card after I received it because I have been using the DWA-140 wireless USB adapter for about 4 years D-Link lagged on my main system. It worked fairly well, although it was a cheap adapter and limited by the Wireless N, its transfer rate was limited; Limitations imposed by both the USB interface and its own specifications. That should change with the advent of the LinksTek Wireless AC PCI-E Wi-Fi card. The adapter card comes in a pretty decent looking black box. Inside you'll find an adapter card, a pair of screw antennas, an installation minidisk, a low-profile adapter bracket, a mounting screw, and a beautifully printed installation sheet. Components from China with a grain of salt. Things made in China can certainly be successful, albeit not from an established brand. Linkstek is a Chinese brand based in Shenzhen, China. I have to commend Linkstek for creating a nice package. The setup sheet is really decent. Sure, it's got some clunky grammar and a few silly sentences, but for the most part it's coherent, clear, and has everything you need to get the job done. This includes some troubleshooting suggestions. They have taken pains to avoid the English trap you often see in articles like this. In addition, the packaging and accompanying documents are quite professional. This brings me to the network card itself. Installation was easy. Plug it into a free PCI-E 1x slot on my motherboard, screw in the included antennas, turn it on in Windows 10... which installs it automatically (as per the install guide) and... Yes. Lets say it like this. my old D-Link USB adapter got a better signal. I'm not joking. With the D-Link USB adapter I can easily get 4 bars. With that I was lucky enough to get two, although I moved the antennas to improve reception. Well, for the record, my setup is on a cement floor next to a concrete block wall, on the same floor and 30 feet from the router. However, since the USB adapter had a little trouble picking up a signal and the Linkstek card did, I suspect something is wrong with the card. Obviously this is not the optimal result for this dedicated PCI Express vehicle with two external antennas. Since I need reliable internet, I had to resort to the USB adapter for now. I think if I were a little closer to the router and maybe further away from the cinder block wall, the problem might be less. However, I was hoping that it would perform better than a cheap four-year-old wireless N adapter. It works, but not as well as it should.