Does this motherboard with built in wifi use a PCI-E lane?

[The HopelessGamer™]

Short Question:

Is the ASUS ROG Maximus X Code Motherboard[www.pccasegear.com] using a lane for its built in wifi?

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus X Code Motherboard[www.pccasegear.com]

I am going to eventually get this motherboard and put 2 1080 TI's in it with SLI using a 8700k or I9 9900K.

I have a TP-Link Archer T8E[www.tp-link.com] PCIE wifi adapter and it uses 1 cpu lane. Both the I7 8700k and I9 9900K only have 16 lanes. As i want both of my 1080 TI's to use 8 lanes each out of the 16 im unsure if that motherboard i linked above is using a lane for its built in Wifi?

Ethernet is NOT a option!

Cheers,
THG

[Supafly]

Can't answer that question but inregards to the no ethernet an can't use it, you could have and use it. The board comes with a ethernet port. To use it without a long ethernet cable around your home you can purchase a pair of powerline adapters.

Plug 1 into power socket by modem/router and connect them using a small ethernet cable. Repeat the same for you PC and the adapters transmit your network data along your homes electrical cabling. No long cables and no risk of wifi signal interference dropouts.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Configuration-Required-UK/dp/B01BECPIMC?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_1

Basic set, good for internet speeds upto 100mbps... might say gigabit but that is how much it can transmit between multiple connected devices. The ethernet ports are only 10/100 on this set. If you want/have faster DL speeds then look for versions with Gigabit ethernet ports. Can also find versions with passthrough sockets so you don't lose a powersocket. Other versions also include wifi boosters.

[The HopelessGamer™]

Escrito originalmente por Suicidal Monkey:

Can't answer that question but inregards to the no ethernet an can't use it, you could have and use it. The board comes with a ethernet port. To use it without a long ethernet cable around your home you can purchase a pair of powerline adapters.

Plug 1 into power socket by modem/router and connect them using a small ethernet cable. Repeat the same for you PC and the adapters transmit your network data along your homes electrical cabling. No long cables and no risk of wifi signal interference dropouts.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Configuration-Required-UK/dp/B01BECPIMC?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_1

Basic set, good for internet speeds upto 100mbps... might say gigabit but that is how much it can transmit between multiple connected devices. The ethernet ports are only 10/100 on this set. If you want/have faster DL speeds then look for versions with Gigabit ethernet ports. Can also find versions with passthrough sockets so you don't lose a powersocket. Other versions also include wifi boosters.

Interesting. Thank you :D Though i still wonder about this mobo...

[The HopelessGamer™]

Escrito originalmente por Bad_Motha:

Always buy hardware that supports 1000mbps; not the 10/100 old standard.
Otherwise you'll be capping what that PC can do for ISP speeds.

Iv only got 50 down and 20 up... lol. So they would mostly be ok. But i still need to know if that motherboard is using a lane for its wifi...

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Always buy hardware that supports 1000mbps; not the 10/100 old standard.
Otherwise you'll be capping what that PC can do for ISP speeds.
Plus that means anything that is 10/100 only is using an extremely old spec from like a decade ago.

Use CAT-5E or CAT-6A cables for everything too; as these are actually shielded much more than lesser ones, but generally will cost roughly the same.

Still, you want to do this incase of better ISP. ISP's up our speeds all the time for free over time in most regions. Plus you will want to retain the 1000mbps for network transfer speeds.

[Supafly]

Escrito originalmente por Bad_Motha:

Always buy hardware that supports 1000mbps; not the 10/100 old standard.
Otherwise you'll be capping what that PC can do for ISP speeds.

Most ISP in UK still don't do 100+ so a 10/100 ethernet will do fine as a starting point if OP whats to try them. Plus the slower speed ones are fairly cheap in comparison to the newer, faster versions.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

None of that matters, but ok.

Also if you do go WiFi, TPLink is complete junk.
Look at the Gigabyte PCIE Card with External Antenna array that has Intel Chipset.
This stuff is only as good as the chipset; and ones like Broadcom and most others are simply terrible at best.

[The HopelessGamer™]

Escrito originalmente por Bad_Motha:

None of that matters, but ok.

Also if you do go WiFi, TPLink is complete junk.
Look at the Gigabyte PCIE Card with External Antenna array that has Intel Chipset.
This stuff is only as good as the chipset; and ones like Broadcom and most others are simply terrible at best.

My tp link is amazing. Its not a cheap pos... its a $80 pcie tplink adapter... it has i think if im not mistaken faster speeds then that motherboad above does.

[Supafly]

Escrito originalmente por Bad_Motha:

None of that matters, but ok.

Also if you do go WiFi, TPLink is complete junk.
Look at the Gigabyte PCIE Card with External Antenna array that has Intel Chipset.
This stuff is only as good as the chipset; and ones like Broadcom and most others are simply terrible at best.

None of this matters. I mentioned powerlines as an option and that comment was off topic. I can't answer OPs original question and us discussing powerlines pros and cons won't help OP.

[The HopelessGamer™]

Escrito originalmente por Suicidal Monkey:

Escrito originalmente por Bad_Motha:

None of that matters, but ok.

Also if you do go WiFi, TPLink is complete junk.
Look at the Gigabyte PCIE Card with External Antenna array that has Intel Chipset.
This stuff is only as good as the chipset; and ones like Broadcom and most others are simply terrible at best.

None of this matters. I mentioned powerlines as an option and that comment was off topic. I can't answer OPs original question and us discussing powerlines pros and cons won't help OP.

The powerline was a good idea. Ill keep it in mind.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

ASUS - ROG MAXIMUS X CODE - Motherboard Specs

Wired: Intel I219V 10/100/1000 mbps

Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
*Supports dual band frequency 2.4 / 5 ghz
*Supports MU-MIMO

Bluetooth: Bluetooth v4.2 (via the Realtek WiFi Chipset)


Overall though, most of these so called MIMO speeds are complete BS anyways.
Plus you'd probably have to have a high-end $300+ Router to fully use them properly when considering the very highest Wireless N or AC type of speeds that these wifi chipsset are claiming. Best bet really is just run Wired Ethernet and know that you will have great speed (again based around home network device + internet provider plan) and also have the best pings and no packet loss non-sense. WiFi you pretty much will always have higher pings and high probability of packet-losses.

[rotNdude]

That motherboard with built-in wifi doesn't use a PCI-E lane if you use that for wireless. If you add the PCI-E wireless adapter, it will.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Escrito originalmente por rotNdude:

That motherboard with built-in wifi doesn't use a PCI-E lane if you use that for wireless. If you add the PCI-E wireless adapter, it will.

^ This

Nothing wrong with the onboard WiFi, which is already running separately via Realtek Chipset.

Most 3rd party cards/adapters are Atheros, Broadcom, Realtek chipsets anyways. But again since adding a card to any PCIE slot, yes it would of course suck away some Lanes; either X1 or X4 depending on the cards needs. USB however would not, but IMHO using USB for WiFi would be a down-grade.

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I just looked in the manual, and this is the wireless for it:

2z2 Wi-Fi with MU-MIMO 802.11/a/b/g/n/ac supports dual frequency band 2.4/5 Ghz

Up to 867Mbps transfer speed

Bluetooth v4.2

It's not possible to have this kind of speed over wifi on PCI, this has to be connected via PCI-Express, and so it would have to use that on this board. This board actually does not have anything other than PCI-Express on it, it's literally the only connection type possible on this motherboard. It does not have a PCI bus at all.

Also do be aware that this board does have Two M.2 slots that do both support PCI-Express 4x NVME SSD's, but if you use both slots with two of these SSD's, then you will be unable to use a second video card in SLI, and the primary gpu would run in 8x mode. If you use both of these slots in SATA mode with SATA SSD's, it disables some of the onboard SATA ports.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It is connected via PCIE; (Realtek GBE PCIE WiFi Chipset) but since it is a separate Chipset (not running off the integrated Intel Chipset) it is set aside from the rest of the PCIE Lanes; not taking up any from what the Intel Chipset has available. However, simply inserting any PCIE physical card, yes it will use up an Intel PCIE Lane, no question. This is not rocket science here.

Let me also put it like this; each Motherboard has a preset # of PCIE Lanes, yes.
Well something onboard (such as that Realtek PCIE WiFi) is going to already be reserved, meaning it does NOT suck up a PCIE Lane from the Intel Chipset, however it does share a PCIE Lane with one of the available PCIE-Slots. Thus has a means of sharing. Just like how the M.2 is there and "can" use a # of PCIE Lanes (thus sharing lanes with physical PCIE slots / lanes) or if in SATA Mode, shares against physical SATA Ports, removing a certain # of them from usage, due to sharing.

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Escrito originalmente por Bad_Motha:

OMG it is connected via PCIE; (Realtek GBE PCIE WiFi Chipset) but since it is a separate Chipset (not running off the integrated Intel Chipset) it is set aside from the rest of the PCIE Lanes; not taking up any from what the Intel Chipset has available. However, simply inserting any PCIE physical card, yes it will use up an Intel PCIE Lane, no question. This is not rocket science here.

Actually it is a question. Some Z370 motherboards route the M.2 / NVME ports through the chipset and don't use any pci-express lanes used for video cards. Some Z370 motherboards will route them directly to the CPU (This board) and use up PCIE lanes for video cards if you put the NVME drives in. Some Z370 boards have the onboard wifi modules direct to CPU using CPU PCIE Lanes, Some motherboards have the wifi routed through the chipset. Not all Z370 boards are the same and each one needs to be investigated thoroughly depending on what the buyer wants to do with their system.