Windows 10, Z170 and Wi-Fi question

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bobGrump

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I am looking at building a new system. I will be running Win 10 and will need wi-fi (either by on board or add in card). I've read a lot of reviews of add-in cards having problems under Win 10. So I'm looking at the Asus deluxe, since it has built in wi-fi. Is anyone running this under Win 10? It seems all the reviews are running Win 8.1.
Does anyone have experience with Win 10, Wi-fi and Z170 boards?

As nice as the Asus Deluxe is, I would prefer not to have to spend $320 on the motherboard, if an add-in card will work.

Any info is appreciated.
 
I have that board (it's great) but I don't use the wifi. Instead I use a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 as a bridge. I'd suspect an R7000 as a bridge would destroy any add in card.

I will say that the Win 10 drivers seem really stable overall at this point.
 
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that looks like a great board. wish it had 8 sata ports,but otherwise exactly what i want. Have you seen anything about availabilty?
 
Just FYI I didn't consider the Hero bc the PCB is said to be razer thin. Not sure if it will be the same with the new board. I started with a Gigabyte Gaming 7 (which may or may not have been defective, not 100% sure looking back) and now I'm on a Deluxe.

For my other media PC, I had an Asus Maximus Gene that was a complete piece of garbage. Ended up redoing the whole build with a Asus Pro Gaming mobo that has worked perfectly fine.

OP, consider whether you really want onboard wifi, an add in card (iffy from what I've read) or a regular mobo and a router in bridge mode. As I've said before, I'd probably recommend a quality router in bridge mode as that's what I've been using for years.
 
Honestly I prefer not to use wifi. I'm moving to New Mexico and I'm not sure if I will be able to get hard wired ethernet in my office. I've never tried a router in bridge mode. How is that done. I assume it connects via the network port and then connects to the modem via wifi?
 
bobGrump said:
Honestly I prefer not to use wifi. I'm moving to New Mexico and I'm not sure if I will be able to get hard wired ethernet in my office. I've never tried a router in bridge mode. How is that done. I assume it connects via the network port and then connects to the modem via wifi?
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Here's a link. But I've been using bridge mode to my gaming PC for 5 years now with zero problems other than occasionally (once or twice a month) power cycling the bridge router.

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/d...nd-how-do-i-set-it-up-on-my-nighthawk-router?
 
thanks, that's an interesting idea. The R7000 is out of my price point, but I'll look at the other nighthawks and see if they support wireless bridge mode.
 
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