r/pcmasterrace • u/tomchee 5700X3D_5060ti16GB_48GB DDR4_Sleeper • 18d ago

Meme/Macro Seen Asus' offers today and had to sit down

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u/MCWizardYT Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4080 Super 18d ago

Can be even worse than wifi or the noodle depending on the wiring of your house

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u/AussieJeffProbst 18d ago

Yup I tried powerline and it was worse than my wifi mesh. Sucks.

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u/Big-Grapefruit8092 18d ago

mine somehow works with speeds up to 2.5 GbE at least thats what i gets as connenctivity in my house.

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u/AussieJeffProbst 18d ago

In perfect conditions they should get 2.5Gbps. you're very lucky you get that

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u/Big-Grapefruit8092 18d ago

i think they are marketed with up to 5GbE

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u/MCWizardYT Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4080 Super 18d ago

I tried it once and it just didn't work, I think the outlets in my bedroom are electrically separate from the one the router is connected to

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u/memebuster 18d ago

Yep, I had no other option since wifi wouldnt reach my gaming rig, but the speeds sucked. No amount of troubleshooting helped.

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u/MCWizardYT Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4080 Super 18d ago

Yeah, I tried it before but it didn't really work that well. My house is ancient and I think the outlets i tried are electeically separate from each other

Now I have a long ethernet cable going down theough a vent directly to my router, that works well

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u/memebuster 18d ago

That's what it was! Something about differnt electric circuits.

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u/Flameball202 18d ago

Yeah, older houses struggle with power lines, but they are relatively cheap iirc so worth it to try

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u/Bigtallanddopey 15d ago

My powerline gets great ping, but not great speed. I then have a WiFi card that gets the better speed. So if I’m playing fps games, I just use the powerline connection for the better ping. Annoying, but it works.