cranky said:USB adapters don't allow for antennas. Also very finicky and a little bit unstable. I have four or five of them laying around the house, all are equally useless for anything except web surfing. For file transfer or HD streaming, one needs stable and consistent performance, which I have never got from USB adapters. A wireless G PCI vs USB comparo heavily favours the slot versions - I had a 20-25% increase in usable throughput when using the slot versions. More heat dissipating area, more stable power, and so on. Not so happy with my Belkin N adapter either.
To audio, I have a heavily modded Delta 66 which I use and like very much. Also it has inputs, something I might need for recording. And it performs very well, twelve years after it was created. I need to continue using it.
Could you list out again, chronologically what HAS TO be on PCI.E. This build is interesting.