My mainboard is an msi b450 Mortar Max. Until recently, I used a pretty small gpu, which left enough space for my network adapter to fit in the pcie 3x4.
I upgraded my gpu this winter, but there was only space in the second pcie 2.0x16, which (probably) doesn’t provide enough lanes. That’s why wifi stopped working, and bluetooth started to become buggy.
Now I was playing around with the thought of picking up a 2in1 usb dongle, but I heard they aren’t that good.
What’s would be the best thing to do in this case?
Edit: The network adapter is a Gigabyte GC-WB1733DI
A USB Bluetooth adapter is fine, you shouldn’t have any problems with it.
WiFi on the other hand depends on what you use it for, the USB port will be a bottleneck. I’m hardwired but I have a USB dongle for testing wifi single and I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re doing anything other than basic browsing.
Maybe try a pci riser cable? You might have some issue with securing the card inside the case but maybe give some space between the cards could help
Is the GPU in the correct slot?
Are you sure the PSU can handle the new GPU?
Are you sure you didn’t damage the wifi card when you installed the GPU?