Intel 5300 vs Intel 6300

Are there any advantages in terms of Internet speed and LAN file transfer speed between these 2 models? Also, range too. I've always thought the 5300 was the highest end without WIMAX but it seems the 6300 creeped out on my lol. I did some light reading on Wikipedia and it just mentions that the 2009 Centrino platform includes that (maybe that's why I don't have a Centrino sticker ...).

Also some comments about power consumption would be helpful. Thanks!

 

Here's What Intel has to say about it:

The Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 is the next generation 3x3 (450 Mbps) Wi-Fi Adapter from Intel. Key differences between the Wi-Fi Link 5300 and the Centrino® 6300 are:

- Support for the latest Intel® vPro™ Technology which adds the following features/capabilities:
o HW-based keyboard, video, mouse remote control enabling an IT administrator to lower his/her support costs by being able to see the various states of the Laptop such as Startup/Shutdown, Blue Screen or OS freeze, Disk Failure, or Network Software issues to name a few
o Support for Intel® Anti-Theft Technology which can disable a PC if it is lost or stolen helping to ensure data confidentiality.

- Support for an enhanced receiver algorithm that can provide in some instances up to a 40% performance improvement over the previous receiver algorithm we had used in the 5300.

 

So what do you think? Are they talking speed only with 450 capability, or also range and/or power consumption? Speed is not critical to me...yet; but I could dig me some enhanced range, even if not a full 40% improvement.

 

It looks like the 6300 is more "efficient" but what "new" technology doesn't make that claim?

 

If it's similar in cost, get the 6300, otherwise just get a 5300.

 

The 6300 is ~$10 more than the 5300.

 

When the 5300 is well under $20 shipped, that's a big difference.

 

That's a steal. Where did you find a 5300 for under $20 shipped?

 

Ebay.com! A lot of people are worried about buying ES cards on there, but I tried to find a vendor that was selling regular ones and I was right.

 

Did it install correctly? If so, 3x3 for ~$20 is certainly something to consider. I assume you attached two additional antennas as well? How are you running them in the chassis?

 

It is working perfectly fine and gets better reception than the same laptop with the oem card sitting right next to it. I only needed one extra antenna. I routed it to the display like the other two. Once in the display I made it go around the LCD screen to the left instead of the right like the other two because there was no more room on that side. If you didn't open up the display you would never know the difference. However, I can't say I noticed any difference between running 2 and 3 antennas.

 

That's good news. I'm actually quite happy with the Atheros card in my A1, but dual band functionality has it's advantages and for ~$20 it seems well worth it.

According to this post on another forum you should not expect to see any improvement for 2 vs 3 antennas right now since current N routers/APs are only dual-stream. When triple stream routers/APs become available the performance difference should materialize.

 

The 5300 is tried and true. It's an excellent card and I am MORE than happy with it. I always have 100 percent signal strength with the router being downstairs. I'm pulling 2mb/s downloads with a older WRTS54G router. Who needs a wireless N router when you can attain those speeds?

Anyhow does the 6300 have "My WiFi" like the 5300 does? I can't live without that.

 

+1. would love to see benchmark results between 5300 and 6300 for real life performance difference.. not just the marketing side

 

i bought a '5300' off ebay but it was a 4965 with a 5300 sticker
which worked very well as a 4965 but just not what i ordered or paid for.
buyer beware (ebay catchphrase)

 

lol that's awful. I bought a 6200 card off Ebay and it came with a stick that said "Cenrtino" lol

 

those who got the 6200/6300, how did you managed to secure it? 3945/4935/5300 are all ful length.

I tried in my NC4400, it nas a 3945. i installed 6200 and 6300 doesnt work, the laptop doesnt even boot up!!

i tried in my 8730W, the black antenna cable is too short to connect to it.

now i got a 6200 and 6300 in my drawer doing nothing.

 

The 5100 and 5300 came in both half and full size mini pci-e, so lots of people have no trouble switching between them. You might want to get rid of the two cards you bought and look at a full length 5300.

 

why dont you people post the name of the ebay shops which sold you the wrong cards and what are es cards?

 

i curently have a 5300 but while it work on the g range i can't get the n band to work at a convenable range is a 6300 upgrade worth it do we expect a 7300 refresh of the network card soon? any threat i should read/have read?