New computer, am i doing something wrong?

[tomok77]

Hey guys, i have recently bought a computer with these specs:

Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit
AMD FX (Piledriver) 6300 3.50GHz 14MB Cache (4.10GHz Turbo Frequency) Six-Core Processor
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2048MB GDDR5 DirectX 11 Graphics
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 (2x4096MB) Dual-Channel Memory (32GB Supported)
64GB SanDisk G25 SATA 6GB/s (SATA-III) Solid State Drive (7,200 IOPS) - OS & Applications
500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6GB/s (SATA-III) Hard Drive - Storage
GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G Express Chipset Motherboard - Support for RAID 0, RAID 1 & RAID 10

The wireless adapter i have is: TP-Link 300Mbps Advanced Wireless N PCI Adapter [TL-WN951N]

This was all pre built for me.

My ISP is virgin and i have a superhub, we have fibre optic cables where i live.

My computer reads at 500kbps download 10ms ping, my laptop which is 5 years old reads 4mbps, so im thinking it must be my computer?
Also my connection is so unreliable, i cant play games or anything as i have lag spikes.

Please could you advise me what i can do? Thank you in advance

 

[Chardsy]

Do you have a login to the router?

If so you may be able to find out what speed the router/superhub is connected at.

 

[d_brennen]

Two things, wireless is rubbish for gaming by-and-large and the superhub is rubbish for wireless. You don't mention how far the PC is from the router?

There are a few things you can try, get the latest driver from the manufacturers website, make sure your hub is in 2.4GHz mode as 5GHz has a lower range I believe. Also make sure the aerial on the adaptor is orientated vertically if the hub is roughly on the same level

 

[paintguy]

Following on from the above post: At least try a wired connection from PC to router.

If it's impractical long term for your situation then fair enough, but at least you'll be able to see if it's the most likely problem (poor wireless connection) rather than your PC.