Will Killer 1103 fit in my Lenovo Y500?

I've seen some people who can make the Killer 1202 fit in the Y500, and as far as I know, the 1103 has the same size.
So it should fit and work, right?

I'm aware of the unlocked BIOS part, so don't worry about that.

Thanks in advance
Take care

 

As far as I can see looking at Y500- it's a normal half-height mini-PCI Express slot so Killer 1103 should fit OK.

 

That's what I got as well. Mini-PCI Express

 

Bad thing about it, is that my laptop only have 2 antennas. The 1103 has 3.
Not sure if I should get another antenna, or just run 2x2.

 

Do you have a three stream router?

 

At home.. no.
My school have, however. A 2.4 GHz and a 5 GHz line. My mate with some Alienware (Killer 1103 as well) do 100 Mbps speedtests on 5 GHz, while I'm stuck at under 1 Mbps on 2.4 Ghz (our school sucks).

 

You will need a whitelist removal bios, it is available.

 

"I'm aware of the unlocked BIOS part, so don't worry about that."
Yeah, I'm aware of that ^_^

 

We seem to be talking about two different things. One is if the router is dual band and the other is if it's a three stream one.
The reason I asked is that with two antennas you would be using two streams (not three) on 5GHz band. The only situation where you'd see any difference would be increased throughput if you used your notebook on a 5GHz network using three streams (450mbps theoretical connection speed).

Otherwise you can skip the third antenna altogether.

 

Oh, sorry. I'm a bit noobish when it comes to networking.
I am unsure if the router is a three stream one. I don't "really" care about LAN speed, as we rarely transfer locally, so all that matters is the public speed. I'm sure I can pull 100 Mbps at least. Another mate in my class got to 140 Mbps today, but I'm unsure which card he has.
Am I right, if I say I can use the 1103 with 2x2 configuration, and get 300 Mbps on LAN? And 450 Mbps if it's 3x3.

 

Yes that's the case indeed.

Don't get your hopes up as to the speed though- at least 100mbps on 802.11n is a tall order.
People tend to notice when the speed is high but the average will probably be a lot lower.

 

It depends on how the school network setup, some put a access point in every room. Though I can't see a situation where high (>20mpbs) bandwidth is useful in school unless you keep downloading stream stuff.

But routing a extra antenna isn't exactly a hard task either.

 

It requires a lot of disassembly though. Routing it within the main unit itself is a bad idea and routing it through the main unit to the screen is exactly easy (although it depends on a notebook.

 

Well yeah.. that's the thing.. I'm sure that if my mate can (with identical network card), then so can I.. right?