I ended up getting one of these by ASUS
Stupid thing is.... I bought one of these USB sticks by ASUS for $25 less for my gf's tower and it's consistently
faster than my PCI-E.

Hella choked lol, I tried everything from positioning the antennas right beside the USB stick, plugging them into the same tower, etc. I think I'm going to return the PCI-E and just buy another USB for my tower lol..