PowerMac 7,3 G5 2.5 Bluetooth & Airport / Separate or a Set?

I wanted to upgrade to Bluetooth and Airport. Here's a few questions:
Should I do these separately or use the combo set that's available?
Which way would save the most money?
If you use the external antennae, do you receive a stronger signal?
I have the original external Airport antenna but no Bluetooth antenna.
Appreciate ya ~
Troy

According to what I could find you can install an Airport Extreme card - 802.11b/g model. There was a BlueTooth option for the computer, so you might contact an Apple retailer about obtaining the module or you could look on eBay. Same for the Airport Extreme card. You could also do a little Google searching for them.
If you can obtain the combo set for your computer, then that would be the simplest option.
The external antenna is, according to what I read, required for the Airport Extreme card. And, yes, it would improve the range.

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