Wi-Fi 7 Technology is starting to gain ground, and it is something that is noticeable in the hardware, as they are dropping in price, as with the M.2 card Wi-Fi 7 Intel BE200.
This is a small card that allows us to economically upgrade the wireless connectivity of our laptop, PC and mini PC with Wifi-7 and Bluetooth 5.4. WARNING, because the version on offer of this small adapter is only compatible with INTEL chipsets, it does not work with AMD or WINDOWS 7 or 8. With Wi-Fi 7 technology, we will have a better latency and higher transfer speed, something that never hurts.
Now with Wifi-7 technology we have MLO can combine different frequencies by several bands in the same connection, to transmit data more efficiently, improvements in the 4K-QAM protocol of up to 20% over Wi-Fi 6 and 16 x 16 MU-MIMO among other improvements.
Intel BE200 adapter specifications
The Intel BE200NGW chip-based wireless network card has an M2 compatible KEY E type connector, as found in many notebooks and mini PCs. This small adapter provides three frequency signals, 6 GHz, 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz. The highest speed it can reach is 5800 Mbps in the 6 GHz band 2400 Mbps in the 5 GHz band 574 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band.
This card is compatible with Windows 11/10 64-bit and this version is NOT compatible with AMD, for AMD you should look for the Intel BE200 NGWG NV or Intel BE200 NGWG NVX. To get the most out of this card we need Windows 11 which is already prepared for Wi-Fi 7 and of course a Wi-Fi 7 router, which are also getting cheaper every day.
Price and availability
- The M.2 card with Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200NGW can be purchased on AliExpress and Amazon starting at about $22 with shipping included.
