The new Wi-Fi 7 standard is expanding rapidly, and we can already find routers such as those from Xiaomi at a very good price.
In parallel, on AliExpress, you can see M.2 cards for our laptop or mini PC for less than $19. The Wi-Fi 7 is a new technology that raises the maximum data transmission rate up to 46 Gbps, it also adds support for MLO for simultaneous connection to different bands and a higher bandwidth thanks to the 320 Mhz band, 4K-QAM and 16 x 16 MU-MIMO Quite significant improvements over the Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E.
M.2 Wi-Fi 7 cards
- We basically have a couple of M.2 NGFF cards with different chipsets, the first one is the one that includes an INTEL BE700 with a maximum speed of 8774 Mbps and Bluetooth 5.4. A card that can be used in most laptops and mini PCs, but is NOT compatible with AMD processors and laptops from IBM, Thinkpad, Lenovo and HP brands. An adapter that is priced at less of $19.
- The second option is another small card with a Mediatek MediaTek Filogic 360 chip (MT7925) with a maximum speed of 5374 Mbps and Bluetooth 5.3. This adapter DOES support AMD boards, although according to the advertisement it is not compatible with IBM, Thinkpad, Lenovo and HP laptops. Its price is less than $18 with free shipping.
As you can see, two very economical options that are a good option to upgrade our wireless module to Wi-Fi 7 with an eye on the future.