Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) Desktop Kit, AX200, 2230, 2x2 AX+BT, vPro®

I bought this to replace the Broadcom adapter in my HP Pavilion x360 laptop that's roughly 2 years old. The Broadcom chip had so many issues with dropping the connection or refusing to connect to my WiFi, regardless of where I was standing in relation to one of TWO Unifi U6 Lite APs mounted in my home. Installing this was easy. It comes with antenna's but they aren't necessary for use in laptops, so I was able to just unhook them from the chip. I opened my laptop, which was the hardest part since the some of the screws were under the rubber feet (Which were actually rubber strips running across the laptop. Ugh.). I finally got the case off, pulled out the Broadcom chip, inserted the Intel chip, reattached the antennas, and booted up the laptop. The chip immediately worked out of the box with no drivers or anything required, and it simultaneously gets better speeds than the Broadcom but also consistently connects to WiFi 6 (The broadcom would nearly always do WiFi 4 for some stupid reason) and reliably connects and stays connected to my network. Overall, I'd say if your laptop takes an M.2 WiFi chip and you're having issues with it, just bite the bullet and chunk some money at this Intel one. About 30 minutes of effort has saved me hours of headache. *Note: This was tested on Ubuntu 24.04, NOT Windows 11. However, I had the same issues on Ubuntu 24.04 that I was having on Windows 11, prompting me to switch the chip regardless since I was able to remove the OS as a variable. Broadcom is not known for their Linux support; Intel, however, works great. I would expect the same quality that I've written about here when using Windows 11, as well.

I recently bought the Asrock X570 Steel Legend motherboard. I did not realize there was a Wi-Fi version or I would have purchased it instead. I searched on Amazon fearing the worst and was pleased to find several people selling AX200 and even some AX210 cards. I opted for this one because of the price and it appeared to be the actual retail kit even though some reviewers apparently did not get the kit so your mileage may vary based on who fulfills your order. My order arrived in the form of the small blue Intel retail box. Inside was the m.2 card with the antenna wires pre-attached and a full size expansion slot faceplate. The faceplate had 4 holes so it appears you can move the antennas around to fit your install. In the box was also a half-size expansion slot faceplate with only 2 holes and instructions. You will also find 2 small paddle-shaped antennas. Please note, there were NOT any m.2 screws, but I knew this from previous reviews and my motherboard came with extras. Overall, the packages was perfect and exactly what I expected for a retail Intel AX200 kit. My mainboard had 2 holes waiting for antennas so I unscrewed the antenna connectors from the expansion slot bracket and fished them through the housing at the back of my mainboard into the antenna connector holes. I had to use a jeweler's screwdriver through the connector holes in the back to push against the antenna connector as the wires were too flimsy to just fish them in. This allowed me to push the antenna wire and connector against the screwdriver and guide the antenna connector to the hole. It was a tight fit so I used a pair of needle nose pliers to pull the antenna connector through enough to partially screw an antenna on which I used to pull it all the way in and then removed the antenna and screwed it down with the lock washer and nut. I repeated this process for the other antenna connector and it looked like a factory install. I installed the m.2 and routed the wires out of the way. The wires do come unclipped from the m.2 pretty easily so you may have to snap them back on and just be careful as you route the wires in your case. Once out of the way they should stay snapped on. In my BIOS I had to ensure that wireless and Bluetooth were enabled and then booted into Windows 10 where the drivers were automatically installed. I understand you can get the OEM drivers from Intel's website as well. Both the wireless and Bluetooth functioned perfectly. The only thing that could make this kit better would be: 1) include an m.2 screw. 2) include a magnetic antenna base. The reason on number 2 is that the antennas get in the way of your USB and other cables if you use the factory holes in the motherboard and an antenna base would let you move the antennas to the top of the PC. Granted, they did provide the expansion slot bracket so you could just leave the antennas attached to that and find a place where it doesn't interfere with your video card. Other than those two suggestions, I think Intel did a great job and I am pleased this worked perfectly with my Asrock X570 Steel Legend motherboard.

Love this product. You have to be somewhat tech savvy. Lot of youtube videos on how to install on a desktop PC. Know how to open your PC. You need to be careful. The wire caps are very small. It took me 20 minutes with a new HP Desktop TP01-1030. Download the Intel WiFi 6 driver and the Bluetooth 5 driver from the Intel Website and make sure the two drivers are on your desktop and ready to install after you put your PC back together. It won’t work until they are installed. Speed is everything. I’m blazing downloads of over 400MB per second. Never had that before. Totally worth the small price. If you don’t feel comfortable installing, take it to the geek squad or a PC repair shop and they will guarantee their work. It will take them no more than 10 minutes. For those that want to install just the card in a laptop. If you have a miniPCIe it will have different size mini coax. The coax for this is called IPEX MHF4. Its super tiny. If you have the miniPCIe you have IPEX MHF1 which will not work. Don't do what I did and try to cut and splice the new size, impossible. Just buy an adapter to fit into the miniPCIe to put the M.2 Intel WIFI into and buy a wire internal antenna and run in around the inside of your laptop. Stick the arrays where there is no heat or fan movement and won't be disturbed if you open the back again. It doesn't have to be all around or symmetrical. Not expensive and you can get everything you need on Amazon. Then you will be blazing if you have a wi-fi 6 cable modem or router...my download speeds with Infinity blast are around 478MB on 5G channel. I hope this is help. Just tape up your old antenna and leave it disconnected. It won't hurt anything.

Amazing wifi 6 strength and fast i had some realtek wifi in my laptop (asus fx505dy) replaced it with this gives me some extra speed its genuine wifi 6 could be also used in Laptop

Na 3 jaar kan ik zeggen dat hij nog altijd heel mooi in mijn pc zit, waarbij het moederbord eerst zonder wifi kwam. Hij is relatief simpel te installeren en is super betrouwbaar. Soms als ik geen vast internet heb (bij vrienden bijvoorbeeld) dan kan ik in windows makkelijk wisselen van LAN naar WIFI. Daarnaast is bij mij thuis soms de wifi minder beladen dan de vaste kabels en dan werkt de WIFI sneller.

Hasta este momento se mira de muy buena calidad. Todavía no lo instalo, pero es tal cual viene en la imágen. Actualizaré una vez que instale el componente e intentaré probar su función Bluetooth y WiFi. **OPINIÓN TRAS INSTALARLO** No es nada difícil instalarlo, sin embargo las antenas se desconectaban a cada al rato y era frustrante colocar algo tan pequeñito otra vez. Sin embargo, el dispositivo funciona tal cual se espera. De inmediato comenzó a funcionar sin necesidad de instalarle algo. Probé conectando el Bluetooth al celular y funcionó sin problemas. Conecté también un control de xbox One y sin problemas lo detectó de inmediato. El wifi dmsin problemas detectaba las redes disponibles y funcionaba bien. Parece que tiene bastante alcance, ya que aparecían más redes que con una antena usb. Eso es bueno. Todo es de excelente calidad y debo mencionar que no incluye ningún tornillo para asegurarlo en la ranura M.2, así que si no tienen alguno que les sobre les recomiendo conseguir uno porque de otra forma la tarjeta no tiene con que sujetarse y se saldrá.

Perfect wifi card for my mini desktop PC build with ASRock DeskMini. Wifi and Bluetooth work well.

Eine nette kleine Karte, die problemlos unter Win10/11 und Linux bei mir läuft. Der Einbau ist sehr einfach, habe es hier im Betrieb mit einem Asus TUF Gaming B550 Plus, einfach Karte in den dafür vorgesehenen M.2 Slot stecken fest schrauben und die Käbelchen mit dem Slotblech im Gehäuse festschrauben. Von draußen die beiden Antennen anschrauben und fertig. Habe hier in einer Rezession gelesen man müsse die Karte von hinten mit dem Mainboard verschrauben, das ist absoluter Blödsinn, wenn es so ist dann liegt es am eigenen Unvermögen einen PC zusammen zu bauen oder an einem komischen Mainboard. Jedenfalls nicht an der Karte. Der Empfang ist stabil, der Datendurchsatz ist ebenfalls stabil und sehr gut. Kommt aber auch immer darauf an, wie die Empfangslage bei Euch ist, das Ding kann nicht zaubern ;) Einziges Manko sind die Antennenkabel von Karte zu Slotblech, bei mir war ein Kabel eingesteckt das andere nicht, der Stecker ist sehr klein und daher ist ein wenig "friemelig" das Kabel aufzustecken, geht aber wenn man etwas vorsichtig ist. Ich habe es danach mit einem Tropfen Heißkleber fixiert. Alles in allem sehr gute Karte zu einem fairen Preis.