MSI HERALD BE9400

At $49.99, the HERALD BE9400 sits in the budget-to-mid tier of PCIe Wi-Fi adapters, a category currently being reshuffled by the arrival of affordable 802.11be silicon. The relevant competitive frame here is the Intel BE200 and MediaTek-based cards like the TP-Link Archer TXE75E — all chasing the same sub-$60 Wi-Fi 7 sweet spot. The BE9400 designation signals a theoretical aggregate throughput ceiling of around 9.4 Gbps, which places it above entry-level BE3600 cards but below the full BE19000 tri-band flagship tier. What makes the category interesting right now is that the chipset — almost certainly a MediaTek or Qualcomm BE solution — brings 320 MHz channel support to a price point where 160 MHz used to be the ceiling. …More info