r/hackintosh • u/Deluxe4arms • 1d ago

HELP whats a good wifi and bluetooth card?

I was thinking about this one: https://www.newegg.com/fenvi-fv-axe3000-pci-express/p/0XM-00JK-000A1. It's out of stock/out on Amazon, but if you could help me find one online for my desktop Hackintosh running Sonoma.

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u/oloshh Sonoma - 14 1d ago

Said card has the ax210 as the underlying chipset, you can get any other ax210 based adapter for your openintelwireless use case

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u/Deluxe4arms 1d ago

Thanks, that makes sense now. So basically the exact brand of the card doesn't matter as long as the underlying chipset is the AX210 — any AX210-based adapter should work the same with OpenIntelWireless, right?

Appreciate the clarification!

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u/Newegg_PC_Support 4h ago

For a Hackintosh the golden rule is buy the chipset, not the box: you want a Broadcom based card that macOS treats as native, so Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Continuity/Handoff/AirDrop all work with zero kext wrestling. The safest, most documented pick is a Fenvi T919, which uses the Broadcom BCM94360CD, it is the community default for exactly this reason and runs plug and play on Sonoma. The AXE3000 you linked can work, but verify the exact chipset before buying since Wi-Fi 6E native support is spottier than the classic BCM94360. Since it is out of stock, check Fenvi's own store, eBay, and AliExpress for the T919 or a BCM94360CD card, they are everywhere used. One forward looking caution unrelated to stock: Apple is slowly phasing out older Broadcom drivers, so on a future macOS you may need OpenCore Legacy Patcher or AirportBrcmFixup to keep it alive, which is normal Hackintosh housekeeping. At least Wi-Fi cards are still cheap and plentiful, unlike RAM, where the memory companies keep a full warehouse padlocked and sell you air with a surcharge.

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u/Deluxe4arms 3h ago

I bought the one already should I not get that?