The most tedious part of the installation is to find an available PCI-Express slot that is not blocked by existing cards. To enable Bluetooth 5.1, connect the internal cable to a F-USB port on the mainboard. A large red heatsink keeps the chip running cool. The DWA-X582 comes with a small PCB, a low-profile bracket, an external antenna base and removable antennae.
I highly discourage anyone from getting the USB dongles unless you get the higher-spec AC1200 versions. In the past, I have also tried USB Wi-Fi adapters (N300) and they perform miserably, achieving around 20Mbps on average. Yet, it still delivers the highest throughput among all my wireless devices, averaging 380 Mbps. My desktop is the only computing device that is getting data from LAN cable connection, although it still has to go through the secondary mesh node in my study room via wireless to my main mesh node living room. One of the reasons for not installing a Wi-Fi hardware is the lack of confidence in achieving the same speeds as my current setup. D-Link DWA-X582 Wireless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.1 PCIe adapter unboxing overview Imagine a computer without Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, with just a S$69 hardware inserted into the free PCIe slot inside the chassis, it can now be free from wires to connect to any device around it.
When D-Link Singapore passed me the DWA-X582 to review, it turned out to be the best upgrade for my desktop – my primary workhorse for all my audio projects and photo editing tasks. Does anyone still own a desktop that doesn’t support Wi-Fi and Bluetooth? Well, I happen to own one, and it’s a 6-year old MSI Z87 mainboard.