Port count, port speed, and whether the fan ever stops · review
STRONG SW8000P, eight-port gigabit switch in a plastic case review
An eight-socket gigabit switch that publishes both the material of its case and a switching capacity, which is two answers more than most of this shelf gives.
The bottom line Two of the lines this shelf usually leaves blank are filled in here: the capacity and the material. Neither changes what the unit does, and both mean the page can be compared with another rather than trusted.
On the listing
Eight gigabit RJ45 sockets for computers, televisions, consoles and network storage; a compact plastic case described as light and space-saving; desktop or wall mounting; plug and play with no software and no configuration; automatic MDI/MDIX; a fanless design; a stated switching capacity of 16 Gbit/s; and support for 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet with routers and modems named as compatible.
The capacity, and what it is
16 Gbit/s. The figure adds together every socket running flat out in both directions at the same moment. That is the definition of the quantity, and it is worth saying plainly because the number reads like a speed and is not one. Nothing that plugs into this unit will see 16 Gbit/s, and nothing is meant to.
Plastic, stated
The second bullet says what the shell is made of. That sounds unremarkable until the rest of this shelf is read: most pages show a photograph and leave it there. A plastic case is lighter on a wall bracket and warmer under load, and both of those are the buyer to weigh.
Where the page stops
No word for management, no description of the power supply, no list of what arrives in the box. The first can be inferred, since nothing on the page needs configuring. The second and third cannot.
Before ordering
Ask whether a power adapter is supplied and how long its lead is. A wall-mounted switch is only as flexible as the distance to the nearest socket.
Availability
Priced from 14 € to 20 € across the German, French and Italian Amazon stores the day this page was checked.
It is stocked on the American and British Amazon stores as well, in that country’s own currency. The range above leaves those out: it counts euro stores and no others.
The Spanish Amazon price runs past 1.6× the cheapest store. A gap that size normally marks a reshipper and not a seller in the country, so that listing stays out of the range above.
Every figure in this section is what Keepa held on the day this page was last updated. Stock and prices move without warning.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 10 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
Where it holds up, and where it stops
Strengths
Publishes a switching capacity, which most listings on this shelf leave out entirely, and prints it next to the fanless claim rather than in a specification table nobody reads
Says the case is plastic instead of leaving the material to a photograph, so the buyer who wanted metal knows before ordering
Names the kinds of device the sockets are meant for — computers, televisions, consoles and network storage — rather than describing the switch in the abstract
Compromises
Neither word, managed or unmanaged, appears, so the absence of a configuration page has to be inferred from the absence of any feature that would need one
The port speeds are given as figures only, with no BASE-T designation, which is the form that lines up against a cable grade
Nothing describes the power supply or the contents of the box
Specifications
Port count
Eight — stated in the title as an eight-port unit and written out in the first bullet as eight gigabit RJ45 sockets
Port speed
10/100/1000 Mbit/s — stated in the title and again in the fifth bullet as the Ethernet speeds supported, with routers and modems named among the compatible devices; no BASE-T designation is printed behind the figures
Managed or unmanaged
Not published on the listing as either word — the third bullet describes a unit ready to use with no software and no configuration required, and automatic MDI/MDIX as the only thing that happens by itself
Stated switching capacity
16 Gbit/s — stated in the fourth bullet. The figure counts every socket running at full rate in both directions at once, which is how a switching capacity is defined; it is not a rate any single link carries
Fanless or fan-cooled
Fanless — stated in the fourth bullet, alongside the capacity figure, and given as the reason for silent running
Case material
Plastic — stated in the second bullet as a compact plastic case, described as light and space-saving
Desktop or rack mounting
Desk, shelf or wall — stated in the second bullet as desktop or wall mounting; no rack ears and no rack unit height are named
Power supply type
Not published on the listing — no adapter, no internal supply and no box contents appear in the title or in the five bullets
Amazon reference
B0CCVJ8P7J (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
9120072375620
The questions that come up before an order
What does a 16 Gbit/s switching capacity actually count?
Every socket on the unit, running at its full rate, sending and receiving at the same time, all added together. It is an arithmetic total defined by the standard rather than a speed observed on a link. Its use is comparative: a unit whose capacity falls short of that total cannot carry all of its sockets at once.
Does a plastic case matter on a switch?
It matters for heat and for weight. A metal shell spreads warmth across its whole surface, which is why it turns up on units in cupboards and racks; a plastic one is lighter to hang on a wall and cheaper to make. This listing states plastic outright, so the choice is the buyer to make rather than to guess.
eight gigabit sockets · up to 2000 Mbit/s per socket in full duplex, stated · non-blocking architecture · Layer 2 · fanless · metal case, black
An eight-socket gigabit switch whose headline figure counts both directions of one socket at once, and which never says where the unit is meant to be mounted.
Best for: A shelf or a desk where the unit can simply sit, and where multicast television and a quiet metal case matter more than knowing how it mounts.
eight sockets at 1.0 Gbps · unmanaged, stated · Layer 2 · Cat5e or Cat6 named · fanless · metal case · on-off switch
An eight-socket unmanaged switch that names the cable grades its sockets expect and puts a power switch on the case, and publishes no figure for the unit as a whole.
Best for: A cupboard or a desk where the switch will occasionally need restarting, and where the wiring is already Cat5e or Cat6 and expected to stay that way.
eight gigabit sockets · unmanaged, stated · 802.1p and DSCP QoS · IGMP snooping · fanless · metal case · power adapter in the box
An unmanaged eight-socket switch that names its traffic-priority and multicast standards and lists what arrives in the box, without printing any figure for the unit as a whole.
Best for: A living room or study where set-top boxes and streaming devices share the wiring, and where a metal case that never needs a fan is worth the small premium.
