Need a new router, Any Suggestions?

I am looking into getting a new router, I have 2 smart tvs and 1 roku along with gaming and mobile devices that connect to my router. my current router is NETGEAR N600 and has worked great since ive had it. but has been dropping wifi recently and i have to unplug it everytime.

the two that have caught my interest are these two:

Linksys WRT AC1900

NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900

my price range is 200 and below the linksys was 177 this morning so depending on if it stays 200+ that might be the deciding factor lol. I am also open for any other suggestions as well thanks in advance!

Neatgear AC1750 is very good and has been under $100 on Amazon since Christmas.

Netgear AC1900 is the next step up and also very good at the $150 range.

It depends on how much you want in terms of speed, both have dual band broadcast, very good range, lots of features and options and the ability to load open-source routing software. Both are very highly rated and at the top of their respective price categories in value and quality. My brother and I both currently use the AC1750 and are very happy with the speed and quality.

Thanks for the quick reply. what all is usually connected to your ac1750? The usual for me is a laptop, 3 phones, 1 ipad, 2 smart tvs steaming content, and an xbox one online

@racing247:

3 PC's through wired, 2 ipads, 1 printer (both Netgears support print server and file server functionality), and 1 XBone (not usually on though). It has no issues handling all that. My Xbox is connected through wireless and it threw an ip conflict error at me one time, but only once in like 6 months of use.

Moved to Hardware forum

I'd go with TP Link Archer C7 for less than 100$

Since Amazon are stupid and don't have the TP-Link C2600, get the Netgear Nighthawk X4, you need slightly more than AC1900 TC.

With 8 devices, the AC1900 is almost at the limit of processing power, and you have a great internet connection so why limit it?

Yes its below $200, it was $194 when I looked.

An AC1900 router wouldn't come remotely close to limiting his connection with 8 devices. He could probably have 20+ devices connected and it still wouldn't affect his connection. Unless you're operating under the assumption all the devices are exchanging heavy amounts of traffic at once (not sure why you'd make that assumption, OP is just one person).

OP said 3 phones, so I assume 3 separate people.

Also OP listed all those devices for a reason, if OP wasn't using all the devices or more than 1 device at once, there'd be no point in listing any of those devices, hence my assumption that multiple people are using multiple devices.

Fair enough but I maintain my stance that 3 people, even if they were all relatively heavy concurrent users, doesn't necessitate a top of the line router for any practical reasons. Especially if you know how to set up QoS.

Perhaps the OP could benefit from something faster, but I think that's really upselling the guy on a diminished return.

QoS wont help in this situation, the router will be limited by its usable RAM and especially that ARM CPU in the Linksys.

I recently picked up the AC1900 (about 3 months back) and it works great. The signal boost over my old Linksys WRT54G is great. I can actually use wifi anywhere in the house now (1600sq ft) and even out into the garage without any issues.

I have my PC (wired), PS3 (wired), 2 phones, 1 iPad, 2 Kindle Fires and 1 wifi Blu-Ray player that connect to it. At any given time the PS3 and PC are constantly in use and so are both phones and usually the iPad.

PS3 is basically just for Netflix streaming and Netflix or other videos are streaming from the PC and iPad at the same time. The phones are used moderately and the Kindle Fires are sometimes in use. No slow downs or issues with all the devices running and streaming and my internet connection speed is about half of what yours is (60mbps DL & 6mbps UL).

When I got mine I paid $177.99 and got ASUS USB-AC55 Dual-Band Wireless-AC1300 USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter free from Newegg. The adapter also came with a $20 MIR, so I actually only ended paying $157.99 for the router.

You could be right about the Linksys but speaking from experience I know the Netgear should be just fine. I have that specific Netgear AC1900 router with 10 devices on my network (usually 3-4 used concurrently) and it performs spectacularly. It performs as if every device connected to the Wi-fi is wired. Haven't had any drops or decreases in speed so I recommend it.

Have you tried with torrents in excess of 20k+ connections?