ASUS GT-AC5300 vs Netgear X10

[halfmonkey]

I'm planning on replacing my D-Link DIR 880L with either the ASUS GT-AC5300 or Netgear Nighthawk X10. I recently upgraded to Cox Gigablast and so I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with either of these routers and can offer their opinion on which may be better. Amazon seems to be showing the X10 at 4 stars with like 21,000 reviews whereas the GT-AC5300 is only getting 3.5 with like 176 reviews. I know "better" means a lot of different things to different people so I guess when I ask which is "better," I'm simply looking for things that YOU feel is better in one router vs the other. I'll take your feedbacks and read through them to help figure out what is most important to me and ignore the rest.

It seems that ASUS received a best router of the year award from PC Gamer or something like that but while reviewing Amazon, it seems like a lot of people were dissatisfied because their connections kept dropping or resetting. The X10 didn't seem to be getting any of those negative reviews but it seems that the X10 doesn't really have a very comprehensive QOS management system from what I was reading. This seems odd to me because I would have thought that a $400 router would have some kind of QOS management even if a very basic one. I'm not worried about the AD wireless because I don't have any devices that will ever work on that spectrum.

So if it were you, which one would you buy?

 

[0388631]

For my money I'd rather invest in an AC3200 product. AC3200 products are already overkill for the majority of people, and if your home connection is more than 1-2 Gbps, then you'd be running better hardware that can set you back a few thousand. Even with a lot of overhead, the AC3200 will surpass your needs. Even an "ancient" AC1750 will be able to deliver the full breadth of a 1 Gbps connection.


Connection drops or poor connection through wifi has more to do with building structure than the router itself, provided it isn't crap. Those living in former industrial buildings (common in the NE) may want to invest in mesh network hardware in addition to a good router to maximize speed. Works well for large homes in general, too.


You've got companies working on 802.11ax products now and I sincerely doubt I'll see offered speeds to even saturate half the ability after overhead in my lifetime.

 

[shinji]

I would not buy a product that looks like this, for any reason:

My vote goes to the X10, though only by process of elimination.