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Zulkatt The link to the best wifi routers needs to be updated, it has a partial link in front of the actual link on the URL. Reply
xaijin 4GB RAM is a let down. You can get a n150 with 12-16GB for significantly less. Reply
loveday.ben xaijin said: 4GB RAM is a let down. You can get a n150 with 12-16GB for significantly less. Yep, it's a massive ripoff. You are getting sub-par hardware with an overinflated pricetag. Considering for much less you could buy a much better solution from Ubiquiti, Grandstream, etc, or even cheaper with a DIY Opnsense, etc build. Reply
Alvar "Miles" Udell But does it REALLY provide better performance than a $250 Wi-Fi 7 router? Reply
wakuwaku xaijin said: 4GB RAM is a let down. You can get a n150 with 12-16GB for significantly less. Well to be fair, Tom's AI could use the upgrade. Because if it had such good specs, it would be able to properly read the press release and the product webpage to get proper details on it before presenting it to Tom's staff. Because the product webpage does clearly state that it (supposedly) has 2 separate systems in one. Theres a dedicated quad core CPU+NPU+4GB RAM+32GB flash storage for the AI stuff, and another dedicated quad core CPU+4GB RAM+32GB flash storage for the networking. I say supposedly because while it lists both CPUs as having different clock speeds, and it describes each of them as separate cores, the tech specs page only seems to list one quad core CPU, although it does list 4+4GB ram and 32+32GB flash storage. So while yes its still way overpriced….and no one in their right mind should ever get this router, your n150 mini pc is not significantly less expensive… sure 8gb ram is not 12 or 16gb ram, and 64gb of flash is no 512 or 1tb ssd, but your n150 doesn't have 8 cores and an npu does it? Reply
bigdragon Alvar Miles Udell said: But does it REALLY provide better performance than a $250 Wi-Fi 7 router? I've heard that the ROG logo increases FPS while also increasing price. It's like a combination of racing stripes on cars and the Nike logo on clothing! Reply
guraldunix I could buy a low grade enterprise firewall for a small business for around this price. I don't think this price really makes sense for what you're getting. Reply
timecop1818 Alvar Miles Udell said: But does it REALLY provide better performance than a $250 Wi-Fi 7 router? nope of course not. and the wireless specs are all bullshit too, 19gbps of aggregated traffic over 3 bands to at least 3 different devices, but idiots going to buy it thinking Netflix on their iphone 17 pro max 16TB is going to download faster. Reply
Krieger-San I wonder how long until the AI features go belly up because the cloud support behind it gets canned. Reply
timecop1818 Krieger-San said: I wonder how long until the AI features go belly up because the cloud support behind it gets canned. can't wait for the AI slop bubble to burst. Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/asus-first-ever-rog-ai-gaming-router-costs-as-much-as-a-mini-pc-and-has-the-specs-to-match-device-boasts-quad-core-cpu-4gb-of-ram-and-32gb-of-storage-for-usd899#main
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