Did I go overkill on the router I got?

Mattie G Indahouse · June 30, 2015, 05:48:41 AM

I ended up getting a NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router (R8000) due to the amount of use my wifi gets. I'm usually on my Xbox, my sister is watching Netflix and when my dad is down he uses it as well. I was going to get a Linksys WRT1900AC AC1900 but I seen this and the price wasn't all that more than it. It's almost twice as fast and the tri-band thing sounds good. Due to the amount of use like I said above to me this sounded like the better one to get. Did I go overkill though on getting this because to me this thing sounds more like something for a small building.

DAS B00T x2 · June 30, 2015, 05:50:21 AM

implying overkill is ever bad

Mattie G Indahouse · June 30, 2015, 06:34:06 AM

Quote from: DAS B00T WILL RISE AGAIN on June 30, 2015, 05:50:21 AM

implying overkill is ever bad

True but I probably could have got something cheaper like that 1900 one I mentioned which is cheaper.

OhMeOhMy · June 30, 2015, 08:12:31 AM

Go big or go home.

Spoiler

TB · June 30, 2015, 09:26:31 AM

Seems ok to me.

gats · June 30, 2015, 09:30:27 AM

Beteer router faster intenet

Kitsune 狐 · June 30, 2015, 10:18:00 AM

I have the same one, so no biggie.

It works like a champ too.

rC · June 30, 2015, 10:22:11 AM

what the fuck is triband wifi

rC · June 30, 2015, 10:23:06 AM

and yes, you went way overkill

Solonoid · June 30, 2015, 10:27:48 AM

There's a cap to how good your internet can really be right now, but in five years when everybody else's router sucks fuck and they'll have replaced it yours will still be good.

Tyger · June 30, 2015, 10:51:26 AM

I personally don't think you can go overkill on a router at all when there's multiple people in a house

Sandtrap · June 30, 2015, 10:56:53 AM

Somebody told me something handy once. If it's worth doing, it's worth overkill.

You did good.