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Should I Upgrade To Nighthawk X10?
I have two computers currently connected to a Netgear Nighthawk R7000, one wireless and one wired. I don't network the two computers or transfer files, etc., between them. At the moment I don't str...
Save your money. The R7000 is still a reliable workhorse and should be more than capable of handling two devices. The X10 is a halo product that you will likely be unable to take advantage of. There are virtually no quad-stream and no 802.11ad Wi-Fi clients out there, so all that fancy, expensive Wi-Fi hardware is gonna be wasted.
Truth of the matter is, with just two computers and crazy fast internet connection as you currently have, any N or AC routers on the market will deliver the level of performance your current use case demands. if you downgrade to a lower spec'd N or AC router, you still wont notice any degradation to your network speed