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I need a new router. I don't mind paying up to $200 since I won't be replacing it for quite some time. I do quite a bit of gaming and downloading from usenet. Some brands I'm considering are Netgear, Asus and Western Digital. Any recommendations?

Purchased. I got the RT-AC66R from best buy rather than the RT-AC66U. I read they are the exact same hardware but the R designates it is sold larger chains like best buy. I flashed it with the latest RT-AC66U firmware though and it works great.

I'm going to sound like a dick here: did you get an 802.11ac adapter to go with?

Not yet. Most of my stuff is hard wired. I needed a new router because my old one started having to be reset once a week and then towards the end once a day. I wanted to future proof a bit. I'm waiting for the matching Asus adapter. Asus is coming out soon with an 802.11ac version of this:

http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Adapters/EAN66/#specifications

Its also a good choice because you still have external Antennas. I hate how all the routers are going internal with the antennas.
Thats the same router i was looking at. But I might wait on a bit for AC, I dont even have stuff that runs 'N' yet. Because Im like you, hard wired.