Asus GT-AC5300

Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 Review

One of the fastest routers we've tested, the Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 offers lots of gamer-friendly features, copious I/O ports, and a slick management console that lets you optimize your network for lag-free gaming. Hardcore gamers rely on fast systems with blazing graphics cards to gain an edge while competing online, but all of that speedy hardware means nothing if your router can't deliver the throughput needed to overcome network lag. Enter the Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 ($399.99), a high-end tri-band router designed for gamers. This beast of a router looks the part and offers hardware- and software-based gaming acceleration and prioritization, a whole heap of LAN ports, robust protection against malware and viruses, and a powerful quad-core processor. It's expensive and it's big, but its speedy performance and robust features make it a must-have whether you're a serious online gamer or manage a high-traffic home network. Large and in Charge At 2.5 by 9.6 by 9.6 inches (HWD), the ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 is one router. The black enclosure with copper trim sports the familiar black and red Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) logo and boasts a whopping removable, adjustable antenna stalks. (That'...

This could easily be 5/5 stars but it's getting a crappy 1/5 stars for: The advance features of this model doesn't specify that all my web traffic is enforced to be sent to Trend Micro. No privacy rights. Can't enable the features w/o having all your web traffic logged. No thank you.

Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 Review

It's true that a lot of users, especially gamers and streamers, prefer using high-end routers. Talking about this, a lot of gamers already make use of devices from the ROG ecosystem; these include laptops, monitors, as well as a variety of accessories.

3 stars

When people say quality control has gone down with reputable companies I used to think that may be it is some other reason. But I bought one of these ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 from MicroCenter and just before 30 days were over one of the LAN ports died.