Pros: I gave this device a little while longer before giving my review in order to fully put it through it's paces and I can now safely say that I am blown away by this router! Design: Out of the box, this Nighthawk looks like a robot alien from a science fiction movie, and that's a good thing! (In my opinion) I love the fact that it features 6 external antennas. One of my biggest gripes over the last few years has been the use of internal antennas. Perhaps it is all my imagination, but I've always felt that external antennas had much better range and performance. Setup: Setup was straight-forward. I loved the menus and options available. Much better than the recent EA series of Linksys routers which hide all the advanced options. As an advanced user, I loved being able to get in and configure QoS, port forwarding, etc. with a breeze. Range: Range is extraordinary! My old router would barely reach the master bedroom from the game room (2 story house, opposite side of the house). I would get 1 or two bars of signal if lucky. This Nighthawk X6 gets a solid 4 out of 5 signal bars at the same locations and that is through 3+ walls! While mowing outside, I now get signal across the entire yard which is a good 100' away from the router at the edges. This enables me to listen to music on my phone while I mow without any interruption (using a streaming service). Speed: Gigabit LAN is solid, as is most routers. I had no problem getting full internet bandwidth speeds at all locations via WiFi or LAN. Using multiple devices streaming content both locally and from Netflix or Hulu, and while playing Xbox Live and I had absolutely no slowdown or lag. Granted this type of stress is dependent on your internet speeds as well, but I have had other lesser routers start to slow to a crawl with so many active devices, even though my internet speeds were not being taxed. I had no problem streaming HD movies from my attached hard drive via USB 3.0 to multiple TV's at the same time.

Cons: Only a minor thing, barely worth mentioning, but if you like using open source router firmware, this unit is currently not supported. I believe this will likely be fixed soon, as the previous Nighthawk routers did support them.

Overall Review: While others have mentioned received a bad unit, this is unfortunately expected in the realm of wireless routers. I've been purchasing routers for 10+ years now and it is always a bit of a gamble. No matter how good a router may be, you still seem to have a 20% chance of finding one that at least has disconnect issues or some other minor but annoying ailment. My unit has been superb!

Pros: Lower price makes it a good entry point. Small form factor, easy to place out of the way. Performance was ok while it worked.

Cons: Overly simplistic setup was almost too simple that it made it hard to really know when the device was working. Range was not much better than the router without the extender. That and the signal would drop off or the device would freeze every few days and require a reboot.

Overall Review: If you need an extender, keep looking.

Pros: This item came just in time as I had a recent router hardware failure from my service provider's included router. Setup was very simple and the interface was not overly complex. I was able to get it hooked up and broadcasting in about 10-15 minutes. Speeds were much faster than my old ISP router which was only an N router. I have 75/75 Mbps internet and the other router was not capable of going over ~50Mbps on wifi. This new one reached my max bandwidth and then some when running speed tests and the range was slightly improved.

Cons: Not really a con, but I would have preferred external antennas and the option to lay the device flat rather than have to stand it vertically (it is rounded, I did not see a way to lay it flat that made sense, plus depending on how they have the internal antennas setup it may degrade range/performance had I done so.

Overall Review: Overall a great router and a small step up from my old ISP router. Wish it had external antennas and ability to lay horizontal.

Pros: I've always been ok with a high end air cooling setup, but when this item was offered I could not refuse! The color choice, while I prefer blue, was gorgeous! The ability to see the fluid moving helps you know at a glance that it is doing it's job. I saw steady temps of 28C at Idle and just 40C at heavy load with an overclocked i7. Compared to the air cooler I was using, this is an improvement of 5C at idle and 12C at full load! Overall very pleased with the solid build quality, the 3 included fans with the radiator, and the style... and of course the performance!

Cons: I really have no cons... maybe wish it were blue instead of red?

Pros: This drive was on sale for a great price about a month ago. I was hesitant based on the initial reviews but so far it has been a great SSD. I use it for my Plex server and everything has been streaming very very well. Transfer rates are great, especially over our AC wifi. The size and heat generation are very low which is another plus.

Cons: Not really a con, just worried that it may fail within the next few months, but so far going strong!

Pros: After using a TP-Link extender with internal antennas, I was hesitant to test another extender. However, this device performed much better and had other great features as well. The external directional antennas are a great touch. Setup can be done multiple ways. Extended range much farther than others. Supported both 5GHz and 2.4GHz. Easy to place out of the way and still have great range boosting.

Cons: None, maybe a little pricier than other options.

Overall Review: This is a great device for extending your router's range.