Hello,

The condo i stay is 950sqft, typical 3 rooms 2 baths type.

Router placed at living room, next to TV

Already replaced the default router to XiaoMi AX-3600, performance was quite bad, master bedroom and 2nd bed room can't get signal at all when the door is shut.

I had Asus AC-86U in another double storey house, this router is amazing, router is amazing and full bar even for upstairs room even with door fully closed.

Is there any cheaper modem on par or even better than AC-86U?

Thanks.

If I've got a budget above RM300 I'll not settle for anything less than an Asus.

It's the only known consumer router which supports OpenVPN client(not server) out there.

For budget below RM200 you have the suggestion list right up there^

Hello,

The condo i stay is 950sqft, typical 3 rooms 2 baths type.

Router placed at living room, next to TV

Already replaced the default router to XiaoMi AX-3600, performance was quite bad, master bedroom and 2nd bed room can't get signal at all when the door is shut.

I had Asus AC-86U in another double storey house, this router is amazing and full bar even for upstairs room with door fully closed.

Is there any cheaper modem on par or even better than AC-86U?

I tried to look at the successor AX-86U, but very pricey

Thanks.

Hello,

The condo i stay is 950sqft, typical 3 rooms 2 baths type.

Router placed at living room, next to TV

Already replaced the default router to XiaoMi AX-3600, performance was quite bad, master bedroom and 2nd bed room can't get signal at all when the door is shut.

I had Asus AC-86U in another double storey house, this router is amazing and full bar even for upstairs room with door fully closed.

Is there any cheaper modem on par or even better than AC-86U?

I tried to look at the successor AX-86U, but very pricey

Thanks.

Not into D-link and Tenda brand as of now.
Nevertheless, I had watched the Tenda video and it is interesting, but will reserve for future.
For the remaining two, we've got the answer.
Many thanks for the recommendation.

However, from our testing, we suspect it to be similar to that of TP-Link Archer AX10 - triple-core processor, 256 MB of RAM, and 16 MB of storage space for the firmware.

Few people know that TP-Link owns the Mercusys brand. One technical proof of this is the quick setup wizard on the Mercusys MR70X: it is the same as on the TP-Link Archer AX models that we tested. It only uses a different color (red instead of cyan).

The Mercusys MR70X has been suspected by many reviewers to be actually a rebadged TP-Link AX10 fitted inside a different shell.

Checkout this review:
Mercusys MR70X review: Affordable Wi-Fi 6!
https://www.digitalcitizen.life/mercusys-mr70x-review/

Quoted from the site:
Both the TP-Link AX10 and Mercusys MR70X has identical CPUs: Broadcom BCM6750  tri core CPU, and RAM/ROM capacity.

Even their web configuration pages looks identical except for different logos and coloring.

Cheaper by RM20 also. 

Now the next question is what is the identical lost twin of the TP-Link AX20?
Stay tuned!

There's so many wrong information here 

The Mercusys MR70X is based on Mediatek. How I know it? I took it apart and inspect the PCB when doing my review.

I will recommend the MR70X than AX10 due to 2.4Ghz being significantly faster.

MR70X is way affordable compared to the AX10.
For the AX10 vs AX20 price, AX20 is just a few ringgits away.

Any plan to review the Tenda TX3?
Or the review will only take place for certain brands?

There's so many wrong information here 

The Mercusys MR70X is based on Mediatek. How I know it? I took it apart and inspect the PCB when doing my review.

I will recommend the MR70X than AX10 due to 2.4Ghz being significantly faster.

Any plan to review the Tenda TX3?
Or the review will only take place for certain brands?

Are you sure you looked correctly at the right CPU?

There's the main CPU and the radio controller.

Let me know if you found anything with a Broadcom label on the Mercusys MR70X. 

Thank you for the sharing, haven't finalized my decision for 9.9 yet
Will study more

Here's the internals of the Tenda TX3 and the TP-Link AX20 routers:

Tenda TX3:

TP-Link AX20:

Overall the Tenda TX3's PCB board has been shrunk and square in shape similar to Asus boards.
It uses a higher quality Taiwan based Winbond(used in G.Skill) memory vs TP-Link's SEC(Samsung).

The Tenda TX3 also spots a much larger heatsink with fins on its main CPU.

What is the model of the Mediatek chip used in the Mercusys MR70X again?
Memory chip brand?

Some pictures will help if you managed to take them after taking it apart.

Hi all, been reading through the threads, Generally people find ASUS router has better quality and more stable, while TPlink is cheaper.

I am in a dilemma, if my budget is rm500 I can consider something like Asus RT-AX56u or TPlink AX73. Spec wise the Ax73 seems miles ahead of the RT-AX56U, can can anyone advise which should i get?

How big is your house and plan speed?

500mbps, around 1.3k sqft, currently the archer C6 router cant get signal when there is a wall blocking...