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TP Link Archer C7 or C8 (I have the C8).  Either should be around 60-70GBP.  I'm going to assume that you're going to have your machine plugged in with an ethernet cable rather than messing with wireless.  The C7 is older and based on an atheros chipset, the C8 is based on the same broadcom chipset used in the Netgear Nighhawk 6200 or 6300, with a less annoying "LOOK I'M A NETWORKING ENTHUSIAST" user interface.

 

Wireless AC1750 (1300Mbps on 5GHz, 450 on 2.4), 4 gigabit LAN ports on the back.

C7 has 2 USB2.0 ports that can be used for printers or network storage

C8 has 1 USB2.0 and 1 USB3.0 port.

Range is excellent on either one.

 

My C8 had an issue with the out-of-box firmware that made it misbehave and require a restart every 3-4 weeks (this router reboots very quickly), and was completely solved by updating the firmware.

SFF-ish:  Ryzen 5 1600X, Asrock AB350M Pro4, 16GB Corsair LPX 3200, Sapphire R9 Fury Nitro -75mV, 512gb Plextor Nvme m.2, 512gb Sandisk SATA m.2, Cryorig H7, stuffed into an Inwin 301 with rgb front panel mod.  LG27UD58.

 

Aging Workhorse:  Phenom II X6 1090T Black (4GHz #Yolo), 16GB Corsair XMS 1333, RX 470 Red Devil 4gb (Sold for $330 to Cryptominers), HD6850 1gb, Hilariously overkill Asus Crosshair V, 240gb Sandisk SSD Plus, 4TB's worth of mechanical drives, and a bunch of water/glycol.  Coming soon:  Bykski CPU block, whatever cheap Polaris 10 GPU I can get once miners start unloading them.

 

MintyFreshMedia:  Thinkserver TS130 with i3-3220, 4gb ecc ram, 120GB Toshiba/OCZ SSD booting Linux Mint XFCE, 2TB Hitachi Ultrastar.  In Progress:  3D printed drive mounts, 4 2TB ultrastars in RAID 5.

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