Inquiry - Best Linksys/Cisco router for Gaming and Media Streaming?

Help! I live in a two bedroom town home and have an old little Belkin router. I'm switching to a Linksys but I need to know which model is best for my home. I have two sons that share a room and they both play XBox live, usually at the same time. I'm usually using the internet or watching a movie on Netflix with my wife. Sometime both while the boys are playing upstairs. I don't need multiple USB ports or gigabit ports. I wouldn't know what to do with them. I just want something faster than what I have now. We have Time Warner Cable's Roadrunner internet service if that helps.

I would recommend EA4500 as it is a high performance router for home entertainment which is ideal for faster streaming of HD video and music plus multiplayer gaming. Please click on the following link to know more features of this router: http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-EA4500-Dual-Band-N900-Router-with-Gigabit-USB_stcVV...

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http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1166859632665&...
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Hi there Apple Community!
I'm having trouble choosing the best cost benefit for a new Mac. I'm a college student and my main priority is to have a mobile unit to cary with me for classes. I'm also a gamer, and since this will be my main computer I'd like to have one that could also run games like Civ 5 and WoW smoothly. Therefore I believe the best option for me would be the cheapest 15'' MBP.
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