MSI unveils latest set of WiFi 7 gaming routers touting ultra-fast speeds — flagship RadiX BE19000 model comes with a built-in SSD slot for 'NAS Lite' experience and wireless speeds up to 19 Gbps

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New MSI RadIX WiFi 7 routers at Computex 2026
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MSI have unveiled a new set of flagship WiFi 7 gaming routers to join its existing line-up. The new wireless routers, featuring the company's recent RadiX branding, have been announced during the Computex 2026 trade show in Taipei this week as part of MSI's 40 year anniversary celebrations.

MSI RadiX BE19000 router at Computex 2026

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The new networking kit, consisting of at least three routers showcased on the trade floor of the event so far, is led by the RadiX BE19000. This model offers 12-stream connections over WiFi 7 using MLO, across the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz bands, and can reportedly deliver speeds of up to 19 Gbps simultaneously, with MLO helping to reduce latency, according to MSI.

This is a gaming router, so it's been fitted with features to suit persistent players. It has an integrated PCIe SSD slot, giving you what MSI is calling a "NAS Lite" experience for backups and file sharing. The router also comes with a quad-core CPU, rated at 1.8 GHz, for "high speed data processing."

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Pictures from the floor show it features a translucent casing in a hexagon-shaped design, with eight individual antennas for maximum signal coverage, as well as two 10G and four 2.5G Ethernet ports.

New MSI RadIX WiFi 7 routers at Computex 2026

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A second router, the Radix BE9400, sits in the middle of the pack. This has a more traditional design for a router, clad in black and gray, albeit with some gaming flair and RGB lighting, along with four antennae. It's also WiFi 7-capable, using new 320 MHz channels and 4096-QAM signal modulation, available as part of the WiFi 7 spec, to increase speeds to up to 9.4 Gbps for 4K gaming and streaming. It has four 2.5G Ethernet ports, along with a 1.5 GHz processor.

MSI also showcased the RadiX BE3600. This dual-band router reportedly offers speeds of up to 3,600 Mbps and includes MLO support. It has one 2.5G and three 1G Ethernet ports for gigabit speeds, while the design is a little more faithful to traditional routers, with a rectangular-style design with four antennas.

MSI, which also released information about its other upcoming releases in a blog post coinciding with its appearance at Computex, hasn't yet announced pricing or release dates for these new routers. Meanwhile, the company's other Computex announcements include a new celebratory "Dragon Edition Draco Epic" version of its Titan 18 HX laptop, featuring an intricate chassis picturing a dragon, added with precision metal etching and an anodization process that applies the bold color scheme directly to the metal.

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  • Scott_Tx
    What happened to no new routers from China rule?
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  • bill001g
    Again making routers for stupid people who have no clue what the details mean...all they see is some big number and think if they pay money they get it.

    The silly MLO that uses 2.4,5, and 6ghz radios bonded into a single connection is all smoke and mirrors. There are a number of routers that have this feature but I have seen no end devices. I suppose a second router might be able to act as a client but that is rather expensive way to do it. There likely will never be a cell phone or tablet that supports this. First these device do not actually need alot of bandwidth. Next you have the issues of having 3 radio chips. They take up 3 times the room, use 3 times the power and of course greatly increase the price.

    I assumed by now someone would have a nic card that goes in a desktop or maybe some very high end motherboard but I have not found any.
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  • Notton
    I'm not in the market for a new router, but how is the software side of MSI routers?
    That's the one thing that sets apart Asus routers from the competition.
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  • thestryker
    bill001g said:
    The silly MLO that uses 2.4,5, and 6ghz radios bonded into a single connection is all smoke and mirrors. There are a number of routers that have this feature but I have seen no end devices.
    Uh... iphones since the 16, Samsung since the S24U and Google since Pixel 8... several phones from OnePlus, Motorola, Xiaomi... so on so forth.
    bill001g said:
    First these device do not actually need alot of bandwidth. Next you have the issues of having 3 radio chips.
    They use a single radio and rely on Enhanced Multi-Link Single-Radio for the MLO connection. This has the side effect of not increasing bandwidth but should improve connection stability.

    I tested it on my P9P and it murdered battery life so off it went. Realistically I don't really need it in the first place, but was curious about how it would go. In specific testing it was better, but I was purposely going further away from the router than I normally would when actually using my phone.

    This is a good article on it: https://dongknows.com/wi-fi-7-mlo-multi-link-operation-explained/
    and I very much agree with the TLDR:
    In my trial, MLO has proven to be quite fastidious. It’s not as rosy as it’s cracked up to be by hardware vendors. The gist is that this feature is excellent in a wireless mesh system and relatively insignificant, if not a drawback, in serving clients.
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