ASUS ROG Magic Box Pro Max: Wi-Fi 7 gaming router with dual 10G ports launches in China

ASUS has unveiled the ROG Magic Box Pro Max in China, a Wi-Fi 7 gaming router pitching 12,000 Mbps theoretical throughput and more Ethernet ports than most people have devices to fill. Early adopters in China can pick one up for around $470 — but there's no word yet on when or whether it reaches the US or UK.

The spec sheet

The Magic Box Pro Max runs the Wi-Fi 7 standard (802.11be) across three bands, using 320 MHz channels and 4K-QAM encoding to push that headline 12Gbps figure. Real-world speeds will be lower, as with any router, but the ceiling is genuinely high.

The port selection is the more immediately practical story. The back panel carries two 10G ports — useful for a fast NAS or a multi-gig ISP connection — plus five 2.5G ports for gaming PCs and next-gen consoles. Combined wired bandwidth tops out at 32.5Gbps. Six of the eight antennas use copper heat pipes to pull heat away from the radios, which matters when the hardware is working hard.

Inside sits a Broadcom quad-core processor clocked at 2.0 GHz, paired with 2GB of DDR4 RAM. ASUS claims ten front-end modules (the amplifiers that boost signal strength) and coverage up to 280 square metres — enough for a large flat or a mid-sized house without dead zones. The ROG Aura RGB lighting is present and accounted for, and setup runs through a web interface or the ASUS mobile app.

What this means outside China

The honest answer for US and UK buyers: not much yet. The ROG Magic Box Pro Max is currently a China pre-order exclusive at around $470, and no Western launch date has been announced.

If you need a high-end Wi-Fi 7 gaming router now, the market already has solid options. The TP-Link Archer GE800 runs around $450 and is available in the US and UK, with dual 10G ports and dedicated gaming acceleration. ASUS's own ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro covers similar ground within the existing ROG lineup and ships to Western markets today.

The Magic Box Pro Max edges ahead on paper — particularly the dual 10G plus five-port 2.5G combination — but "on paper in China" is a hard sell when alternatives are on shelves now. Routers launching in China typically take six to twelve months to clear FCC or CE certification before appearing in Western retail, if they arrive at all.

The bottom line

The ROG Magic Box Pro Max is an interesting hardware exercise: aggressive port count, serious Wi-Fi 7 credentials, and ASUS's familiar gaming branding. Whether it ever shows up at a Best Buy or Currys is the question worth watching.