Do I need a new router or modem?

Andre777

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Hello, I will be buying a new Router or Modem in a few minutes, and I wanted to know which one I should buy because I honestly don't want to spend all of my money. I just bought an Asus - 17.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Black and I like playing video games on here, but my connection is just horrible. I disconnect quite frequently because everyone in my house is either watching netflix or youtube. Even being on phone apps would give me a quick disconnection and it's pretty annoying. I don't know if my router is old or my modem so I'm asking here.
I have a belkin N300 Wireless N Router
I have a Motorola DSL Modem
 
You don't need a new either, probably. Is everyone else watching using wired or wireless connections? If you're all wireless, the cheapest and most effective thing would be to get a wireless access point and run a parallel network on a different frequency. Make twice as much bandwidth available.

If you give us more details, someone with more wireless networking experience than I have should be able to help you.