D-Link DIR-868L a great choice to get started?

[orlando74]

Hey guys, I'm new here... going to get rid of my antique DLINK 624 as it covers only up to G and Ive got devices capable of using N and AC now. I'm looking at getting the DLINK DIR-868L or something similar...

• I'm not a fan of products that have antennas sticking out, I prefer something sleek
• I'm not doing any wifi gaming. the heaviest load might be watching youtube videos from my laptop in the kitchen
• I live in a bachelor apartment - lots of wifi connections in the building
• I only need to currently connect laptop, tablet, smartphone - probably rarely at the same time - these devices are either ac1200 or n
• Price is important - im not going to get the latest and greatest
• USB connection could be cool for having my own mini cloud storage
• I might use this to host my own domain at some point (FTP server)
• I'd probably like to have a cool app to use with the router
• Although Im not seeking the latest and greatest, I do feel the right choice is to skip N router althogether and get started on AC since I do have devices which can handle it

There is a sale right now on DLINK DIR-868L (140$ CDN) and it seems to suit my needs. Although their GUI is horrendous I think I can live with that since I wont be spending my time there that often. I also dont like that they are not updating their firmwares as often as netgear or asus but maybe thats not a bad thing after all?

Does this sound like a good solution?