Naw dude, Belkin is the best. the Pre-N router got an 8.4 on cnet.com, and cnet is Notorious for not giving out high ratings. It's the highest rated router on there, and all my buds and colleagues have them and love them as much as I do. I think it's cheesy and cheap looking cause they're foreign made. They're more concerned about the product than the packaging, weak marketting I guess, haha.

edit: Also, the regular 54G got an 8.0 which is deemed "excellent." I got mine on ebay for around 45 bucks, and the guy also threw in a cable modem and an external usb floppy drive. Claimed he was cleaning out his closet. Anyway, you probably wont' find it that cheap, but anything around 50-60 is solid. Ebay is awesome for this type of stuff.