Yessir, Linksys EA8500. The soldering depends on what revision of the motherboard yours comes with.
Sounds like you’re getting screwed by the strong dollar. I’m sorry. 
You might look around for new EA8500 routers with dd-wrt preloaded. I know they used to have them at various places for reasonable prices, and it’s easy to upgrade the dd-wrt to current with a lot better stability and security by following the instructions at the link I posted.
Mine’s been running nonstop for near 6 years, minus a few power outages and moving twice. The QoS features are phenomenal, especially if you want to get deep in the stacks to optimize for video and streaming.