| ▲ | simoncion 5 hours ago | |
> Biggest install cost is labour. Okay? If I had to run cabling through a wall, I'd make sure the guy sets it up so that I can use the cable he installs to pull new later. My time's free when I'm doing something that I don't mind doing, and I don't mind easy cable pulls. > ...(200Gbps+)... Don't you need 16x PCIe 4.0 for those guys? With everything other than workstation and server boards having exactly one 16x slot, you're "never" hooking that up to a gaming PC. | ||
| ▲ | bigfatkitten an hour ago | parent [-] | |
MMF cable is quite a bit more expensive than SMF. The cost savings used to be in optics, but that distinction has fallen away. Everyone needs a hobby, so if you want to replace the cable later on nobody’s going to stop you. There was a time when we couldn’t buy a PC that could saturate 1Gbps ethernet, and that time wasn’t that long ago. Your cabling plant will outlive any hardware you buy today. | ||