Ethernet cable?

[Amer]

There’s so many different Ethernet cables to choose from. Cat8, 6, 5 etc. what the difference? Which ones the best for streaming, gaming and just everyday use?

[Fasauceome]

The main difference is bandwidth. You could find a spec breakdown by googling them.

 

Cat 5 is totally enough for gaming, you don't need massive bandwidth for online play. What really matters is latency, which will be affected by your service provider and router, not the cable.

[Lurick]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

The main difference is bandwidth. You could find a spec breakdown by googling them.

 

Cat 5 is totally enough for gaming, you don't need massive bandwidth for online play. What really matters is latency, which will be affected by your service provider and router, not the cable.

Keep in mind Cat5 is technically only rated for 100Mbps while Cat5e is rated for gigabit and the price difference is basically 0 at this point so no sense in not getting Cat5e at minimum. Beyond that it's do you need 10Gbps over distance where Cat6 and Cat6a come into play but I agree even 100Mbps for gaming is far more than enough since most online games use somewhere between a few kbps to 1-2Mbps worst case.

[Levent]

Get whatever length cat5e you need and call it the day. If you need to run that cable more than 100 meters get cat6 instead. Anything above Cat6 is just pointless with consumer level hardware.

[Lurick]

5 minutes ago, Levent said:

Get whatever length cat5e you need and call it the day. If you need to run that cable more than 100 meters get cat6 instead. Anything above Cat6 is just pointless with consumer level hardware.

Actually copper ethernet is speced for 100 meters regardless of category rating. Over roughly 100m for any category rating and you need a switch or something else to repeat the signal to go further.

[Amer]

14 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

The main difference is bandwidth. You could find a spec breakdown by googling them.

 

Cat 5 is totally enough for gaming, you don't need massive bandwidth for online play. What really matters is latency, which will be affected by your service provider and router, not the cable.

 

12 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Keep in mind Cat5 is technically only rated for 100Mbps while Cat5e is rated for gigabit and the price difference is basically 0 at this point so no sense in not getting Cat5e at minimum. Beyond that it's do you need 10Gbps over distance where Cat6 and Cat6a come into play but I agree even 100Mbps for gaming is far more than enough since most online games use somewhere between a few kbps to 1-2Mbps worst case.

 

11 minutes ago, Levent said:

Get whatever length cat5e you need and call it the day. If you need to run that cable more than 100 meters get cat6 instead. Anything above Cat6 is just pointless with consumer level hardware.

Their all around the same price though?

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Amer said:

 

 

Their all around the same price though?

Cat 5e is dirt cheap these days. Hell, you might even find an office that's downsizing and throwing away old cables. You could possibly get one for free.

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

Cat 5e is dirt cheap these days. Hell, you might even find an office that's downsizing and throwing away old cables. You could possibly get one for free.

Lol, very true.  I took home a box of 20x 10' patch cables from my old job, took me 3 years to pass them all out to friends and family and neighbors.

[Amer]

22 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Cat 5e is dirt cheap these days. Hell, you might even find an office that's downsizing and throwing away old cables. You could possibly get one for free.

What do you think about this? Cat 6 Ethernet Cable 50 ft White - Flat Internet Network Lan patch cords – Solid Cat6 High Speed Computer wire With clips& Snagless Rj45 Connectors for Router, modem – faster than Cat5e/Cat5 - 50 feet https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WD017GQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_KLDcFbSAK0RR2

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, Amer said:

What do you think about this? Cat 6 Ethernet Cable 50 ft White - Flat Internet Network Lan patch cords – Solid Cat6 High Speed Computer wire With clips& Snagless Rj45 Connectors for Router, modem – faster than Cat5e/Cat5 - 50 feet https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WD017GQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_KLDcFbSAK0RR2

Perfect, I use the same but at 100ft.  Gives me my full Gigabit connection.

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Amer said:

What do you think about this?

Is flat required?

 

If not:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TH7GVO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gODcFbCY82S1W

[Amer]

12 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Is flat required?

 

If not:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TH7GVO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gODcFbCY82S1W

I mean I think so since I’ll be keeping my door closed and the router is in a different room. I don’t even think my apartment has those Ethernet wall plugs or whatever and I can’t really check cuz I’m in a different country rn