"Slim" network cable and Right Angle Cables

[Bladehawk]

I'm trying to neaten up my wiring and I was looking at some 3 ft network cables and I was wondering if slim cables were worse than normal or flat cables.  I know they tend to be a higher gauge and suspect that they wouldn't be acceptable for a long run but for 3 feet between a punch panel and a switch should I expect degradation in performance if I use slim cables?

[Crunchy Dragon]

I wouldn't expect performance degradation from using slim cables vs normal.

 

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[Bladehawk]

The more I thought about it the more  concerned I was.  I forgot the wire would be going from my router to my patch panel straight to the network port (no signals repeated) and the slim wires are 30 gauge in lieu of 24 gauge (they violate the standards for cat 6 wire gauge technically).  The higher resistance would add to attenuation. I misspoke before, these would be added on to some already long runs where signal loss could be an issue. 

 

The same thinking about the wire gauge has convinced me flat cables probably aren't optimal either, but they are going through cat 5 in the walls in the end anyway.