What cat cable to use?!

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So im getting new internet and i just got this new build together. Im upgrading to 150 mbps download speed i think i got a cat 5e cable but im wondering if im gunna need a cat 6? Will it make a diffrence in this case? Thanks sorry if its a dumb question new to these forums
 
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Unless you are in an exceptionally noisy environment, there is no benefit to cat6 over cat5e for 1GBase-T.

I have a plain 50' cat5 cable between my PC and my switch. In the past 157 million packets, I still have 0 RX errors.

Price-wise, the cheapest cat5e is about half the price of the cheapest cat6 which is in turn about half the cost of the cheapest cat6a looking at 1000' roll prices.
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You didn't mention how long the cable is - that's a big factor and it will probably only make a difference with long cables or in noisy environments.

But why not just buy the best you can? I'm sure there's very little price difference.
 
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Unless you are in an exceptionally noisy environment, there is no benefit to cat6 over cat5e for 1GBase-T.

I have a plain 50' cat5 cable between my PC and my switch. In the past 157 million packets, I still have 0 RX errors.

Price-wise, the cheapest cat5e is about half the price of the cheapest cat6 which is in turn about half the cost of the cheapest cat6a looking at 1000' roll prices.
 
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I have a cat 5e not long at all not sureexact size just going ti workwas just qondering if itll support 150 mbps and im pretty sure you guy answered my questin thanks much appriciated :)
 
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