What 10 gigabit switcher would you go for?

HaloUK

HaloUK

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Hi guys,

Looking at the Asus XG-U2008 unmanaged Switch or the Netgear SG810EMX-100UKS Managed Switch.

Thanks. :)
 
At the moment its VERY basic. I have my PC up stairs connected to a Virgin Media Superhub 3 (350mbps), note: I am thinking of turning the SH3 to modem mode and getting a better router by the way. The Superhub 3 connects via wifi to a TP-Link RE650 AC2600 and it controls all of the wifi devices including TV, AV amp, UHD 4K player, V6 Box. Its ok but not that perfect. I want to add an Nvidia Shield TV to the setup in the living room so am wanting to run cat7 from my bedroom down to the living room to a switch that will connect all of my AV kit via Cat 7 RJ45. I have purchased all the cat 7 cable I need apart from the long one from bedroom to living room as I need to measure how long it needs to be. Yes, I know I don't need Cat 7, cat 6 would have done but am future proofing. ;)
 
Cat7 isn't future proofing. Cat6 supports 10GBe so what are you expecting to have that'll require Cat7?

I'd take Cat5e/Cat6 of a known make every time.

You have no reason to buy a switch that supports 10GBe.
 
So what would you guys suggest I look at/use as a switch? I don't want other sources draining resources when streaming from the PC? I will need a min of 8 sockets.
 
HaloUK said:
So what would you guys suggest I look at/use as a switch? I don't want other sources draining resources when streaming from the PC? I will need a min of 8 sockets.
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At the risk of stating the obvious, if you are reading data from the PC’s drive at 50MB/s then it won’t make any meaningful difference if that’s then sent via 10Gbe or 1Gb. Also the shield is hardware limited to gigabit, connecting it to a 10Gbe port is pointless. Putting a gigabit switch on the end of a 10Gbe feed is also pointless.
 
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