Reddit reviews VIVO Gray 1,000ft Bulk Cat5e, CCA Ethernet Cable, 24 AWG, UTP Pull Box, Cat-5e Wire, Indoor, Network Installations (CABLE-V001)

I fail to see how offloading the minuscule bit of processing power to the network card is going to be at all noticeable in the long run. I have an onboard Realtek GBE in my 3 year old gaming rig and have gigabit NICs in all my important computers (HTPC/server/gaming laptop), all hardwired, and I get between 60-90MBs transfer rates across them, including my RAID 5 DAS.

I ping under 15ms to most every server in my city and my bandwidth is all but lacking(EDIT: FWIW I have a Motorola SB6120 and a Linksys E3000).

I think it's much much more important to make sure your devices are simply running gigabit and put that money toward a pull box, a gigabit router, and gigabit switches. Make sure if you're on a cable connection you have a DOCSIS 3 modem and you have a strong signal from your ISP. I can't imagine any better performance with a dedicated network "gaming" card than I'm getting currently.

https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-CABLE-V001-Cat5e-Ethernet-Cable/dp/B0092TG310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504940343&sr=8-1&keywords=1000+foot+cat5e

Edit: You literally didn't try. Its not about someone vouching. You just shove the onus on someone else.

Paying someone to run Ethernet is a huge waste of money. Even with buying all the tools and supplies yourself you will save lots of money.

In your situation I would go up into the attic then run down into the walls to your wall jacks.

Stuff you'll need: (not including drywall saw and gang boxes/gang frames to mount the wall jacks)

http://www.amazon.com/UbiGear-Crimper-Connector-Network- Crimper315/dp/B008UY5WL0/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1457464334&sr=1-2&keywords=rj45

http://www.amazon.com/C2G-Cables-Go-19958-Steel/dp/B0017RAHSA /ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1457464421&sr=1-2&keywords=wire+fish

http://www.cablingplus.com/t/networking/jacks-and-connectors/cat5e-keystone-jacks-25-packs

http://www.cablingplus.com/t/networking/wall-plates/classic-keystones- wall-plates

http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Punch-Down-Impact-Blade/dp/B0072K1QHM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457464708&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=110+punch+down&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/Cat5e-Ethernet-Cat-5e-VIVO-CABLE-V001/dp/B0092TG310/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1457464781&sr=1-5&keywords=cat5

For around $165.00 you'll have everything you need. Less if you need less than 1000' of cable.

It's true that the cable I listed is not plenum rated but you're not going to be in the attic if your house is on fire anyway. I wouldn't worry about it or waste the money on it.

I've installed hundreds of miles of cat5 in my earlier career before switching to sysadmin stuff.

This is cheaper but its CCA (copper clad aluminum), and almost certainly so are those cables you bought. If you want to make long cable runs use pure copper.

Not knowing the specific parts, I would say things look pretty marked up (fairly normal I suspect).
Cat5e is marked $50 but no true quantity (linear feet).
Amazon has 1,000 feet for $50 - I'd be shocked if you couldn't do your whole house with that - https://smile.amazon.com/Cat5e-Ethernet-Cat-5e-VIVO-CABLE-V001/dp/B0092TG310/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1483738965&sr=8-3&keywords=5e+cat

I think you're really paying for convenience here.
If you know the parts they're putting in you could price them.
Those cameras sound damn expensive... but I'm fairly novice at ip camera prices (but 1k for 4 cameras seems insane) - could totally be wrong though.

The fact that the cat5e cable is so marked up makes me think the other items are likely marked up accordingly.

Possible solution

http://www.amazon.com/Wild-us-Tester-Crimper-Connector-Network/dp/B008UY5WL0

http://www.amazon.com/Cat5e-Ethernet-Cable-000ft-Cat-5e/dp/B0092TG310/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1416346085&sr=1-2&keywords=ethernet+1000ft

http://derose.net/steve/guides/wiring/cat5split.png

Per 1000ft, the cabling shouldn't even be that much if you did it yourself.

Cat 5e
https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-CABLE-V001-Cat5e-Ethernet-Cable/dp/B0092TG310/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1505422498&sr=1-2&keywords=cat+5e+spool

Cat 6
https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-CABLE-V004-Cat6-Ethernet-Cable/dp/B0092TK2U8/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1505422309&sr=1-2&keywords=cat+6+spool

That seems a bit excessive to me in terms of per run based on the cabling alone as the work boxes, face plates and jacks don't even cost that much. Yeah I understand the contractor needs to make money. Is the contractor putting in a patch panel as well?

In most homes, the attic is a good place to start. In this process you'll need to cut a small rectangular hole in the wall to actually put something like this. Which holds this. Which connects to your internet source (whether it be cable or satellite) via some cat5 cable. (which you can buy small amounts of for much cheaper.) That you'll need to feed through the walls (from the top with assistance from gravity and because your internet source is most likely in the attic.)

See this article for more info.

If you can build a pc you can run some cat5e cable where ever you live. People say im just renting and I can't put holes in the wall and all other kinds of things. You can run it along the base boards using cable clamps or do any number of things to make it work. Just get some cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0092TG310/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_haCnzb6BHCV61 and here's everything else you need including the tool https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008UY5WL0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_DdCnzbFAGCRX7 so for about $50 you can run as much cable as you need. I would run one line to your gaming room and use a Gigabit Ethernet switch for everything in the room. A real gamer never uses wifi because they know about networking.

i am, cat5e. this one is $42, but not plenum rated.

https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Cat5e-Ethernet-Cat-5e-CABLE-V001/dp/B0092TG310/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1510623781&sr=8-2&keywords=1000ft+cat5