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I need to build a network, do i should go with cat 6 or still 5e?
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It depends if all your networking devices are gigabit speed.  Then there is no advantage to go cat6 if you cannot use gigabit speed.

http://www.cat-5-cable-company.com/faq-cat6-v-cat5e.html
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are going to be brand new pc, workstations, switches,servers, what you recomend?
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are going to be dell all hardware, so what you recomend? 6 or still 5e?
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all new switches are cat 6 capables??, im going to buy a copule of Powerconnect series? what happend if them not?
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how much is invest in cat6 vs cat5e cabling ? thinking only in the cable costs?
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ooh, man so good advices, but i want to try into utp6, how much increase the cost in terms of the lyer?
It is dependent on the cabling company.  Some have higher mark ups than other companies.  Get price quotes from three different companies and you will see who is the most expensive.
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what happend if my printer's nics are 100BaseT, all the network go down to 100 baseT,? even all the pc and switches are gbit?
 
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what are the cable vendors that you recommend?
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Thank you a lot