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by 71a54xd 1397 days ago
It's not that bad given the performance gain. Fiber patch cables are dirt cheap, FS.com optics are a great deal and also very affordable. Catch is to make sure you carefully buy hardware that accepts the proper optics, insane that it's somehow legal to lock down optics for specific vendors (I'm looking at you intel).