Sounds like a beast

One of my graphics cards in my main pc died and I don't want to use this 1050 to replace it. My main pc has a 6 monitor setup

I'd be using DAC (direct attach copper). It used the fiber connection ports on my network switches but is much cheaper because it's copper. However fiber gets cheaper if you need more then a few meters of cable.

Is it Cat8 or something beyond that

Something completely different

Used enterprise stuff?

I was trying to find sas controllers because sas drives are really cheap and a raid array sounded like a fun tech project

SFP-xxxx?

Some of my networking is used enterprise and some is new high end ProSumer networking.

For 10GB it's SFTP+

For 40 GB it's qsfp+

wait is this gigabyte not gigabit?!?

My main switch can be flashed with Open Networking to allow me to control my network with SDN (software defined networking).

Gigabit, my phone keeps auto correcting for some reason.

I flashed a router with Tomato to use as a wifi adapter since my pc only has ethernet, but thats about as far as i've gone on home networking lol

i do plan to finnaly get wired ethernet throughout the house though, as fibre internet might finnaly be here in a few months

Software-defined networking is a really cool technology. It allows you to separate the control layer and the data layer of your switches to allow more fine control from a centralized environment with different networking switches from different companies all from a single control.

So like QoS, Subnetworks, and way more, all in one box?

I wasn't familiar with that particular company, but it is a software defined networking technology. Except that one looks like probably a proprietary while I would be using the open source and open standards.

Open Networking is proprietary? Nice name for them...

No, I means the QoS networks looks proprietary from my quick Google search.

Open networking is a open technology used by companies like AT&t, Google, T-Mobile, and others.

idk i thought QoS was quality of service, and basically just assigns priorities to packets based on how latency-sensitive the data is, i don't see why there couldn't be some sort of open implementation of it

Unless im just mixing it up with something else

This is what I was looking at with that name:
https://qosnet.com/

Normal Quality of Service I think is just an open idea but this looks like a corporate solution for a full software defined WAN solution.

Should I build a desktop computer or buy a pre-built one and add a GPU

Generally the best value is used prebuilt + gpu

but the used market seems... a LOT more expensive right now, then when i checked it a few months ago

On that note what are the drawbacks of building one from scratch

You will have to source all the parts yourself, instead of just a pc and gpu

so it can take a lot longer to get everything, and research what is good

The main benefit of prebuilt + gpu is that is is cheap and easy, but if you build it yourself you can make it exactly what you what, but that adds a lot of research to do

True

What are the best websites for pre-built computers

But i bought a 1060 3gb a few months ago for 80, and now its going for over 140 on ebay, prices seem pretty inflated

I wouldn;t be a good person to ask on that, i build with whatever i can scrounge together XD

I hope someone else knows a good answer to that

But in general make sure you get a computer that isnt too small/ a half height

otherwise you will serriously limit your options for graphics cards