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Originally Posted by hybrid_eg
if you're building new construction, do yourself a favor and at least pre-wire the house fully.. you should have a closet someplace where all structured wiring will go. Now is the time to figure out all TV locations, speaker locations, camera locations, etc.. then run all that Cat6.. since all of this stuff is LV you will not need to have any conduit at least not here in CA. If you end up staying in the house long term you can start adding equipment little by little as that's usually where the biggest expense is, but at least this way you're fully pre-wired for home automation.. it should help with resale as well.
I have Control4 system and love it..
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I'd also recommend setting up a 19" comm gear rack, either hanging from the ceiling or mounted to the wall. You can buy the rack rails really inexpensively. That way you have the option of rack-mounted switches, firewalls, routers, NAS boxes, etc. And you can put shelves in it for non-rackmount gear. Get a Furman power conditioner for it and mount that at the top of the rack.