I will tell you how to do this.
Not sure why everyone is making it out to be so hard. Instead of overwhelming you with a bunch of worthless tech terms and jargon they need to answer your questions. In order to help you however, there are some things you need to be aware of.
* A custom built Quad core computer with a Sata II hard drive can only move 70mb/s of data.
* A 1GB switch only accepts a max of 125/mbs of data per port.
* If you want a PC to move more than 70mb/s of data you need SSD or a Fusion ioDrive drive.
With the above facts in place we can determine what we need. If we are willing to upgrade to SSD drives or the $3,000 ioDrive we could saturate a direct link to a 1GB switch. Only at this point does it make sense to go to 10GB to the desktop. But that does not still mean fiber is the best solution. It just means that we want 10GB support.
Now that we have established that we want 10GB we need to decide if we want a Cat6a installation or a 50/125 OM3 installation. Again it comes down to cost. The cost for fiber network cards in the PC, and a fiber switch is so astronomical in terms of cost I will not take the time to explain how to implement it!
But wait I was going to tell you how... first let me say that if there is only one network switch and all PC's have a direct connection to the switch over Cat6a at less than 300ft then fiber is simply not needed! I estimate that it will be over 10 years before a desktop can saturate a 10GB link (1,025 mb/s or a blue-ray movie copied in 25 seconds!!!!). Thus Cat6a today is beyond adequate for what your wanting and is half-way affordable.
Okay... so what good is fiber? Fiber is required for building to building underground runs, even for short distances. It is just safer to use. It is required, even inside, when running over 300ft. It is also an extremely good idea if there are more than one switch involved.
Because of the above I can't explain fiber to the desktop because 8 or 16 port fiber switches are not affordable, and because fiber network cards are not affordable. I can explain fiber between two switches, however.
Why does fiber between switches make sense? Imagine three workstations connected to a 1GB switch in building one. The switch is connected to another switch in building two. It only takes three workstations coping blue-ray movies to computers in building two to saturate the 1GB link between the two switches. Thus we need 10GB between the two switches and maybe even faster if money is no object. Only fiber can reliability move 10GB or more of data if there is distance beyond 100ft. Yeah, Cat6a can do it on paper, but in the real world you won't get it. With our new fiber 10GB link, now even more computers can copy files at the same time (even though each PC is only copying 60mb/s data... as fast as their hard drives will allow) it would take 20 PC's to saturate the 10GB link. Fiber to the rescue.
Step One:
Buy 50/125 OM3 LC-LC fiber cable. It should have an aqua colored jacket. The LC-LC designation means that it already comes with connectors on both ends. You will need to buy the length you need and carefully coil up any excess. Since youÂ’re a tech yourself you might learn how to do the termination yourself if you want things really clean.
Step Two:
Buy a switch that comes with SFP connectors on the front. Buy SFP transceivers from the same company and make sure the SFP transceivers is made to except LC fiber connectors (you don't want SC or other types etc...). Which switch to buy is up to you.
Step Three:
Connect the two switches together using the SFP transceivers at either end of the cable.
Fiber is easy...
To summarize:
You can wire your home with fiber and have cabling for 100GB support, but you will have nothing to hook it to for 10 years. Just put Cat6a in and make it easy to pull it out with new wire if you really want the flexibility.