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[Y2Quakepc2]

damn i'd even go there to play some league.

[J.Dre]

Well the idea is to make it as user friendly as possbile. Were going to open in a year hopefully. Were in the exciting planning stage. I need at least 25 computers with room for expansion. Theres only one cyber cafe on oahu and they have 50 pcs there on the opposite side of oahu. I live in hawaii btw. Theirs 1 million people and over 100 schools. The location is 10 minutes from univeristy of hawaii and KCC the 2 largest colleges in the state. I wanted to do 2 Led themes. Red team and blue team. The pcs leds will be red and blue. The lights will be red and blue and their will be led strips on the desks

In all honesty, now is not a good time to be purchasing hardware, especially considering you're doing so for a long-term investment. By the time you open, the hardware you would have purchased for your grand opening would be obsolete. NVIDIA Pascal (Q4 2015/Q1 2016) is reported to more than double the performance of NVIDIA Maxwell. You should consider pushing back the plans until June of 2016 and hold off on purchasing any capital. In doing so, you will literally have the most advanced and high-tech cyber cafe in your entire city because you would have anticipated such changes in technology, thus having the best hardware available. What am I implying? You will spend $50k~ on hardware either way, however, waiting until next year will give you twice the effective usefulness and lifespan than that of current generation hardware. This means you're litterally getting more "bang for your buck."

Anyway, here are some recommendations:

• You want to purchase an NVIDIA GPU. AMD GPU's may be cheaper, but they're hotter, have worse driver support, and AMD products are not known for their longevity. An NVIDIA GPU will save you time and money, long-term, considering you most likely won't be upgrading hardware every year.
• You need to purchase a GPU with more than 2GB's of VRAM. Again, a cyber cafe is a long-term investment. Next generation games are starting to have recommendations of 4GB or more, and are utilizing more than 2GB's today. Don't skimp out on hardware to save a few dollars here and there. It will come back around and bite you right in the ass.
• A quad-core CPU (e.g. 4690k) is a definite plus. It has been shown that next generation games are demanding more from processors. You don't want to have an entire cyber cafe full of computers unable to handle new games.
• Memory is important. 8GB's is more than enough for a gaming machine, and I think this amount is ideal. What frequency should you purchase? At least 1600MHz. In the USA, 2400MHz memory is only $20 more than 1600MHz. So, I'd recommend that if you can find a good deal.
• A Z97 motherboard is also a good idea. It is more "future" proof than most others. Definitely recommend going with something modern.

NVIDIA's next generation Pascal GPU Architecture - NVIDIA Blogs

[Adky]

You want to purchase an NVIDIA GPU. AMD GPU's may be cheaper, but they're hotter, have worse driver support, and AMD products are not known for their longevity. An NVIDIA GPU will save you time and money, long-term, considering you most likely won't be upgrading hardware every year.

Source?

edit: why are you recommending hardware for overclocking?

edit2: 2gb is fine. Are you suggesting a 970? That's so unnecessary.

[kolibal]

Based on the prices of those items, I'm going to guess your budget: Avoid those! There are better options for similar prices. Give me more info and a budget, and I can do better. But here's what I recommend:

CPU: The 4690k is a more suitable option.

GPU: I'd recommend the GTX 960 over the R9 270x. It is about the same price and performs better.

Motherboard: As for a budget motherboard, I recommend this one here: http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Motherboar...50+motherboard

Thanks for the reply but both the cpu and the gpu you said are valued 30 usd more in my country
my budget is gonna be around 500 usd , and that includes the cpu , gpu , mobo , RAM ,power supply and a CM hyper 212 evo

[Adky]

Thanks for the reply but both the cpu and the gpu you said are valued 30 usd more in my country
my budget is gonna be around 500 usd , and that includes the cpu , gpu , mobo , RAM ,power supply and a CM hyper 212 evo

I just want to make sure, you have a HDD & a case already?

[J.Dre]

Thanks for the reply but both the cpu and the gpu you said are valued 30 usd more in my country
my budget is gonna be around 500 usd , and that includes the cpu , gpu , mobo , RAM ,power supply and a CM hyper 212 evo

No problem. Happy to help.

It's $30 more (ea.) for +20%~ performance over your choices. Hope you aren't considering skipping them because of $60.

[nichjeremy]

I wouldnt be buying hardware now i would wait. It would take me 30 days to do the 30 builds and get all the drivers and software going so ill wait untill next year. Buy i need a base idea of what my builds will be. And how much they will cost. I want good gear thats cost effective, but keep in mind these kids wont use these as home computers so mass storage doesnt sound right and whether i need a fast boot drive should be unknown to me. Like an ssd. I was thinking hybrid drives for all the pcs or a fast enough black drive like 750gb per computer

Any ideas on game platforms to. Have at my pc spot like leagur of legends or something
I need some games to get i havent played anything but tibia or skyrim in like 5 years.
Starcraft 2?
Diablo 3?
I want to be able to run Lol at high fps aswell as those othe 2 games

[nichjeremy]

I think hes coming up with platforms tobuild on in case i need to upgrade. Im currently using a gtx 960 ssc 2 gb aswell as a z97 motherboard. But what i wanna know is the B85 gaming motherboard sufficient. And i definetly eant gold psu righy? For its longevity

[nichjeremy]

Would a 4gb 750ti work. Or do u think i should get 960 ssc 4gb its like 230$

[kolibal]

I just want to make sure, you have a HDD & a case already?

from my old pc , yes