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[nichjeremy]

Again i will be running this place with a friend from school that runs his own pc buisness on another island like repairs builds things like that. Hes very good but when it comes time in a year i need to pull my own weight or i feel like i have to pay him more than 15 an hour. I was thinking 15 an hour plus 8percent of store profits with 2percent increase every year

[kolibal]

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.

well I am gonna consider it though , do you think the hyper 212 evo is enough to overclock the K processor a little bit ? or is it even needed to clock

[Adky]

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

Action & FPS:

APB Reloaded
Assassins Creed IV Black Flag
Battlefield 2
Battlefield 3
Battlefield 4
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Battlefield Heroes
Borderlands 2
Brink
Call Of Duty 2
Call Of Duty 4
Call Of Duty Black Ops
Call Of Duty Black Ops II
Call Of Duty Black Ops II Zombies
Call Of Duty Ghosts
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty World At War Nazi Zombies
Call of Juarez
Counter-Strike 1.6
Counter-Strike Global Offensive
Counter-Strike Source
Counter-Strike Nexon Zombies
Crysis 2
Day of Defeat Source
DayZ
Garrys Mod
Half-Life 2 Deathmatch
Homefront
KillingFloor
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead II
Medal of Honor
Payday 2
Quake 3
Quake 4
Quake Pro
Team Fortress 2
Half-Life
Half-Life Deathmatch Classic
Quake Live!
DayZ
Call Of Duty: World at War
TitanFall
Loadout
Warframe
Warface
Blacklight Retribution
Thief

Simulator & Racing:

Portal 2
Minecraft
Grid 2
TM Nations Forever
Pure

Strategy & RPG

Diablo III
Sid Meier’s Civilization V
Europa Universalis IV
Hearthstone
Age of Empires II HD
Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III Asian Dynasties
Age of Empires III War Chiefs
Command & Conquer 3
Command & Conquer Generals
Company of Heroes 2
Company of Heroes Tales of Valor
Medieval II Total War
Red Alert 3
Rome Total War
The Battle for Middle Earth II The Witch-King
Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne
South Park Stick of Truth

MOBA:

League of Legends
Heroes of Newerth
Smite
Bloodline Champions
Dota 2
StarCraft II

MMORPG:

Archeage
Guild Wars
Guild Wars 2
Path of Exile
Star Wars: The Old Republic
The Lord of the Rings Online
Tibia
World of Warcraft
PlanetSide 2
Neverwinter
Path of Exile (STEAM)
TERA
World of Tanks
The Elder Scrolls Online‎
Firefall
Aion
Dark Age of Camelot
Defiance
RIFT
EVE Online
WildStar
Fallen Earth
Marvel Heroes
Ragnarok Online 2
World of Warplanes

[J.Dre]

well I am gonna consider it though , do you think the hyper 212 evo is enough to overclock the K processor a little bit ? or is it even needed to clock

It should be sufficient enough to handle a slight overclock.

[J.Dre]

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

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

The Corsair RM series PSU's are excellent. Very efficient. Very silent. Very high quality. This is a PSU I highly recommend.

The 960 4GB is a much, much better choice than a 750Ti. Avoid old generation hardware for the cyber cafe.

[nichjeremy]

30 Computers running these Stats:

Power Supply The Corsair RM series 700 watt PSU's
Graphics Card Evga GeForce gtx 960 SSC 4gb
Tower Rosewill gaming case 5 fan option
Motherboard MSI z97
Processor intel i5 4690k quad core
Ram corsair vengeance ram 8gb 1600mhz
Keyboard E-Blue Combatant
Mouse Zelotes Opitcal mouse
Head Set Sades SA-708

basic set up. not too cheap but perfect to run the newest games
also i need a good idea for a HDD i need something that will perform well because i dont want to buy 30 SSDs for these computers i dont need a fast boot drive. just something that will load fine but run these games well. i heard black drives are good. i believe 750 Gigabytes will be fine. im only running maybe 15 to 20 games at my shop.

[J.Dre]

@nichjeremy:

You can save some money with that build. For example, the PSU is pretty big. The RM550 will suffice. I can put together a more economic build offering the same performance for you later, if you'd like.

Did you read my earlier post on the previous page? I hope you did. Now is not a good time to be purchasing hardware for such an investment. For personal computing, it's not a big deal.

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Sager, Clevo, ASUS, Aorus, etc. are all decent companies and all have decent products. Might be able to find you a decent laptop, but it depends mainly on what you plan to use it for. Give me some more information to work with, including how much you want to spend.

@Diamond.: Still waiting for your reply.

[Diamond.]

I'm 50/50 between building a PC and getting one of the listed laptops. I don't really need portability and it does seem a desktop would be more beneficial long term.
Was thinking about building a desktop with similar, if not, the exact same parts as what you've listed in pg 10. Are all those parts still recommended? Working with around the same budget as the build estimates. Only concern about the desktop is I'm not entirely sure how to set everything up after parts are ordered. @J.Dre

[J.Dre]

I'm 50/50 between building a PC and getting one of the listed laptops. I don't really need portability and it does seem a desktop would be more beneficial long term.
Was thinking about building a desktop with similar, if not, the exact same parts as what you've listed in pg 10. Are all those parts still recommended? Working with around the same budget as the build estimates. Only concern about the desktop is I'm not entirely sure how to set everything up after parts are ordered. @J.Dre

Slight adjustments to that list:

Case: I'd find another mid-tower case. It doesn't have to be as expensive, either.
GPU: I'd recommend the "FTW Edition" GTX 970 over that one - it's quieter, overclocks better, and should be the same price.
RAM: If you don't need 16GB's, don't buy it. It'll save you money and can always be upgraded later.

Other than that, it's good.

[SolitaryPal]

Howdy, gonna list my current build - I'm looking and wondering what I should upgrade to improve performance, I'm thinking it might be time for a new CPU and possibly Mobo - any suggestions?

Case: Antec 1200
PSU: Corsair 750W
CPU: i5 750 @ 2.67 ghz
RAM: 12GB Corsair xms ddr3
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel
GPU: GTX 750 Ti EVGA
SSD: Samsung 512 GB

So yea, builds looking a bit outdated right now - I'm not looking to upgrade the whole thing immediatley, I normally go a component every 6 months or so just wondering where I'll see the biggest performance increase right now.