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Originally Posted by Soda_BoB
A friend and I had proposed to set up a Cybercafe or LAN place where people go to play games and stuff. I wanted to ask, what computers are most suitable for a cybercafe, which would support most of the new games, are relatively cheap, require little to no maintanence and don't drain humungus amouts ofpower
With a budget of roughly $AUS 25k for computers, we can't really go crazy on the parts, what would you suggest for a setup?
A few questions:
1: Would Gigabit Lan make any significant difference over 10/100?
2: CRT's or LCD's, ATI's or Nvidia's?
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AUS 25K = 17k USD ( with a .68 conversion rate, google tells me it is right around there) 17K split 24 ways is 700 dollars per computer.
ABit NF7-S Socket-A - 87
Athlon Barton 2500+ - 94
Antec Mid Tower w/ 300W PS - 52
Lite On CD/RW - 29
Western Digital 80GB SATA - 69
Sapphire R9800 - 165
Viewsonic 17' CRT - 110
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Yeah, I about stopped right there, when I was adding the cost of monitor shipping to newegg's original price. I realized that Newegg probably doesn't
ship to Australia, and if they do the shipping will push your costs over budget.