I'm helping out someone that needs to set up a cyber cafe soon (next month actually)

The idea is:

- There will be 20 PCs. 10 will be for normal web surfing use, other 10 will be for gaming.
- Gaming PC should be good enough to run current games (DOTA 2, Counter Strike, Team Fortress 2).
- Normal PC should be good enough to run facebook (and its games), youtube, Open Office.
- Will use something like iFriendster Cafe client.
- Will use hard disk.
- Monitor will be around 19 to 20 inch.
- May upgrade to Windows 8 in 2-3 years.

Anyone can give a proposal?

CPU
RAM
Motherboard
Graphic Card (if possible, reliable brand)
PSU
Keyboard & mouse brand

Hopefully will not be too expensive, and graphic cards that supports DX10 or above.

Thanks all.

Not sure the budget, but if possible I think the computer may use a Nvidia 550gt, and at least Core i3.

Thanks for the suggestion. Doubt I can find 160GB hdd nowadays.

I saw that thread but I did not want to hijack his thread. For normal web surfing the Radeon ok but I would prefer Nvidia for gaming. 550 ok right?

I would go for Nvidia because I believe it offers better compatibility with older games. I had issues before using ATI card when playing games like Metal Gear Solid 2.

Modifying list based on the feedback:

Intel Pentium G620
Asrock H61M-GS
Kingston 1333 ram 4GB
Gigabyte Powerrock 390W
Sapphire HD6570 1GB DDR3
AOC E2050S 20" LED Monitor

Intel Core i3 2120
Asrock H61M-GS
Kingston 1333 ram 4GB
Leadtek GTX550 Ti 1GB D5 OC
Gigabyte Powerrock 500W
AOC E2050S 20" LED monitor

I already submit the proposed specs. Monitor will not be an issue as he already get a different brand. Hopefully the specs will last a good 4-5 years.

Well this is cybercafe so GPU lifespan can be stretched a bit longer by lowering resolution or reducing effects. But see la if business is good then may have money to invest with the upgrade.

Another question.

I need to set up a computer that holds the games content (game server I guess). So all client PC will be link to this game server. It will run Core i5, can handle about 20 PCs.

What Asus motherboard model would be good for this job?

I have check how one cyber cafe set up running with 2 servers (one billing, one gaming). The billing uses normal PC specs (considered low end PC), while the gaming runs slightly high end (C2D, 3 HDD but no RAID although uses WD Black Edition). Even the network was running on Cat6 cable but uses 100FastEthernet switch.

I was told to set up a cyber cafe similar to this one, this why I came up with specs (slightly higher specs but does not cost too much). To go for RAID, Xeon, would be a bit too much since of the 20 PCs, 10 will actually be used for gaming while the other 10 for web surfing.

Anyway thank for the feedback. It will be my first attempt to set up a cyber cafe. If I learn enough from this then I may have to set up another one in future, probably with better specs so I'll see how it goes for this one.

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Added on May 5, 2012, 11:59 amAlready got 19 inch for web and 20 inch for gaming.

For graphic, I just go for the nvidia 550.

This post has been edited by WhatMan: May 5 2012, 11:59 AM