Anyone know of High end Computers without the High end Price Tag?

Question

I am opening up a lan gaming center and would like to start off with 40 high end computers. It looks like I will be going threw dell for all my comp leaseing. They will be PC's and need to be able to run the top of the line newest games at the highest graphics set. Now I can get comps that are all that for about 5000 dollars but I want ones that are more affordible. So my question is what dont I need in these high end computers. Its so hard today to know what is actually "needed." So processer type, Video Cards, Memory types. all that jazz. I know a good deal about comps but some of this new stuff has passed me by. Please let me know some good gaming rig set ups and possible prices.

Answer 1

Sadly, with your idea being the fastest computers with the fastest video cards...... They are the fastest thats why they are also the most expensive.......

If your focus is playing the latest games, you really have no choice, these are my suggestions.

For now, single core processors will still do fine. This I mean the fastest single core Athlon64's will still not be too slow for current games as most games do not support dual cores.

For video cards, the minimum is the midrange video cards, namely the NVidia GeForce 8600GT. Or the ATI Radeon 2600HD. RAM is 1024MB minimum.

Athough in our country MMORPG's are the current rage. In that case. Even a computer composed of a Sempron 3200, 6600GT and 1GB of RAM is enough. It's because most MMORPG's are not really tough regarding system requirements.

So my suggestion for a "cheaper" type of computer shop is that buy the computers I suggested but I suggest you convince your client to play MMORPGs so they become addicted. There's also the bonus of selling those prepaid cards for the MMORPG's they're playing.

Answer 2

If you're looking at $5000 machines, you're setting your sights too high. I mean you're looking at a cost for your machines running over $200000 alone, that's not even considering any network infrastructure or rent on a building or anything else.

There are a couple of things that I'd consider, one do you need to shop Dell? Can you go with another brand? What are your specs for the machines? The other thing to do is to maybe consider some of the custom manufacturers, as they may give better deals if you're going to be buying 40 machines. Dell is so big that 40 machines to them is nothing, however, to a little bit smaller company it might be a big sale.

With a suggestion towards what needs the games have, and what else you need to have on the machines, and whether or not you want to have a server or not.

I've provided you with some links to other manufacturer's websites to consider your purchase from, as I said before, it may be a better deal going with a smaller company, as it would be a bigger sale for them, and may offer more flexibility on price.

There are other things to consider too, if you buy you have the machines, the only thing you'd need to worry about in the future would be upgrading the machine, new cpu, mb, ram, video card whatever, and you're done. With a lease when the lease expires you turn the machines in and get different ones, easier of course, don't have to worry about buying but here's the thing, by the time the leases are up, the technology in the machines are going to be old anyway.

Answer 3

Good luck with the gaming center. We just closed ours due to lack of business. In our area the customers stopped coming in due to being able to buy cheap gaming systems and games. The high price of keeping our computers upgraded and new software killed us. We used Dells and upgraded the power supplies, memory and video cards. If you buy bulk from Dell they give you a discount. Don't do it through the website, call them. Vista stinks right now for gaming, so hopefully you get XP. We were able to get complete gaming systems for $1200. Make sure you get at least 19" LCD screens. The kids love them. Get at least a gig of memory, 2 gigs would be ideal. The Geforce 7 series cards give good performance. Don't get any less than 256 MB or RAM on the cards. You will need to upgrade the power supplies to at least 400 watts. Most Dells ship with 305 Watt power supplies. Your market may be different, but hopefully you can get the kids to come in to game instead of buying their own computers and games.

Answer 4

if you are computer savvy, you can build them yourself, it will take time but they are the best for highend cause its all customizable and you can get discounts at sites like newegg.com

i would go with dell probably, but alienware are best for premade gaming pc's.

you could just buy good computers and replace or add the graphics cards... im sure you will stay with the onboard sound.

if you want help i can research some more for you... my email is [e-mail] i build my own computers and thats why i say custom building are best for gaming.

my average decent gaming computer will go for around 1000, and a highend one will go a little over 2000 with everything... even 2 graphics cards.... but that is like super highend gaming!


if you think its hard, you really need to try and get some cheap ones to practice yourself... after about the third one, you wont even need the directions...
the hardest part for me is buying all the parts because there are so many choices and you want to get one that is great for what gamers are looking for... i.e. power!!! i go for ones that are easily overclockable as well as energy efficient... anyways, the bad part of a custom built computer is that you dont have a company to help service so you have to replace it yourself and its time consuming. I would go with dell just because they are good computers with average pricing... Compared to hp or sony, the computers are higher end and as far as gaming, you can upgrade things yourself. just make sure it doesnt avoid any kind of warranty, otherwise build them yourself!

Answer 5

-Well one are you don't need so much is HD space. You probably won't need 200GB drives in each machine.
-You won't need state of the art cases either, but something that defininately provides cooling.
-Probably won't need the highest end DVD burner.
-Your OSes don't need to be windows Vista, in fact probably better if it's XP cuz vista is a memory hog

-Basically you'll need three things to satisfy your "ultimate" gaming center
1)Machines with a fast processor (> core2dual)
2)Machines with a lot of fast memory (2GB+ fast memory)
3)Machines with nice graphic cards SLI setup(two PCIe cards)

If you're going through Dell then go to their website and customize a machine and check the prices. You can get a discount for bulk orders too.

Answer 6

i'm not an expert on hardware & software but why do you need high end / expensive PCs to run games? if you're on a shoestring budget, can't you just get away with a med/low end systems and just pump them up with memory and up the video graphics card? i thought that most games can't even take advantage of the high end hardware and the gate is usually bandwidth for LAN play...

Answer 7

Refurbished IBM Net Vista Desktop with PCLinuxOS 2007 installed. Intel PIII 900mHz, Intel chipset with onboard graphics and LAN. Also includes 256mb ram, 20GB IDE HDD, 40x CDROM, 15" TFT LCD (see specs. below), keyboard, mouse and a fresh PCLinuxOS 2007 LiveCD.

Ok, its not top of the line, but
Its next to nuthin
it works
it has a cutting edge os already installed
you'll be the center of attention when you tell your friends (:
You won't be starting out 40,000 in dept
Updates and upgrades and software are all free

and they're $150US!


good luck

Answer 8

Hi. The problem with bleeding edge equipment is that you bleed (money anyway). I would turn my expectation down a notch or two since you will be able to get todays best tomorrow. Have you looked at the XPS series?

Answer 9

I would like to know the answer just as much as you do.
I think the thing is, the only way is to build your own, but its so blommin difficult if you havent done it before. I'm not going to even try.

Answer 10

hey ebay has some great computers check it out