Best PC Set-up for gaming

[Elroi]

magtatayo ng internet cafe yung friend ko. since nasa abroad sya, yung sister at pinsan nya ang magma-manage. tumawag sya saken pati na yung sister asking for advice sa mga gamit na bibilhin. akala yata expert ako sa pc, di nila alam magtatanong din ako dito..

here's what they want to do.. initially, to set-up 10 bnew units ng desktop pc plus gaming and internet accessories. target customers nila ay high school at elementary students, kasi malapit sa school yung location ng shop nila sa province kaya priority nila ay gaming at secondary na lang yung internet.

so ano ba magandang set-up ng pc na pwedeng malaro yung most (if not all) games. budget nila ay 15k/pc including monitor. at ano pa ibang gamit na kailangan bilhin..

suggestions naman po mga computer gurus...

[Syuryuken]

target customers nila ay high school at elementary students, kasi malapit sa school yung location ng shop nila sa province kaya priority nila ay gaming at secondary na lang yung internet.

Bro baka masayang lang pera nila naghihigpit na ang local government sa mga cafe. Sa tuguegarao pinasarado ng lahat mga gaming cafes, dito naman bawal maglaro ang mga "minors" from 7AM to 5PM meron ding mga province na bawal ang mga "minors" mula lunes hanggang biyernes.

Magtanong-tanong muna kayo para hindi sayang ang perang pinagpaguran.

[seonadancing]

Kung gaming, what you need is a high end video card and at least 1Gig of Memory. Yun ibang parts pwede mo tipirin but not those two, syempre dapat ok din yun motherboard para stable yun CPU. I don't think you can buy a good gaming PC that will play most games with a 15k budget, siguro 25k pwede pa.

[[r]ichkri3g]

and get a good decent branded power supply, which results into system stability.

[Elroi]

Bro baka masayang lang pera nila naghihigpit na ang local government sa mga cafe.
Magtanong-tanong muna kayo para hindi sayang ang perang pinagpaguran.

bro, thanks sa paalala. will let them know about this..

Kung gaming, what you need is a high end video card and at least 1Gig of Memory. Yun ibang parts pwede mo tipirin but not those two, syempre dapat ok din yun motherboard para stable yun CPU.

and get a good decent branded power supply, which results into system stability.

specific brand/model sana ng lahat ng parts na kailangan para mai-canvass nila..sensya na, limited lang alam ko pagdating dito...hehe

[A121]

Baka kaya nito... (kinuha ko lang sa PCX site...) ito sana gusto kong tipid meals setup.

Proc: AMD Sempron 2800+ (1.60Ghz) AM2 P 1,510.00
Vidcard: Inno3D Geforce 7300GS 256mb DDR2 P 1,980.00
Memory: PQI 1GB PC667 ddr2 P 1,350.00
Mobo: MSI K9MM-V P 2,600.00
HDD: Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA P 2,130.00
Case: Match TZ610 white P 990.00
Monitor: Giant 17 inch P 3,430.00

Presyo: 13990

hindi ganun ka-highend ung vid card. but it will play, DOTA, CS, GTA, Raganarok...

[moe]

sempron for gaming? go for an x2 at least. focus on the vid card, memory, mobo and power supply as they said.

[Syuryuken]

sempron for gaming? go for an x2 at least. focus on the vid card, memory, mobo and power supply as they said.

15k/PC

[Elroi]

kung di kaya sa 15k/pc, pwede naman kahit mas mataas ng lonti. actually 200k naman ang budget for hardware. 10 pc units plus other accessories..

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'd go with a minimum of a singlecore AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent Intel cpu. So long as it's paired with a good video card and ample ram (1gb at least).

Dualcores would be great if there's going to be a lot of multi-tasking. It's almost a requirement if Vista will be the OS. Best stick with XP Home which has lower cpu/ram requirements.

Go dualcore if the price difference between singlecore and dualcore cpu isn't too big.

[170kphlang]

sakin mga 15K-16K yung inabot ko, pero this was around 2 years ago so mga 13-14k nalang siguro ngayon ito

Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz Single Core

2G Memory Corsair (wag kingston di ok)

256mb GeForce FX 7600 gt

+mga basic motherboard at yung iba scavenge sa lumang pc ko na monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc.

mostly kaya niya laruin ang Bioshock, Dirt, World in conflict, FEAR medyo matataas na requirements ng mga laro ngayon pero sa Medium settings lang para walang lag hehe..

hoping na kaya din ang Crysis, at Call of Duty 4 pati Gears of War soon...

[A121]

sir elroi,

try to know first kung ano madalas na laruin ng mga bata dyan sa lugar nyo. tas tignan nyo kung ano recommended requirements nung mga games na yan. mahirap kasi baka sobrang lakas ng hardware nyo compared sa mga nilalaro dyan ngayon. kaya nirecommend ko ung sempron kasi makakalaro naman yan.

[Syuryuken]

sir elroi,

try to know first kung ano madalas na laruin ng mga bata dyan sa lugar nyo. tas tignan nyo kung ano recommended requirements nung mga games na yan. mahirap kasi baka sobrang lakas ng hardware nyo compared sa mga nilalaro dyan ngayon. kaya nirecommend ko ung sempron kasi makakalaro naman yan.

+1 hindi naman kelangang sobrang taas ng specs.

recommended specs ko:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Boxed
MSI K9N6SGM-V,nForce6100
Seagate 80 GB ST3808110AS
Sparkle GEForce 7200 GS 256mb/64bit,ddr,tv,dvi (PCIE)
PQI 512 MB DDR2-667
Astone Xtreme Black, 500w PSU with optical mouse and keyboard
1.44 FDD
LG T710SH Flatron (SilverGray)
Php16,000.00 - pwede pang bumaba yan depende sa diskarte nyo

[mhelskie]

for the vidcard, get a DDR3 128-bit one

for the mems, get at least 1GB of DDR2 RAMs

and get a decent power supply, it's the life of your CPU

[Elroi]

all your suggestions and advices will be compiled at pag-aaralan namin lahat yan.. baka within 2 weeks tapos na planning at pwede na bumili ng hardware.

we're still open for more suggetions.. keep 'em coming guys...

[jjon10]

i would suggest a cheap effiecient pc that can handle gameplay. people suggest athlon based cpu(cheap kasi) they would suggest above 2ghz processor. try ask for:

p4 1.2-1.8ghz processor(enough to handle gaming capabilities games are suggested to run minimum 1ghz. as xp would run at 650hmz tried and tested pero mabagal. as xp uses loads of processing powers for added gui. if playing games, only game application should be using all the processing power of the processor)

1gb ram - this would help the processor to handle the demand.

64-128mb (any brand)graphics card - most games can run on that kind of graphics card speed. but it has to be set to minimum as the game will slow down. but some game can run perfectly on 128mb, if games you will be installing needed a good graphics card - use a 256mb but if you have a budget for it.

20gb hdd - is enough to handle all installed o/s, applications and games - 5gb used by o/s itself, the rest games, so it is not necessarry to have a huge hard drive!

cd drive- most games still runs on cd for installation - depending on what game you will install. or if you really have a budget dvd drive is fine.

keyboard/mouse - get the cheapest you could find! as kids will be suign it for games, as keyboard and mouse will get ruined as is it excessively used. pressing the same button.

tower case- get the cheapest one with power supply (450watts) compatible with motherboard (atx form)

and if you really have a budget to spend on tft(flat) monitor! then go for it, but if it just for gaming, might as well stick with crt monitor (not flat)

cheapest specification i could think of that will run a game . i.e ran.... those people suggested other specs are for personal use specification.

[Syuryuken]

p4 1.2-1.8ghz processor(enough to handle gaming capabilities games are suggested to run minimum 1ghz. as xp would run at 650hmz tried and tested pero mabagal. as xp uses loads of processing powers for added gui. if playing games, only game application should be using all the processing power of the processor)

FYI hindi magandang pang games ang P4..... at wala ng nagbebenta.

1gb ram - this would help the processor to handle the demand.

512MB PC667 DDR2 will do.

64-128mb (any brand)graphics card - most games can run on that kind of graphics card speed. but it has to be set to minimum as the game will slow down. but some game can run perfectly on 128mb, if games you will be installing needed a good graphics card - use a 256mb but if you have a budget for it.

mura na lang ang 256mb PCIE video card ngayon bat magtitiyaga pa sa 64 or 128 kung halos magkapareho na ang presyo.

20gb hdd - is enough to handle all installed o/s, applications and games - 5gb used by o/s itself, the rest games, so it is not necessarry to have a huge hard drive!

yung 40Gig kulang na kulang. GTA San Andreas 7Gig ang kinakain na disk space

cd drive- most games still runs on cd for installation - depending on what game you will install. or if you really have a budget dvd drive is fine.

lahat ba lalagyan? isa lang ginagamit for installation

keyboard/mouse - get the cheapest you could find! as kids will be suign it for games, as keyboard and mouse will get ruined as is it excessively used. pressing the same button.

madaling masira yung mga tig-150 petot na KB at mouse... A4tech KB at logitech optical mouse para trouble free

tower case- get the cheapest one with power supply (450watts) compatible with motherboard (atx for

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ano ulit????

and if you really have a budget to spend on tft(flat) monitor! then go for it, but if it just for gaming, might as well stick with crt monitor (not flat)

mmm flat monitor and CRT monitor??? 200 petot lang difference niyan...... baka LCD monitor ibig mong sabihin.

cheapest specification i could think of that will run a game . i.e ran.... those people suggested other specs are for personal use specification.

ano pang other specs yun???

[Elroi]

more suggestions, more choices, the better..

[rhops]

more suggestions, more choices, the better..

well for gaming ur video card should at least be 128 MB. also go for western digital HDD, yung seagate kasi nakadalawa ako nun dati. Tip lang is u stock up on keyboards (eto ang unang masisisra) and mouse (use optical na kasi dinudugas kapag ball ang gamit) as per experience ng pinsan kong may shop. For keyboards try to get from surplus shops sana yung mga lumang OEM, ang titibay pero medyo scarce na ata ngayon. Oh and also yung server PC nyo where you will run ur net cafe management softwares. HTH

[A121]

* jjon10,

sir, medyo old skul na ung iba nyong pyesa na sinuggest at wala na po ata ito sa market.