First off if you are commenting on whether or not I should start a LAN center please don't post. I DON'T CARE. I'm only looking for input on build specs not business advice...
Anyway so I will be starting with around 42 gaming PC's. My biggest question is what video card to use. I would like the systems to last around 2-4 years before upgrading the GPU.
I originally thought the GTX 960 was good but then started thinking for $100 more I could get all 970's. The 980 would be roughly $300 more.
Here are the proposed specs:
Core i5 4460
Corsair H55
MSI Z97 G45 mobo
Kingston Beast 16GB
Asus GTX 960, 970, 980
Corsair 450D
EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold
GTX 980 seems too much money for not that much performance increase. For example a 980 is not twice as fast as a 960 @ 1080P but costs more than twice as much. Like I said before I think the 970 is the sweet spot for performance to $ ratio.
Anyway so I will be starting with around 42 gaming PC's. My biggest question is what video card to use. I would like the systems to last around 2-4 years before upgrading the GPU.
I originally thought the GTX 960 was good but then started thinking for $100 more I could get all 970's. The 980 would be roughly $300 more.
Here are the proposed specs:
Core i5 4460
Corsair H55
MSI Z97 G45 mobo
Kingston Beast 16GB
Asus GTX 960, 970, 980
Corsair 450D
EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold
GTX 980 seems too much money for not that much performance increase. For example a 980 is not twice as fast as a 960 @ 1080P but costs more than twice as much. Like I said before I think the 970 is the sweet spot for performance to $ ratio.