My first generation PC rig

Entering the Internet Cafe business is serious business. The investment will really cost you an arm and a leg so a balance must be struck when selecting the components for the station PCs. The balance is between performance and cost.

Here are my requirements:

- The total PC hardware must fit in an Php 18k-20k window.

- It must have a mid-range processor and decent graphics to handle the most popular games today yet still capable of giving a mileage of at least 3 years.

After toying around with a lot of combinations from PC parts vendors, the winner for this generation of PCs (10 sets) is:

Processor: AMD 64 X2 7850 (2.8 Ghz, 3MB cache)
Mobo: ECS A780GM-A
Memory: 2GB DDR2-800
Hard Drive: Seagate 320GB, 7200 rpm
Video Card: Inno3D 9600 GT, 512MB DDR3, 256-bit HDMI
Monitor: Hanns-G 17" widescreen

Up next: What made me choose this setup?

What this blog is about

My name is Ric. I am an aspiring entrepreneur. Aspiring as in I'm testing the waters now. My first business is an internet/computer cafe. As my introduction goes, I am your typical PC grease-monkey --- having had the oppotunity of dealing with PCs since the time of the venerable DOS and the then-much-coveted 80286 processor from Intel.

So much for the introductions. I am putting this blog up to share stuff about this business and everything I know about computers. I ran into an old acquaintance (who's not really tech-savvy) one time and asked me if I can help him put up a PC rig. "Sure", I said, "what's the spec of the PC that you need?". I saw his face turn blank. I guess I asked the wrong question.

Here I plan to help the not-so-techie, decipher the jargons (will try) and review tech stuff.

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