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| Thread ID: 136616 | 2014-03-23 01:56:00 | 10 person computer or 10 laptops? $5000 | Mirddes (10) | Press F1 |
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| 1371006 | 2014-03-23 01:56:00 | try to make this as cheap as possible, second hand monitors would be nice. maybe a library or school or office could use a few of these. would be cheaper than having 1 computer per person. pricespy.co.nz feel free to improve the list Intel Core i7 4770 3.4GHz Socket 1150 Box (CPU) (pricespy.co.nz) G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL10 8GB (DDR3 memory stick) (pricespy.co.nz) Genius KM-110X USB (EN) (Mouse + keyboard kit) (pricespy.co.nz) Laser AO-USBMHV2P (USB & Firewire hub) (pricespy.co.nz) Genius HS-G500V (Headphone) (pricespy.co.nz) Transcend TS128GSSD340 128GB (Solid State Drive (SSD)) (pricespy.co.nz) Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC (Motherboard) (pricespy.co.nz) Asus Radeon R7240-2GD3-L 2GB (Graphics card (PCI Express)) (pricespy.co.nz) Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 (Web camera) (pricespy.co.nz) AOC i2367fh (Monitor) (pricespy.co.nz) Corsair CX600M 600W (Power supply unit) (pricespy.co.nz) LG CT40N (Optical drive) (pricespy.co.nz) Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 64MB 2TB (Internal hard drive) (pricespy.co.nz) Assmann USB A - USB A M-F 2.0 1.8m (USB cable) (pricespy.co.nz) and a copy of multipoint server 2012 vs 10 sub $500 laptops. the above build obviously gets cheaper if secondhand monitors are used. less than $3000 is quite likely possible with reused keyboards, mice and webcams. how would 10 $300 laptops fare against such a beast? R7 240 is no beast but how does it compare standing next to whatever is in a $300-500 laptop? will vga/dvi extension cables be needed and more usb extenders? how would one best arrange tables? 2 kitchen tables will be enough for 10 people? tl;dr IF LOTS OF MINECRAFT IS THE ENDGAME; WHAT IS BEST IDEA? |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 1371007 | 2014-03-23 02:26:00 | Good luck in finding 10 $300 laptops. Even if theyre 2nd hand, I doubt people would leave a copy of their OS on it. Then what? So all you want them for is minecraft? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1371008 | 2014-03-23 02:50:00 | minecraft, facebook, youtube, office, torrenting, etc second hand monitors really bring the price down |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 1371009 | 2014-03-23 03:40:00 | IF LOTS OF MINECRAFT IS THE ENDGAME; WHAT IS BEST IDEA? A sh!tload of RAM. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1371010 | 2014-03-23 05:06:00 | A sh!tload of RAM. is 32GB not enough? its actualy quite expensive moving this idea from lga1150 to lga2011, dual socket and 96GB ram is nice but the larger motherboards only yield 4 additional seats. onboard videos goes, and only 3 additional pcie slots are added. sure displayport capable video carxds coudl be used but that monitor budget keeps going skyward. multiple 10seat systems is the best value it seems. one must also consider the usb port budget. this system has 16 ports which is enough for 14 seats (each with their own HUB) a multifunction printer and a ups |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 1371011 | 2014-03-23 05:11:00 | I don't know, run Minecraft yourself and then multiply whatever it uses by 10x | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1371012 | 2014-03-23 05:41:00 | The motherboard listed the spec's tops out at 32GB of Memory total... Mine Craft Spec's: Minimum Requirements: CPU: Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 (K8) 2.6 GHz RAM: 2GB GPU (Integrated): Intel HD Graphics or AMD (formerly ATI) Radeon HD Graphics with OpenGL 2.1 GPU (Discrete): Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT or AMD Radeon HD 2400 with OpenGL 3.1 HDD: At least 200MB for Game Core and Other Files Java 6 Release 45 Recommended Requirements: CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II (K10) 2.8 GHz RAM: 4GB GPU: GeForce 2xx Series or AMD Radeon HD 5xxx Series (Excluding Integrated Chipsets) with OpenGL 3.3 HDD: 1GB Latest release of Java 7 from java.com So going by that if you went by the recommended, 4GB x 10 -- 40GB Just asked my son who used to hammer Minecraft, his computer has 4GB and says sometimes when "pushing it hard" the memory would appear top out for a short time, but generally ran fine. Could also depend on how the game is being played, if all 10 were going flat out all at once it would lag/suffer - BUT whats the chance of that ? You have to remember Multiseat is not designed as a multi game OS, It runs as Virtual Desktops, its more for general day to day work and general usage, good in schools. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1371013 | 2014-03-23 05:46:00 | Why do you want a 10-person Minecraft gaming rig anyway? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1371014 | 2014-03-23 08:47:00 | Wait so im confused, is this a single computer running a minecraft server or 10 separate computers all running minecraft? | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1371015 | 2014-03-23 09:08:00 | No, a single machine running Multipoint Server - think more like 10 virtual machines on the same PC, but with separate keyboards, mice, monitors... | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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