Building a net cafe

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Hi, I just got offered a job to deploy a internet cafe from scratch.

Requirements:

6 pc's
1 server pc
printer all in one thingy
router
hub

and all the networking things I need such as patch cables.

Then theres the software, OS will be XP and I will use http://www.cafezee.com/ for the cafe software.

Since theres only a small amount of pc's and a small room im thinking of simply running patch cables under the carpet from the pc's to the hub.

I've saw it done before and it works fine, to make it look neat I might consider a rack for the router and hub.

Now the main thing will be the pcs themselves.

Would it be better for me to buy components individually and then build everything or would it be better to just buy some prebuilt machines?

Either way I intend to charge them for building the pc's.

 

[B&W]

Thanks but I should have made clear the budget for the pc's each is around £200-300 max. This must include a tft,keyb/mouse/webcam/headset.

 

[B&W]

lol , just couldnt be bothered to type switch. ive done this kinda stuff before so I am capable.

well the server will be the machine with cafezee on it, dont expect it to be much different then the others really. mite stick a extra stik of ram in it.

as for av, thinking of NOD32. will be upto them of course but am gonna recommend that they buy a business license. as for office and other apps im gonna need to ask them, this will all be sorted tomorrow when i go down and see the place.

right now i need an estimate for the cost of the physical machines, so i can have some kind of quote ready for them tomorrow.

 

[B&W]

just checked dell, too expensive.

 

[B&W]

ooh lots of replies. thx guys.

Well I can get the pcs for around £250 each.

ill charge em 350 per pc.

350*7= 2450
xp licenses= 630
antivirus licenses= 100
networking equipment (includes cabling,tools etc) = 250
printer= 100

3530

How much should I charge them for labour?

Someone told me a grand, I will be asking a mate to help and we will need to do route all the wires, setup all the pcs and equipment from start to finish.

So I need to pay him off too and he was looking for around £400.

I dont want too charge them too much extra, what would you guys say?

 

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The pcs im getting for the public:

AMD Sempron LE-1150 2.00GHz
1GB PC2-5300 667MHz DDR2 Memory
80GB SATA2 HDD
20x SATA DVDRW
17" TFT
webcam
headset
keyb/mouse

The main machine will be a :

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ 2.3GHz
2GB PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Memory
200GB SATA2 HDD

 

[B&W]

Interesting ideas captain, at the moment my main worry is the installation charge, im thinking of making it 1k. I've done this stuff before but it was for a family friend so I didn't charge him too much, this time its different though.

I'm trying to find some quotes on the web but cant see much.