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Thin clients. How do they work? I can't make heads and tails of the long documents available on the internet. I am looking into it because I am researching on the deployment of multiple computers in a cost effective way and I came across this.

You are not alone brother, same here (excluding the fake stuff - i don't know where your school got that from ) I'm pretty sure your school doesn't want any upgrade that costs a butt load of money (because there are 20 PCs.) Firstly, you can suggest them to increase the RAM. I think that's the LGA 775 socket with DDR2 RAM. So get some RAM. It won't be that of a cost. 20 DDR2 2GB stickswould cost about 70$, and if its in bulk, you can also get the price reduced. As for the processor, I am not that familiar with the 775 socket so all I can say is find some decent processor that fits you bill and is better than your 2160 and use that. Now all this is worst case scenario. If the school is willing to get brand new computers, either get assembled ones which is easier. or you can setup this one . PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/p9JZJV Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/p9JZJV/by_merchant/ CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor ($37.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock AM1B-M Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: Crucial 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($11.00 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)(Use your existing HDD) Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00) (The existing case is fine.) Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg) Total: $103.97 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-14 02:58 EDT-0400 This thing can even 'play' GTA IV So that's 100x20=2000$. This would be such a huge upgrade for your school. Hope your principal agrees with your opinion All this is the base idea. Feel free to tinker with it.u [Whoa! Had fun writing this post ]

At least its better than mine. Its great!

This is better and would be adequate for you. Corsair CX500 80 PLUS Bronze https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hgGkcf/corsair-power-supply-cx500 P.S. Corsair VS550 has no 80 PLUS Rating

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/d4FdHN Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/d4FdHN/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($100.56 @ OutletPC) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (Purchased For $0.00) Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.49 @ SuperBiiz) Total: $539.02 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-08 13:37 EDT-0400 If you are planning ti play on something like 1440p, you should consider getting a 1070 or something. And the 650 PSU is somewhat an overkill for this 350W build, but I put it in there because it was coming under budget

First things first you are planning to get unlocked processor with a B150 motherboard. If you are not planning to over clock get an i5 6500. Get any 80 plus rate 600 watt with the specifications you want Get a better GPU if you are planning to do some 1440p gaming but if you are still at 1080p the 970 would suffice

What are you using this rig for?