Gaming Cafe Builds

Pip Systems · March 17, 2022

Budget (including currency): $xxxxx

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: literally everything under the sun

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

Hey there, I'm looking for a few different builds for a gaming cafe I'm going to be opening at my university, and I'd be happy to make a seperate thread for each, however, these include:

Flight Simulator
Racing Simulator
Linux system with windows VMs for gaming

Basically, I'm trying to spec out the best of the best flight and racing simulators, including, but not limited to: moving seats, VR, triple monitors, full instrument panels, seat kickers etc.

For the general use computers I'd like to build a decked out threadripper + 3090ti build in Linux and dynamically allocate resources splitting between several (as many as possible ) computers running windows VMs to game/productivity (basically a KVM/VFIO setup)

The goal is to buy super expensive hardware and split it between as many "computers" as possible instead of having a separate computer for every single station at the cafe

However. I have no idea if that's even feasibly possible. And I might just have to build a separate computer for each station at the cafe, but I'd rather go the Linux + windows VM route.

I'd also like to hear thoughts/ideas on a structure to make this work, possibly memberships where you pay to get a certain amount of fps, how much would that be? and monthly? a semester? limited by time or unlimited time per day with a membership?

How would you monetize this in the most consumer-friendly way as possible?

Please, help.

Tutorials, what I need to know, what will work, what won't, I come seeking as much advice as I can get.

Thanks