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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Hello people, I'm Back!

I will be doing my second review on Khakabo LAN Gaming.

Background Info:

Khakabo LAN gaming was first started at August located at 10 Middle Road, IOI Plaza. They then decided to shift thier venue to 175 Bencoolen Street, Burlington Square. They are have 95 Gaming stations together with their comfortable sofa seat.

This picture taken above, was taken by me when I was there on Saturday November 17. This is the entrance of Khakabo LAN Shop. Unfortunately, when i went in, the receptionist told me that i was not allowed to take pictures inside the LAN shop. Therefore i had no choice but to keep my phone in my pocket. The remaining photos are not taken by me and does not belong to me.


First Impression:


This is what you will be viewing when you walk into the entrance.

I was there and saw more than 100 of these computer.

  • The most eye catching thing about this shop is that their seat is a sofa. Very comfortable and makes you feel like home. 
  • The temperature in this shop is kind of too cold. For the females, do bring along a jacket as I was almost shivering too.
  • The environment was great as you wont be hearing many people shouting as they are provided with a headset on every station.

Environment [4/5stars]

Price & Service:

After walking around and viewing the computer, I then decided to use a station for 3hours, as the rates are very reasonable. They are charging only $2 for a hour. Its one of the cheapest prices available at that area. My opinion of it is that there are many other LAN Gaming shops around there, and therefore to be competitive in prices, they decided to remain their prices even after they have moved out of IOI plaza. Apologies as i do not have a photo and unable to find one on the prices and rates.

Their way of payment are different as the user would need to pay after using the computer. You will be given a number tag and when you are done playing, then you would need to pay up. You might over shoot the budget that you have, so do remember to bring out extra cash if you are playing for long :)

Service [5/5stars]
Price [4/5stars]



The Experience:

This was the computer they had.

The monitor they used was a 27" Acer LED mointor. Very large screen size (one of the biggest i ever used). Both keyboard and mouse by Microsoft.

Quite a decent pair of gears, but what i like about them is that they are clean. Before i started using, of the their staff were cleaning it. He told me that they will be cleaning both keyboard and mouse when users finish their usage.

The sofa chair was very comfortable. Very good sensation (MUST TRY)

There were limited games installed. Most online games could be found there, but i was expecting a little more than average. Only installed a certain amount of common games.

With my experience, i have realized that they had this Software which removes all user data when the computer shutdown and will revert its state back to default. Which means that any computer virus or key loggers installed by the previous user will be removed too. Brilliant idea.


They have other equipments such as a headset and webcam to allow users to work there to.

Equipment [4/5]
Variety Of Games [3/5] 
Speed Of Computer [4/5]


This picture was taken by me before leaving.

Conclusion:


Gaming there for 3 hours was a joy. The computer did not give me any trouble and was very smooth in terms of performance. The price of the drink and tidbits were quite reasonable too.  $1.20 for a bottle of drink.


I have to agree with, Joey "Murray" M. who posted a review:

Khakabo has the comfiest seats, best gaming equipment (headphones, keyboards, mouses, monitors, wide selection of games), the friendliest staff (trust me, when you've been in a 24-hour LAN shop, some people get pressed and aren't always nice...), fast internet, and as they have two outlets open within walking distance of each other, you're almost always guaranteed a seat for yourself and your friends!



I had a great time there. Good environment, service and equipments.

 
Pros:

  1. Excellent environment
  2. Good service
  3. Normal computer speed
  4. Good variety of equipments
  5. Affordable rates
  6. Comfortable sofa seat

Cons:
  1. Limited games
  2. Crowded during week ends

Rating:
Environment [4/5stars]
Service [5/5stars]
Price [4/5stars]
Equipment [4/5]
Variety Of Games [3/5] 
Speed Of Computer [4/5]

Overall this LAN shop deserve a 4/5Stars rating and definitely it is one of my recommended LAN shop that I will recommend to you.

Location:
175 Bencoolen Street
#01-58 Burlington Square
Singapore 189649

Operating Hours:

24Hours/7Days

Thank you for reading my post and hope to see you again soon.

Posted at 4:16 PM

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