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So i would like to know what kind of cpu should i get for server.Game wich i would like to host would be arma 3.Any recommendations or help for what specs should be in cpu for servers?

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So i would like to know what kind of cpu should i get for server.Game wich i would like to host would be arma 3.Any recommendations or help for what specs should be in cpu for servers?

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So i would like to know what kind of cpu should i get for server.Game wich i would like to host would be arma 3.Any recommendations or help for what specs should be in cpu for servers?

 Xeons are generally the best options, but location and budget?

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So i would like to know what kind of cpu should i get for server.Game wich i would like to host would be arma 3.Any recommendations or help for what specs should be in cpu for servers?

Welcome to Linus Tech Tips! I would recommend reading the 2 Threads in my signature. They will give you some advice and rules for this forum. Don't forget to follow your topics. I would recommend an Intel Xeon for a game server, but I need your budget and location for some estimates.

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Budget? Location?

Don't have thought about budget but lets think about under 1000€.Finland

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You need to know what Arma 3 Server needs I mean, some gameservers will need more threads, others, high performance, and lastly some of them need more RAM... If you want the best for most of the cases, I would go for an I7 5820k overclocked... 12 Threads and High performance, also DDR4 for future enhance...

 

Maybe you can benchmark the Arma 3 needs in your own pc... 

 

Hope it helps you ;)

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Xeons but they are expensive

 

On 11/19/2014 at 2:14 PM, Syntaxvgm said:
You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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If you want to go with cheap and decent server performance, you can buy an fx 83** cpu. While they suck at gaming anything higher than med res., they're okay for multi core tasks like cheap servers.

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Xeons but they are expensive

yeah. but theres like loads of different types on xeons and which one should i get like. one with lots of gigahertz or one with lots of cores? since the game is hard to run anyway.

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from looking around, it seems like you'll want a decent performance cpu, but especially RAM, i've seen reports of admins putting their server on a ramdisk, giving performance a huge leap.

 

from reading around, i'd suggest getting something quad core, 16GB ram (of which 10-12 in a ramdisk for your server files)

also get some decently fast storage, and perhaps dig around in linux a bit.

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I was reading on the arma forums that you want a six core xeon or better (and not a amd fx83XX as arma servers are not optimized for them) so I'd try snagging a Xeon X5680 off ebay.

another thing to consider is how much ram you will need, rule of thumb is 1GB of ram per player slot.

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from looking around, it seems like you'll want a decent performance cpu, but especially RAM, i've seen reports of admins putting their server on a ramdisk, giving performance a huge leap.

 

from reading around, i'd suggest getting something quad core, 16GB ram (of which 10-12 in a ramdisk for your server files)

also get some decently fast storage, and perhaps dig around in linux a bit.

You could loose data though, you would have to back it up.

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You could loose data though, you would have to back it up.

thats where the fast storage comes in, write away the ramdisk to HDD or SSD every few minutes.

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ECC ram would be good to !

 

On 11/19/2014 at 2:14 PM, Syntaxvgm said:
You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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thats where the fast storage comes in, write away the ramdisk to HDD or SSD every few minutes.

Or you could steal Linus' SSDs and raid cards...

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Or you could steal Linus' SSDs and raid cards...

or wendell, i think he may have a spare or two

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or wendell, i think he may have a spare or two

WOW

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WOW

i feel like wendell had to compensate for linus's SSD project, as that was just after.

 

what would the tech world be without our crazy wendell.

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A Xeon, I'd recommend getting an older HP or Dell PowerEdge server from eBay or craigslist for cheap but check the specs and make sure they will give you the hard drives with it.

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1366 Xeons go for cheap nowadays and pack a ton of power still :).

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