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Im going to build a low cost gaming server and was wondering what cpu(s), motherboard, and also how much storage and memory it needs
i have a buget of 600 to 1200 dollars (would like to be under 1000 $) 

Thanks (Im kinda new to this)

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no need for a gaming server, just add more harddrive space to your pc

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21 minutes ago, Not_my_Jackal said:

Im going to build a low cost gaming server and was wondering what cpu(s), motherboard, how much storage is needed and how much memory. 
i have a buget of 600 to 1200 dollars (would like to be under 1000 $) 

Thanks (Im kinda new to this)

what rig do you have now? it will determine if you just upgrade overall or can simply just add more space. 

 

servers are really needed for gaming. 

Rig 1: i7-9700k OC'd to 5.0ghz all core | EVGA XC RTX 2080Ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | ASUS PRIME Z370-P | Asetek 550LC 120mm | ADATA 480GB SSD & Toshiba P300 3TB | Cooler Master Masterbox MB500 | Win 10 Home | Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, G502 Proteus Spectrum, G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow Wireless Limited Edition, Corsair MM300 Mouse Pad | 2 MSI Optix Curved 27" FHD Monitors 

 

(before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.)

 

Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors 

 

Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors 

 

Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home 

 

RIP 

 

Rig 5 (dead and dismantled and sold) : i7-7820X OC'd to 4.8ghz all core | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | Gigabyte X299 UD4 PRO | Asetek 240mm AIO | WD Green 240gb SSD | Other various components that I can't remember

 

Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember 

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Gaming server for what?

Storage?

Minecraft server (pls no)?

 

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What will it serve?

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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You're usually better off just renting a server in a datacenter, servers are loud and draw a lot of power and you won't have to worry about connection speeds for all your players...

75% of what I say is sarcastic

 

So is the rest probably

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6 hours ago, TH3R34P3R said:

what rig do you have now? it will determine if you just upgrade overall or can simply just add more space. 

 

servers are really needed for gaming. 

i just have a laptop (lenovo y700). and i would want it to its host multiple servers at once (if necessary). but it would be nice to have a combo of a nas server and a gaming server

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6 hours ago, myselfolli said:

You're usually better off just renting a server in a datacenter, servers are loud and draw a lot of power and you won't have to worry about connection speeds for all your players...

I have the space to have a server, and over time it will cost more to rent.

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1 hour ago, Not_my_Jackal said:

I have the space to have a server, and over time it will cost more to rent.

You've still left out some important questions,

 

What games or services do you plan on hosting? Gaming only? Website and other amenities such as Teamspeak or Ventrilo?

 

Throw us a bone!

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15 hours ago, davehkiin said:

You've still left out some important questions,

 

What games or services do you plan on hosting? Gaming only? Website and other amenities such as Teamspeak or Ventrilo?

 

Throw us a bone!

Well. Was gonna do gaming servers for Ragemp (Gta5), Unturned and much more hige powerd and low powerd games. Could do some hosting and if possible a nas. (Could be a seperat server for another time)

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