i7-6700k for Game Hosting Server (Good/Bad)

[Joriem]

Evening all,

 

I was wondering how well you all think a 6700k would perform as a home hosted gaming server.

Specs:

i7-6700k

32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz CAS16 (2x16GB)

250GB 970Evo NVMe/525GB Crucial MX300 SATA SSD

Cryorig H7

Corsair CX650M

 

Not sure that it would do anything other than make extra heat but I have a GTX1080 FE that could be thrown in if need be.

 

Looking to run dedicated sessions of Ark (max 6 players)

Dedicated sessions of DayZ, (also 6 players)

 

Runtime would be an average of 8ish hours per day, but not 7 days a week.

 

Thoughts? Suggestions?

 

And while my current PC far outclasses this, I'd rather make use of old hardware I have lying around, than run games and a dedicated session on my primary PC. Trying to shift the workload a little.

Edited July 29, 2019 by Joriem

[Princess Luna]

If all it'll do is host the game server I suppose it can suffice, pretty decent 4c/8t processor... up to 6 players isn't terrible a lot... but multi-tasking or even gaming while doing it might be a stretch.

[Master Disaster]

6700K is more than adequate, the bigger concern is your internet speed. You'll need a very fast upload to handle running a server from home.

 

Oh and some games can get wierd about connecting to a server that's running on the same network so while your friends can join fine you might find that you can't. I'm unfamiliar with Ark or DayZ so cannot say if that's the case or not.

 

[NoxOps]

1 minute ago, Master Disaster said:

6700K is more than adequate, the bigger concern is your internet speed. You'll need a very fast upload to handle running a server from home.

 

Oh and some games can get wierd about connecting to a server that's running on the same network so while your friends can join fine you might find that you can't. I'm unfamiliar with Ark or DayZ so cannot say if that's the case or not.

 

Yeah this is usally because of NAT reflection, most of the time you can go into the console of the game and connect by local ip or depending on the game you modify the launch options to connect to the local ip address. Example if you are launch Ark through steam you modify the Launch options to do +connect ipaddress:port

[Joriem]

2 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

6700K is more than adequate, the bigger concern is your internet speed.

My download is about 175Mbps, and 25Mbps upload.

[NoxOps]

Just now, Joriem said:

My download is about 175Mbps, and 25Mbps upload.

Yeah you will be just fine.

[TheKDub]

23 minutes ago, Joriem said:

Evening all,

 

I was wondering how well you all think a 6700k would perform as a home hosted gaming server.

Specs:

i7-6700k

32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz CAS16 (2x16GB)

250GB 970Evo NVMe/525GB Crucial MX300 SATA SSD

Cryorig H7

Corsair CX650M

 

Not sure that it would do anything other than make extra heat but I have a GTX1080 FE that could be thrown in if need be.

 

Looking to run dedicated sessions of Ark (max 6 players)

Dedicated sessions of DayZ, (also 6 players)

 

Runtime would be an average of 8ish hours per day, but not 7 days a week.

 

Thoughts? Suggestions?

 

And while my current PC far outclasses this, I'd rather make use of old hardware I have lying around, than run games and a dedicated session on my primary PC. Trying to shift the workload a little.

The i7 6700K would do fine for a game server. It'll depend a bit on the game.

 

Looking at some posts from around the internet, someone was running three servers on a machine with a FX-5950 and 32GB of RAM with up to 40 players, so I'm sure the 6700K with 32GB of RAM will be more than enough for about 6 people.

 

Shouldn't struggle too much with about 6 people on DayZ either.

[Turtle Rig]

31 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

If all it'll do is host the game server I suppose it can suffice, pretty decent 4c/8t processor... up to 6 players isn't terrible a lot... but multi-tasking or even gaming while doing it might be a stretch.

He just needs to make sure hes not recording or streaming at 60fps or else it will take a nice hit on your system and tax it and slow down your frame rates.  So do it at 30fps and you should be fine.