Best CPU for game server?

[Seth_king]

I'm looking to make a server to host a Gmod server on, maybe store files as well. (I don't know if that's a good idea with the server on there.) I've been looking at CPU's and get so many different answers, Xeon's, old I7's, Old AMD processors. I've decided I want an Intel server and preferably a Xeon build. The question is, Which Xeon should I get there's so many! I plan on having $500 for the whole build after selling some spare parts I have laying around. I live in America. If anyone could help me it would be well appreciated!

[Fasauceome]

how large do you anticipate the server to be?

 

gmod, being an older game, has more of an emphasis on single core speeds, so a current gen i5 or even i3 would be a good call

[Stu_Bear]

Buy an old HP DL380 G7 or newer...used ones with boat loads of ram are available...twin hex cores.  Bought one myself 2 years ago for $450 shipped...not sure of your drive requirements for "gmod", but if you want performance setup a ramdisk and load your games files there...even create a VM in the ramdisk?  Don't really know anything about gmod...

[Seth_king]

3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

how large do you anticipate the server to be?

 

gmod, being an older game, has more of an emphasis on single core speeds, so a current gen i5 or even i3 would be a good call

When I first started my server it got 20 people in 3 days. I'm assuming it will end up with at least 50 and at most 90.

[Seth_king]

3 minutes ago, Stu_Bear said:

Buy an old HP DL380 G7 or newer...used ones with boats loads of ram are available...twin hex cores.  Bought one myself 2 years ago for $450 shipped...not sure of your drive requirements for "gmod", but if you want performance setup a ramdisk and load your games files there...even create a VM in the ramdisk?  Don't really know anything about gmod...

I'll look it up, thanks! Looks like they are $200!

[Stu_Bear]

I read that gmod is 32bit...so i guess ram requirements are pretty low...no more than 4gb per gmod server?  That said you could create 10 gmod virtual servers on a DL380 like mine with ease if I had to guess...all in ramdisk...that sounds like a cool exercise.  Mine has 144gb of ram and 12c/24t.  If you found something similar you allocate 10gb of ram as ramdisk for each gmod virtual server...then assign 4gb of ram to each...then 2 virtual cores each...bet it would run.

[Seth_king]

2 minutes ago, Stu_Bear said:

I read that gmod is 32bit...so i guess ram requirements are pretty low...no more than 4gb per gmod server?  That said you could create 10 gmod virtual servers on a DL380 like mine with ease if I had to guess...all in ramdisk...that sounds like a cool exercise.  Mine has 144gb of ram and 12c/24t.  If you found something similar you allocate 10gb of ram as ramdisk for each gmod virtual server...then assign 4gb of ram to each...then 2 virtual cores each...bet it would run.

That sounds good, what do you think of this one? 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Proliant-DL380-G7-Server-2x-2-66GHz-12-Cores-32GB-P410-2x-600GB/172096963331?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item2811c74303:g:yGcAAOSwga9eE7EV:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!28376!US!-1&enc=AQAEAAACQBPxNw%2BVj6nta7CKEs3N0qVYBsHr8aUjuEprtzjMvmNQbQvvnCwdwLc7pH4mckbHPyBMyf9hLLeFnzibLa8wakTXT7xPpC0ZOIpXvjRnBswPkqPMKruR2BP%2Fn0%2FbCZbijDraKsdyO1w4TEZeBhiPkW%2FHru12jE%2FZqRC%2FURFChSLptdIJV5BTFJmoy4%2B9IrLboQjLZdaBAy%2B0%2Fho3a8HXRwJu0FXCgY5OfyyyNMeeTJH%2FnUZ0oJPD0LJj4RrokqTqRCBPdnpYZ4sdaawo%2F75TulxoO8FeZ7QE63GvKO6Az8G1Tn6f26IGwH9H5qn4fMmePvedJk8qMz6PQHX0k0BxOb6sLg%2FjaYRjMe5%2FQ8ICmftyTqNFfG%2F7G%2FdOillzox2IdDd6bBK8PbuqdXYW8obg72LUM70T7g5CpYwSZHtTZxCzUDOo%2BNSG0Eeoodq75aYpM7wb%2BxVoX19AuOiqR83jMJZPAuIVL2sMK2IqAR0mslX78%2BHvBE6mrDi%2FDNUBH%2BzMecVOSxDFrgCN9mwM89W%2FMFCI4xA%2FmAQ6Nc9cIAhHDx0bGCq1%2FXmL9IHHGsnqzSObQ5%2FS2WSRMkmV10LoD401pWhU2BeZUU8tvF5eji9spbE6yt5S8G1wl0YJp1KHhhE9IFF%2FX3XbAaq159zCfr6ubQ9kPAoZ4wYKEt0lzx%2FDifH%2FgpKW98FIogq0JSlJrA6yTIXjDv6eg5ZA89%2Frcfev%2F8d1%2BndVrqFUDQkx2Zlcvjv5TCY2m%2BqA5J1zrBoxCKVnNQ%3D%3D&checksum=17209696333171766cd104234ac4b71773d00abab45c&enc=AQAEAAACQBPxNw%2BVj6nta7CKEs3N0qVYBsHr8aUjuEprtzjMvmNQbQvvnCwdwLc7pH4mckbHPyBMyf9hLLeFnzibLa8wakTXT7xPpC0ZOIpXvjRnBswPkqPMKruR2BP%2Fn0%2FbCZbijDraKsdyO1w4TEZeBhiPkW%2FHru12jE%2FZqRC%2FURFChSLptdIJV5BTFJmoy4%2B9IrLboQjLZdaBAy%2B0%2Fho3a8HXRwJu0FXCgY5OfyyyNMeeTJH%2FnUZ0oJPD0LJj4RrokqTqRCBPdnpYZ4sdaawo%2F75TulxoO8FeZ7QE63GvKO6Az8G1Tn6f26IGwH9H5qn4fMmePvedJk8qMz6PQHX0k0BxOb6sLg%2FjaYRjMe5%2FQ8ICmftyTqNFfG%2F7G%2FdOillzox2IdDd6bBK8PbuqdXYW8obg72LUM70T7g5CpYwSZHtTZxCzUDOo%2BNSG0Eeoodq75aYpM7wb%2BxVoX19AuOiqR83jMJZPAuIVL2sMK2IqAR0mslX78%2BHvBE6mrDi%2FDNUBH%2BzMecVOSxDFrgCN9mwM89W%2FMFCI4xA%2FmAQ6Nc9cIAhHDx0bGCq1%2FXmL9IHHGsnqzSObQ5%2FS2WSRMkmV10LoD401pWhU2BeZUU8tvF5eji9spbE6yt5S8G1wl0YJp1KHhhE9IFF%2FX3XbAaq159zCfr6ubQ9kPAoZ4wYKEt0lzx%2FDifH%2FgpKW98FIogq0JSlJrA6yTIXjDv6eg5ZA89%2Frcfev%2F8d1%2BndVrqFUDQkx2Zlcvjv5TCY2m%2BqA5J1zrBoxCKVnNQ%3D%3D&checksum=17209696333171766cd104234ac4b71773d00abab45c

 

 

Holy shit that's a long ass link!

[Stu_Bear]

Long indeed   Ummm...I'd look up what the hardware requirements of a gmod server are, but assuming it's not anything more than a 2.66ghz processor...i'd say that would work.  Does a gmod server require a gpu?

[Seth_king]

2 minutes ago, Stu_Bear said:

Long indeed   Ummm...I'd look up what the hardware requirements of a gmod server are, but assuming it's not anything more than a 2.66ghz processor...i'd say that would work.  Does a gmod server require a gpu?

No, but I'm assuming I'll need one to output video and manage the server.

[Stu_Bear]

Yeah I think you can buy a cheap HP graphics card for simple display.  I've seen a video where a guy installed a GTX 1050 (non-Ti) in a DL380...it worked using only the power from the x16 slot.  That said the server has a VGA output only   Kinda sucks...I still need to rig up a GPU in my DL380...I need to buy a 10pin to 8pin power connecter adapter to finish the task.

[Seth_king]

Yeah I could probably buy a 650 or some old low profile card.

[Stu_Bear]

Well, after a little research...gmod is single core intensive...you might want to look for a used 8th gen Intel processor and go from there...