Pc build turn into server?

[Hendricks3]

I have a spare pc build with a r5 3600 32gb of RAM and a Rx 6800xt, would this make for a good home server with game server amongst other things. Also a bit of topics, does anyone know how to my steam and other game libraries into physical games?

[mineblaster]

The gpu isn't really needed unless you plan to play with AI stuff. The cpu will be good for most things once you learn what servers you need and how yo set them up.

 

The closest you will get to turning your steam library to somthing physical would be to use the backup feature to a hard disk or some sort of usb. I'm pretty sure you will need that account logged in to use them. Otherwise owning games on gog.com might be the way to go for future purchases.

[artisuke]

On 8/2/2025 at 5:32 PM, Hendricks3 said:

I have a spare pc build with a r5 3600 32gb of RAM and a Rx 6800xt, would this make for a good home server with game server amongst other things. Also a bit of topics, does anyone know how to my steam and other game libraries into physical games?

Hardware is fine. Your cpu probably doesn't have an iGPU, so you will either have to use your current gpu (lots of wasted power) or you will just have to get a random card to display graphics (literally almost anything works. I use ancient nvidia gpus for display adapters that barely use 5 watts). Software is more important for servers than hardware most of the time. There's plenty of open source software to fit your needs.

 

Turning digital games into physical games? Probably not going to be easy unless it's something from Itch.io or GOG due to various DRM implmentations.

[BoKKeR]

You could check out unraid, this video has gotten me started on it, you could host game servers and play games the same time on the same machine. 

The gaming rig would be using few assigned cpu cores, could be started/stopped whenever, while the game server could be on all the time. The only drawback I found with this setup is that most online games have anticheat which makes online play impossible