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I need help choosing an OS for my new server! I looked up the prices of Windows Server 2012 R2 and they are truly something involving an arm and a leg! So I decided that I could use Windows 7 Ultimate for the OS! Will this work? Are there any downsides to using a consumer OS rather than a Server OS? And before you ask what I am using the server for I am using it to host a couple of game servers that run 24/7!

I also have a price range of $150 max for the OS.  :D  Plz Help!!!

If you're willing to learn Linux then go with something like Ubuntu Server, it's free and will be less resource intensive than Windows will be, but if you don't want to learn or can't learn Linux then Windows 8.1 Pro or Windows 7 Pro will be fine, you can get away with Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 Home Premium, but there may be some features that you'll need that those two don't have.

I used Windows 7 Home Premium for a while before switching over to Linux Mint on my file server and it was perfectly fine if a little slow, but I siwtched over to Linux because it's more secure than Windows is.

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I need help choosing an OS for my new server! I looked up the prices of Windows Server 2012 R2 and they are truly something involving an arm and a leg! So I decided that I could use Windows 7 Ultimate for the OS! Will this work? Are there any downsides to using a consumer OS rather than a Server OS? And before you ask what I am using the server for I am using it to host a couple of game servers that run 24/7!

I also have a price range of $150 max for the OS.  :D  Plz Help!!!

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Windows Server 2008 R2?

 

EDIT: Prices are pretty high too...Just run Windows 7 Enterprise.

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Yes! Exactly. I have 2 minecraft servers and a couple other of random games! 

Probably any Linux distribution would work. I would use Ubuntu Server IMO.

EDIT: Unless you want a GUI, Windows Server would work too.

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I need help choosing an OS for my new server! I looked up the prices of Windows Server 2012 R2 and they are truly something involving an arm and a leg! So I decided that I could use Windows 7 Ultimate for the OS! Will this work? Are there any downsides to using a consumer OS rather than a Server OS? And before you ask what I am using the server for I am using it to host a couple of game servers that run 24/7!

I also have a price range of $150 max for the OS.  :D  Plz Help!!!

If you're willing to learn Linux then go with something like Ubuntu Server, it's free and will be less resource intensive than Windows will be, but if you don't want to learn or can't learn Linux then Windows 8.1 Pro or Windows 7 Pro will be fine, you can get away with Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 Home Premium, but there may be some features that you'll need that those two don't have.

I used Windows 7 Home Premium for a while before switching over to Linux Mint on my file server and it was perfectly fine if a little slow, but I siwtched over to Linux because it's more secure than Windows is.

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