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Hello peeps.

 

I know absolutely NOTHING about server processors and motherboards, though for my purpose probably don't need to go that far, but maybe a Xeon processor would be better for my purpose? No clue... Anyways, Soon I will be building a gaming pc that I've been putting together for a while, trying to choose very wisely on the parts, but I go to a lot of LAN Parties, and I sometimes even host them. I'd like to have a server I could use to help host the lobby's and the game's. Something that I can handle something like CS:GO with 20 people on it with no struggle what-so-ever. The server will more than likely host Terraria worlds 24/7 in some cases, and maybe some StarCraft 2? I'm sure you guys get the point. 

 

I'd greatly appreciate any pointers on building a server, like, what are the largest needs for a server, and what makes a server run good. It would also help me with getting started on what exactly to research as far as hardware.

 

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After some research and looking around, this is the build I've come up with for my server. Please let me know what you would change or if these parts picked make no sense.

 

 
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650 2.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($780.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS SSI CEB LGA2011 Motherboard  ($359.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: PNY 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($42.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Silverstone GD09B HTPC Case  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1726.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Thanks everyone for helping me out here.
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Hello peeps.

I know absolutely NOTHING about server processors and motherboards, though for my purpose probably don't need to go that far, but maybe a Xeon processor would be better for my purpose? No clue... Anyways, Soon I will be building a gaming pc that I've been putting together for a while, trying to choose very wisely on the parts, but I go to a lot of LAN Parties, and I sometimes even host them. I'd like to have a server I could use to help host the lobby's and the game's. Something that I can handle something like CS:GO with 20 people on it with no struggle what-so-ever. The server will more than likely host Terraria worlds 24/7 in some cases, and maybe some StarCraft 2? I'm sure you guys get the point.

I'd greatly appreciate any pointers on building a server, like, what are the largest needs for a server, and what makes a server run good. It would also help me with getting started on what exactly to research as far as hardware.

Honestly I build my PC's, but my servers I like pre-built. I just find it to be more reliable and usually better thermally designed. That's just my opinion. I'm just going to warn you, server windows is EXPENSIVE. Like stupid expensive. Sometimes the pre-built comes with the OS.

 

 

 

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Honestly I build my PC's, but my servers I like pre-built. I just find it to be more reliable and usually better thermally designed. That's just my opinion. I'm just going to warn you, server windows is EXPENSIVE. Like stupid expensive. Sometimes the pre-built comes with the OS.

 

Would I need a Server Windows OS?

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Would I need a Server Windows OS?

Most likely not, no. If you need a Server OS you can always go Linux. I personally don't know anything about CS:GO Servers but a few questions:

-128tick?

-Will you be playing on that PC or will you play on another PC and use the Server only as a Server?

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 5800x3D | Scythe Fuma 2 | RX6600XT Red Devil | B550M Steel Legend | Fury Renegade 32GB 3600MTs | 980 Pro Gen4 - RAID0 - Kingston A400 480GB x2 RAID1 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 | Fractal Design Integra M 650W | InWin 103 | Mic. - SM57 | Headphones - Sony MDR-1A | Keyboard - Roccat Vulcan 100 AIMO | Mouse - Steelseries Rival 310 | Monitor - Dell S3422DWG

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No, but it makes everything more easy. Every app that you can run on your PC, you can run on your "pro" version of Windows.

 

I guess I'll research the differences between Server and Pro, also, do you have a good source for prebuilt servers?

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Most likely not, no. If you need a Server OS you can always go Linux. I personally don't know anything about CS:GO Servers but a few questions:

-128tick?

-Will you be playing on that PC or will you play on another PC and use the Server only as a Server?

 

128 tick is the only way I'd have it :)

 

And I will be playing on a separate PC, the server is strictly server purposes. 

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128 tick is the only way I'd have it :)

 

And I will be playing on a separate PC, the server is strictly server purposes. 

Honestly it shouldn't be very demanding. I've seen people run 5v5 128tick servers on core2quads at stock. Terraria won't use much either. What budget are you aiming for?

This may help when setting up aswell:

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive_Dedicated_Servers

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 5800x3D | Scythe Fuma 2 | RX6600XT Red Devil | B550M Steel Legend | Fury Renegade 32GB 3600MTs | 980 Pro Gen4 - RAID0 - Kingston A400 480GB x2 RAID1 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 | Fractal Design Integra M 650W | InWin 103 | Mic. - SM57 | Headphones - Sony MDR-1A | Keyboard - Roccat Vulcan 100 AIMO | Mouse - Steelseries Rival 310 | Monitor - Dell S3422DWG

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Honestly it shouldn't be very demanding. I've seen people run 5v5 128tick servers on core2quads at stock. Terraria won't use much either. What budget are you aiming for?

This may help when setting up aswell:

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive_Dedicated_Servers

 

Well, I don't want to be spending TOO much seeing as I will be spending 4g's on my computer. So maybe something like... half of that or less. lol.

Something that will handle 20+ people connecting to it easily.

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Well, I don't want to be spending TOO much seeing as I will be spending 4g's on my computer. So maybe something like... half of that or less. lol.

Something that will handle 20+ people connecting to it easily.

That's actually a pretty high Budget, you can do a lot with that. A E3-1231 or whatever the new one is called should do fine. For CS and Terraria almost definetly, for Starcraft 2, idk :-/

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 5800x3D | Scythe Fuma 2 | RX6600XT Red Devil | B550M Steel Legend | Fury Renegade 32GB 3600MTs | 980 Pro Gen4 - RAID0 - Kingston A400 480GB x2 RAID1 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 | Fractal Design Integra M 650W | InWin 103 | Mic. - SM57 | Headphones - Sony MDR-1A | Keyboard - Roccat Vulcan 100 AIMO | Mouse - Steelseries Rival 310 | Monitor - Dell S3422DWG

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That's actually a pretty high Budget, you can do a lot with that. A E3-1231 or whatever the new one is called should do fine. For CS and Terraria almost definetly, for Starcraft 2, idk :-/

 

Hmm, Is it possible to still build something that I can carry around with me to LAN Parties like I would for my gaming PC?

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Hmm, Is it possible to still build something that I can carry around with me to LAN Parties like I would for my gaming PC?

You can build a miniITX Build. 

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 5800x3D | Scythe Fuma 2 | RX6600XT Red Devil | B550M Steel Legend | Fury Renegade 32GB 3600MTs | 980 Pro Gen4 - RAID0 - Kingston A400 480GB x2 RAID1 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 | Fractal Design Integra M 650W | InWin 103 | Mic. - SM57 | Headphones - Sony MDR-1A | Keyboard - Roccat Vulcan 100 AIMO | Mouse - Steelseries Rival 310 | Monitor - Dell S3422DWG

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How's this? Or is the CPU over kill? Lmao

 


 



Motherboard: ASRock X99M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($185.99 @ SuperBiiz) 





Total: $2156.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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