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can i store my games on a server pc and play them on my gaming pc?

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im wondering if i can store all my games and data on a server pc and play them on my separate gaming pc? would it slow down usage or is it a good suggestion?

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im wondering if i can store all my games and data on a server pc and play them on my separate gaming pc? would it slow down usage or is it a good suggestion?

you could try boot from network 

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Through Steam, I know it definitely works. It doesn't work on Origin though.

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It should probably work . Your loading times would probably be a bit slow tho.

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It should work, but loading times might be quite bad

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You can do it but be prepared for long load times because you'll only be reading from the server at a max of 1Gb/s due to the limitations of ethernet (unless you spent a couple grand on 10gig networking). However that's about 130MB/s which is still a good read speed for a hard drive so if you were loading your games from a hard drive not an ssd anyway it isn't quite so bad. While the bandwidth might not be too different the latency is definitely worse.

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Shouldn't be much different than using something like gamestream or steam link...just with your own DIY setup basically. Also, like Godlygamer23 said...some services don't agree with doing that stuff.

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What if I direct wire the server to my pc?

You're still limited to ~120MB/s most likely.

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I don't think you can install steam games on another PC/server.
Steam will only allow you to install games to local storage mediums.

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What if I direct wire the server to my pc?

It should be the same if your routers/switches are good

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I don't think you can install steam games on another PC/server.

Steam will only allow you to install games to local storage mediums.

I disagree. I have a Steam Library on my NAS right now.

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I disagree. I have a Steam Library on my NAS right now.

Oh, I tried to install games on my NAS a few years back and that didn't work. I guess things have changed.

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Oh, I tried to install games on my NAS a few years back and that didn't work. I guess things have changed.

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I disagree. I have a Steam Library on my NAS right now.

this. Steam can install on a NAS/server

 

Just network drive it :P

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Oh, I tried to install games on my NAS a few years back and that didn't work. I guess things have changed.

What kind of NAS? I assume low end ones wouldnt work. Could be wrong though. 

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What kind of NAS? I assume low end ones wouldnt work. Could be wrong though. 

 

Anything that can be mounted as a network share and mapped in Windows will work. ;)

 

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@txmgrxce Yep can be done as others have mentioned. Currently do it myself with steam and origin. I use iSCSI however not a network share but that also works fine too.

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