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[Overlandr]

I am thinking of making a server to run game servers on and I don't know whether to buy a Xeon E5-2603 v3 or a i5-6600K and overclocking it a bit. Which would be better?

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Overlandr said:

I am thinking of making a server to run game servers on and I don't know whether to buy a Xeon E5-2603 v3 or a i5-6600K and overclocking it a bit. Which would be better?

xeon.

xeons are made for calculations, ie server work.

[RedWulf]

Just now, Bajantechnician said:

xeon.

xeons are made for calculations, ie server work.

Pretty much, plus you dont need the igpu of an i3/i5/i7 and depending on what xeon you go with you can use 2-4 later on. 

[Djole123]

Xeon if you want server grade CPU;

more cache, hyperthreading etc.

 

i5 if you want consumer grade stuff;

overclocking, integrated GPU etc.

 

[Overlandr]

The price of the rest of the stuff (mobo etc) is quite a lot higher, do you think that is worth it?

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Overlandr said:

The price of the rest of the stuff (mobo etc) is quite a lot higher, do you think that is worth it?

yes, for what youre using it for.

[Overlandr]

What if I was running a minecraft server? Would it be alright to use a 128GB M.2?

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Jonnyswboy said:

No.

yes

1 hour ago, Overlandr said:

What if I was running a minecraft server? Would it be alright to use a 128GB M.2?

u dont need m.2

 

ok, so your making a minecraft server, how many people will be hittin git?

[Overlandr]

Would all the cores be used?

[RedWulf]

2 minutes ago, Jonnyswboy said:

No.

Did you somehow quote me? I got the notification for it. 

 

We know they aren't running any special 'calculations' but they are meant for server work over the ix cpus. But thank you for such an insightful counter claim. 

3 minutes ago, Overlandr said:

What if I was running a minecraft server? Would it be alright to use a 128GB M.2?

m.2 is overkill and you may want more space.

 

23 minutes ago, Overlandr said:

The price of the rest of the stuff (mobo etc) is quite a lot higher, do you think that is worth it?

 Everything execpt the mobo and the cooler can be the same, and some boards can be as well

[Overlandr]

1 minute ago, Bajantechnician said:

ok, so your making a minecraft server, how many people will be hittin git?

10 people max  and that would be rarely.

[Overlandr]

And wouldn't the M.2 make things load faster on the server? And would ECC memory be useful for the Minecraft server? 

[RedWulf]

2 minutes ago, Overlandr said:

And wouldn't the M.2 make things load faster on the server? And would ECC memory be useful for the Minecraft server? 

the m.2 speeds over sata speeds would be unnoticeable after it goes through the network and the other pcs, an hdd would suit you just fine but if you insist on an ssd just use sata. 

ECC is error correcting, and is preferred but in your case theres no point since its a game server with low traffic and not some 100 person server or file server. 

[Overlandr]

Is it possible, in the future, that I could add some extra ECC memory to the non-ECC memory? Or would I have to replace all of the memory?

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Overlandr said:

10 people max  and that would be rarely.

just get the i5

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Jonnyswboy said:

 

no

[Overlandr]

Also will cache in the storage make a difference the the performance of the server?

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Overlandr said:

Also will cache in the storage make a difference the the performance of the server?

no

[Overlandr]

http://www.ebuyer.com/624568-lenovo-xeon-e5-2420-hexa-core-6-core-1-90-ghz-processor-upgrade-0a89447

Would this be suitable for a bigger server, possibly a NAS?

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Overlandr said:

http://www.ebuyer.com/624568-lenovo-xeon-e5-2420-hexa-core-6-core-1-90-ghz-processor-upgrade-0a89447

Would this be suitable for a bigger server, possibly a NAS?

aa e3 1231 will be fine

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Jonnyswboy said:

Xeons are made to have higher up times and constant load. They undergo more testing and support more things like ECC memory.

 

They aren't made for calculations. Every CPU ever made is "made for calculations".

"constant load"

 

lets agree to dissagree

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Jonnyswboy said:

Yeah no flame but you're retarded.

takes one to know one

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Jonnyswboy said:

It actually doesn't. 

 

And how old are you? I haven't heard someone say that since the fourth grade. 

15

surpried you still remeber anything from 4th grade. I personally dont

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Jonnyswboy said:

Don't go on this forum and give people false information please.

its correct tought, right?

its for transcoding and for constant calculations where quantity is better than quality.

[Bajantechnician]

1 hour ago, Jonnyswboy said:

"constant load"

??