Making and Simple Game Server

[NathanSchmitz]

So I have an old server motherboard (which has two CPU sockets) 4GBs of RAM and two single core Xeons (with Hyperthreading at 2.80GHz) would this be enough to run simple game server for Unturned? And also if did get the server going is it legal in the US to ask for donations in the server and link it to my website? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

It should be fine, but it will cost about 20 a month in power to run. If your paying for power, it would be cheaper to be a small aws node.

 

You can ask for donations just fine and link it to your site just fine. The only legal issue might be your home internet, where most won't let you host servers

[FurdTurgeson]

1. It's "Oshkosh", I used to live there, and

 

2. As long as the PC doesn't draw a lot of power, you should be able to run it all the time. Donations and links to a personal server like that are fine. Even put it in the server title and you'd be ok.

[Bananasplit_00]

only problem i see is your ISP might get mad so look up if you are allowed to host using the ISP you have now

[NathanSchmitz]

Okay ill look up my ISP! Thanks guys! 

[NathanSchmitz]

Also what can I do if the my ISP hates me for hosting a server?

[AshleyAshes]

52 minutes ago, NathanSchmitz said:

Also what can I do if the my ISP hates me for hosting a server?

If your ISP disallows running a server as per your user agreement with them and they are able to detect that traffic, they may choose not to provide you with service any longer.   If this was the case, you'd want to look for a different ISP or a plan with your ISP that does allow service.

[NathanSchmitz]

Hmm well i think were locked into a 3 year contract so that would suck

[mineblaster]

there not itanium xeons?

 

[NathanSchmitz]

http://ark.intel.com/products/27076/64-bit-Intel-Xeon-Processor-2_80-GHz-1M-Cache-800-MHz-FSB

 

these are them

[samiscool51]

depending in what you plan on doing it might not be powerful enough

if you don't mind using a old computer as your server just do it! makes it better to start off in the home server world 

[NathanSchmitz]

I found a way better CPU for $9s 4 cores and higher clock speed same socket, so I can stuff two of those in

[NelizMastr]

7 hours ago, NathanSchmitz said:

I found a way better CPU for $9s 4 cores and higher clock speed same socket, so I can stuff two of those in

Make sure they are supported. Socket is only half of the story. Chipset is also a limiting factor. Most boards that come equipped with single cores are usually stuck. Which board are we speaking of, and which CPUs?

[NathanSchmitz]

http://ark.intel.com/products/30796/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X7350-8M-Cache-2_93-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB

 

And i think this is the mobo

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-X5DEI-GG-MotherBoard-w-2x-Xeon-2-4GHz-CPU-4gb-DDR-ECC-Reg-I-O-/381122383196?hash=item58bcaa0d5c%3Ag%3A4qUAAOSwWKtUtYJx

[NathanSchmitz]

Okay so i put the new CPUs in and it didnt post or anything, any $20ish MoBos out there that can support two xeon x7350 CPUs and has some SATA ports?