Small Gameserver

[Pixel5]

I am possibly getting a not too old Dell Optiplex mini PC thingy which not surprisingly has a very old CPU in it, the specs will be core i3 2120 @ 3,3Ghz 8 gigs of some cheap DDR 3 ram and a 500GB HDD.

The only good part about this thing is that i will get it for free but thats not all to the story.

 

I want to throw linux on it and run some gameservers like minecraft, space engineers or whatever else i have the need for.

Most of these will not run in parallel but i just want to know if this CPU is able to handle any of that gameserver load at all or if its a total fail to start with.

[Electronics Wizardy]

That should handle it just fine, why not try it?

[Pixel5]

21 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

That should handle it just fine, why not try it?

i will probably try it out this weekend, just wanted to make sure its not a total fail to even try with this CPU.

[Jarsky]

22 hours ago, Pixel5 said:

very old CPU in it

 

22 hours ago, Pixel5 said:

core i3 2120

 

You and I have very different opinions on what *very old* hardware is......

[ChalkChalkson]

5 minutes ago, Jarsky said:

You and I have very different opinions on what *very old* hardware is......

For me the breakpoint is the new Intel naming scheme with the "iX" designations, But I guess my father would say something along the lines of a C16, my grandfather probably Zuse II/III or the Turing Bombe  

22 hours ago, Pixel5 said:

I am possibly getting a not too old Dell Optiplex mini PC thingy which not surprisingly has a very old CPU in it, the specs will be core i3 2120 @ 3,3Ghz 8 gigs of some cheap DDR 3 ram and a 500GB HDD.

The only good part about this thing is that i will get it for free but thats not all to the story.

 

I want to throw linux on it and run some gameservers like minecraft, space engineers or whatever else i have the need for.

Most of these will not run in parallel but i just want to know if this CPU is able to handle any of that gameserver load at all or if its a total fail to start with.

It will run the servers just fine, as long as there are no clients  

When you have clients it mostly depends on the number of clients, I assume this will server 1-5 clients on each server fine, but minecraft server also can be terrible to run, especially if you play Tekkit, FTB or LitW, in that case I would say 10 clients on the MC server alone will probably be too much for it.

One thing you might want to consider is more ram, minecraft server with a few mods easily devours 4GB+

I'd also recommend to run all your servers in docker containers  Keep us posted on it!

[Pixel5]

1 hour ago, Jarsky said:

 

 

You and I have very different opinions on what *very old* hardware is......

 

that CPU is from 2011, id call that near to stone age.

65W TDP for a dual core cpu.