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Trying to host gaming server at home

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I need help looking to build a host gaming server. I'm not sure where to start, Should I build a Desktop server or run a high-end server, that i wont need to upgrade often.

I just need a general idea. if anyone can help please. 

 

List of hardware/components from low end to high end

 

 

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Uhm, you need the internet for it first. What's your upload speed? What game are you trying to host?

 

Those questions will help us decide what you need. You can likely run the server from your personal PC. 

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3 minutes ago, corrado33 said:

Uhm, you need the internet for it first. What's your upload speed? What game are you trying to host?

 

Those questions will help us decide what you need. You can likely run the server from your personal PC. 

True how silly of me. My upload speed is 195.9Mbps. Games I'm trying to host are Arma3, Minecraft, Team Speak and a few others. Yes lol I have internet. (Internet could be upgrade to a higher speeds ((Google Fiber))). 

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1 minute ago, Bryce_P said:

True how silly of me. My upload speed is 195.9Mbps. Games I'm trying to host are Arma3, Minecraft, Team Speak and a few others. Yes lol I have internet. (Internet could be upgrade to a higher speeds ((Google Fiber))). 

Both Arma 3 and Minecraft servers are very heavily single threaded, so you could pretty much just use any fast dual core processor and be fine. Definitely don't need any high end server hardware. 

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2 minutes ago, corrado33 said:

Both Arma 3 and Minecraft servers are very heavily single threaded, so you could pretty much just use any fast dual core processor and be fine. Definitely don't need any high end server hardware. 

Ok so any CPU from AMD to Intel, How about graphic cards how high or low should i got to have like,  20 people on each server daily?

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1 minute ago, Bryce_P said:

Ok so any CPU from AMD to Intel, How about graphic cards how high or low should i got to have like,  20 people on each server daily?

I'm not entirely sure, but I think that servers don't really require graphics cards. Other than to configure it.

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What kind of budget do you have/What is your current system?

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Yes, I have 9 monitors.

My main PC (Hybrid Windows 10/Arch Linux):

OS: Arch Linux w/ XFCE DE (VFIO-Patched Kernel) as host OS, windows 10 as guest

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X w/PBO on (6c 12t for host, 6c 12t for guest)

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Mobo: Asus X470-F Gaming

RAM: 32GB G-Skill Ripjaws V @ 3200MHz (12GB for host, 20GB for guest)

GPU: Guest: EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 ULTRA Host: 2x Radeon HD 8470

PSU: EVGA G2 650W

SSDs: Guest: Samsung 850 evo 120 GB, Samsung 860 evo 1TB Host: Samsung 970 evo 500GB NVME

HDD: Guest: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel Upgrade

Other: White LED strip to illuminate the interior. Extra fractal intake fan for positive pressure.

 

unRAID server (Plex, Windows 10 VM, NAS, Duplicati, game servers):

OS: unRAID 6.11.2

CPU: Ryzen R7 2700x @ Stock

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S

Mobo: Asus Prime X470-Pro

RAM: 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws V + 16GB Hyperx Fury Black @ stock

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2

PSU: EVGA G3 850W

SSD: Samsung 970 evo NVME 250GB, Samsung 860 evo SATA 1TB 

HDDs: 4x HGST Dekstar NAS 4TB @ 7200RPM (3 data, 1 parity)

Case: Sillverstone GD08B

Other: Added 3x Noctua NF-F12 intake, 2x Noctua NF-A8 exhaust, Inatek 5 port USB 3.0 expansion card with usb 3.0 front panel header

Details: 12GB ram, GTX 1080, USB card passed through to windows 10 VM. VM's OS drive is the SATA SSD. Rest of resources are for Plex, Duplicati, Spaghettidetective, Nextcloud, and game servers.

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2 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

What kind of budget do you have/What is your current system?

 my budget is not limited mainly any. Just want to know what options are out there. 

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