Low end game server hardware help!

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I did networking not too long ago, and decided it would be fun to run tiny ITX dedicated game server.

Games will be mainly source-games (CS:GO, Synergy etc.) that doesn't need lot of horsepower. Only 10-players MAX and running 24/7 one at the time.

Main goal is:

1. Cheap

2. Butter-smooth gameplay

3. Small chassis

4. Low-wattage


BUDGET:150-400€ (not including OS)

What CPU will do?

How much RAM do i really need?

Since i don't need tons of storage, will it make sense to go some cheap SSD over HDD?

How about Antec ISK-100? http://store.antec.com/Product/enclosure-itx/isk100/0-761345-15170-2.aspx

 Any recommendations are welcome!

 


 

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Just pick up a cheap rack server on eBay for a couple hundred euros. Something with a couple xeons, a decent amount of ram and a moderately sized HDD should be fine. For 10 players, I doubt you'd need to spend anything more than 200 euros.

Just install something like centOS on it, get ssh working, install your game servers on it, happy days.

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If you're looking for cheap, this case is pretty small and relatively inexpensive.  I was looking to make a minecraft server, and based on research this case is alright, aside from a couple of cheap fans that may need to be replaced.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NXEROW/?tag=pcpapi-20

With a low budget, I think we're looking at AMD APUs.  A10-5800k, perhaps.

8 gigs of RAM should be fine for little servers.

Storage depends on the game.  A 120GB SSD should be alright if you need <40GB of storage space.

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I would go with a cheap used server rack to be honest.

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https://teksyndicate.com/videos/asrock-c2750d4i-intel-avoton-c2750-octa-core-itx-motherboard

Would be more than enough and allow for some room to grow.

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Thanks!

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But do i prefer anything from internal graphics? :/

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You shouldn't need powerful graphics if you are just hosting game servers.

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Thats what i tought :P 

Thanks dude!