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Im looking to build a server for both gaming servers (Call of Duty and anything interesting that comes out for the next while) and torrenting and home network.
I want to be able to support a server with quite a few players 25+
I have seen a lot of server recommendations for AMD processors over intel. why?

I need a Motherboard CPU PSU and RAM

ram ive seen posts for finding the cheapest stuff but how much?
at the moment im running intel and would probably like to stay that way unless there is a great reason to move to AMD for this.

Justin
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Tator Tot
AMD for Price/Performance.

I'd go with AMD Phenom II x4 810, clock it up to 3.0ghz
As for PSU, Corsair 450VX
Now the question is are you willing to go DDR3?
If so I'd get, Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 2x2gb + Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

But in all honesty that really isn't necessary.

I personally run a Phenom 9550 @ 2.6 for my server. Though it needs the upgrade in large person games & L4D.

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 + 2 x Wintec DDR2 1066 Cas 5 2x2gb

CPU Speed + Cores + Amount of RAM are what a server needs. Besides a good INTERNET connection.
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J
Why would you go for intel?

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What makes it better? And what kind of speeds would you say are necessary for upload and download?
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Tator Tot
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Originally Posted by justinfolco View Post
Why would you go for intel?

wh
What makes it better? And what kind of speeds would you say are necessary for upload and download?
On a 25mb you can run a 24 man server pretty well. As long as you are not doing custom maps.

As for not going for Intel, its the price/performance. The Phenom II CPUs are just as powerful as Intel Core 2 Quad CPUs and do not cost as much. And neither do the boards. Or other parts.

So you are better off with AMD in price/performance.
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J
if im going to be spending 170 USD on a processor wouldn't it make more sense to just get another e7300 clocked to 3.55ghz like i have now? this would only cost me about $120cad. and its also 45nm less power.

do you have experience building servers? or are you just going off what you read?
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Originally Posted by justinfolco View Post
if im going to be spending 170 USD on a processor wouldn't it make more sense to just get another e7300 clocked to 3.55ghz like i have now? this would only cost me about $120cad. and its also 45nm less power.

do you have experience building servers? or are you just going off what you read?
All Phenom II CPUs are 45nm, so a Phenom II x4 would be much more worth it.

And yes, I have built 2 servers for game server.

Both have Foxconn 780G boards, Phenom 9550 @ 2.6, 2x2gb DDR2 1066 Cas5, Intergrated Video, and the fastest drives I can get.

Currently both have Western Digital 320gb AAKS drives.
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J
I didn't expect that to be quad core at that price, was not even paying attention.
i'm corrupted by high prices of intel.

thanks for the info

what upload download speeds will i need? 25mb? seems really high! can't get that where i am.
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Tator Tot
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Originally Posted by justinfolco View Post
I didn't expect that to be quad core at that price, was not even paying attention.
i'm corrupted by high prices of intel.

thanks for the info

what upload download speeds will i need? 25mb? seems really high! can't get that where i am.
What do you have right now?

Reference: 25meg is not 25megabytes persecond. It is 25megabits persecond.

And is roughly around 2.5megabytes persecond download rate.

You should be able to handle a game server just fine. Or 20 people or so, if you have a 15meg line.

EDIT: You can also go to Gameservers.com and rent a 20 slot server for 20$/month or a 32slot server for 30$ a month.
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J
will i really need a processor thats better the one in the computer running the game!?

seems excessive i thought servers ran in consoles.
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J
bump just need that last question answered
im just worried cause i keep seeing rigs with much less posted for running game servers!

Justin
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Bonz(TM)
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Originally Posted by Tator Tot
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What do you have right now?

Reference: 25meg is not 25megabytes persecond. It is 25megabits persecond.

And is roughly around 2.5megabytes persecond download rate.

You should be able to handle a game server just fine. Or 20 people or so, if you have a 15meg line.

EDIT: You can also go to Gameservers.com and rent a 20 slot server for 20$/month or a 32slot server for 30$ a month.

I don't know bandwidth limits of L4D servers, but 15-25mb is a ton for those small amounts of people.

When the Goldrush map was released for TF2 a buddy of mine threw up a dedicated so we could play on it. We hosted a 16 player server fine on a 1mbps up line. Granted, we probably were really pushing it. A 32 player TF2 server should use about 3mbps out with no more than 5mbps out. You could host 4-5 32 man servers off a 25mbit connection.

Then again, that's TF2 with an average of 15-20k per person.
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will i really need a processor thats better the one in the computer running the game!?

that should clarify

thanks!
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Bonz(TM)
Quad core.

Cheap AMD quad will do. I don't know prices of PhII's but the Phenom 9600 is like $100 new. Or pick up a used Q6600 from the FS section. 4-8GB of RAM and you'll be set.
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C
My dual core E2140 handles L4D just fine on my ubuntu server. Maybe maxes at 20% load during game
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zelix
My old dell Pentium 4 2.8ghz with 2gb of ram and an 8600 gt, handled 16 slot COD4 servers with ease. load was 5-15 % im not sure about the bandwidth but i remember somware when i was reading on how to set it up, that it didnt take much bandwidth.

and i know for a fact cod4 would be more resource hogging then l4d etc.
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J
thats perfect
so what is with everyone telling me i need a quad core when hes running at 15%
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OmegaNemesis28
Gameservers don't NEED quadcores. It's a buncha baloney. Obviously, it is better - but unless you're running like 10 different server instances like me, it is really unnecessary.

If you're planning on running 1 or 2 server instances, a dual core or even a pentium will work fine for doing moderate loads. L4D is actually one of the least demanding server games. CS:S actually is more demanding on your CPU and your RAM then 2-3 instances of L4D is. It's quite amazing actually, but its the truth.
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J
So what should i run!?
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Just make sure you have banging bandwidth. Regular DSL or cable isnt going to cut it more than likely if you want a significant amount of players.
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PuffMaN
if u want to run a gameserver and a fileserver, i recommend u build 2 systems and use 2 seperate internet connections, otherwise when u are gaming on your server and someone wants to download an ISO at the same time, the downloader is gonna bottleneck ya connection and disturb the gameserver's power..

u -will- lag horrible
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