-Baku- Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Hey folks, I've been looking into building a pc for a dedicated server for A18 for myself and a few friends, and I was wondering what kind of system I would be looking for. I see people using thing like AMD Opteron CPUs, and others using an i7. The only thing I know for sure is an SSD and plenty of RAM is a good friend for this kind of thing. Any recommendations and help would be greatly appreciated so I don't over spend and go homeless Thanks a bunch, -Baku- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzybub Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Depends on how many players you want to join the server. I've had 4 players on a 4 core, 16 gig machine with no problems. Mods may require more memory but I can't really say. Bandwidth is another consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SylenThunder Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Core speed is a huge thing to consider as well. At the minimum recommended 2.4GHz it won't handle more than 3 or 4 players very well. I'd recommend a minimum of 3GHZ is you want to run a serious dedi. Also there is a big difference in bus bandwidth between server hardware and desktop hardware. I could run 2 or 3 servers well on a 12-core i7 4.5GHz with 32GB RAM and SSD's in RAID, but it's pushing the limits on the core hardware. Do the same on a Dell R710 with 12-core CPU's at 3GHz and it's hardly stressing it at all. Add another CPU to the server, and they barely use anything. I'm currently running a Dell R710 with two Xeon X5675's at 3.07GHz with 80GB RAM and SSD's in RAID0 for the client. I can host 8 servers with 20 players, and it maxes out at about 45% system load. The setup cost me about $550. I have run a single server on an i7 3.2GHz with 16GB RAM and a single SSD before. It was fine up to about 10 players with default horde size. If I increased it to 16 per wave, we'd start maxing out the capabilities until I reduced players to about 6. You will want your upload bandwidth to be a minimum of 5Mbps for just 3-4 friends. If you are going bigger, 10Mbps is the minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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