Thread: Sorry more questions

Hey bloodchill,

That certainly would be a fast processor but you might have to take care when putting it in a case to make sure there is sufficient cooling. Prescotts are notoriously hot and I wouldn't recommend putting it in a 1u case unless you are confident Northwood processors run cooler if I remember correctly so if you definitely want to go the Intel p4 route they may be worth a look.

We have some 1u Dell PowerEdge Xeon servers for gaming which are fantastic if you can stomach the price

It would be difficult to say for sure how many gameservers could be run from that cpu however at a stab I don't think that 4-5 regular counterstrike servers would stress it too much.

Hope this helps.

Kris

Hello Kris, I may want to consider editing your post as you should not be offering your own service other than in the offers or request thread.

And for Bloodchill, why not consider having say 2 x p4 2.8 as each (CPU cost) will cost you around £100 or so and I am certainly sure than 2 x 2.8 will able to run more games, more powerful than a single expensive 3.6. But of course need to consider factors like you need to get a extra set of hd, ram and motherboard + case.

Alternatively for gaming server, you can have a look at AMD 64 bit as they will over perform any Intel CPU with with the same clock rate.

Feel free to ask any more questions as many of us would very much happy to help out.

Hello Kris, I may want to consider editing your post as you should not be offering your own service other than in the offers or request thread.

I fail to see where I offer any service in my post Sam, perhaps you can point it out.

Gameservers (in particular hlds) do indeed run very well on Athlon64/Opteron systems. The Athlon64 3500+ cpu isn't too expensive at the moment either, well worth checking out.

We have some 1u Dell PowerEdge Xeon servers for gaming which are fantastic if you can stomach the price

I think this is what he thought you were offering.

Then if it makes Sam happy;

We have some 1u Dell PowerEdge Xeon servers for gaming which we have so far been impressed with, despite the relatively high cost. The servers in question are currently in use and hence not for sale at present.

How's that?

Originally Posted by infinity

And for Bloodchill, why not consider having say 2 x p4 2.8 as each (CPU cost) will cost you around £100 or so and I am certainly sure than 2 x 2.8 will able to run more games, more powerful than a single expensive 3.6. But of course need to consider factors like you need to get a extra set of hd, ram and motherboard + case.

Xeon 2.8's are about £150 a pop if you go for the EMT64 cpu's, or £175 for the Prestonia ones. Plus you're looking at another £100-200 more on the motherboard cost as well. They're more powerful certainley, but are a complete change of archietecture really. If bloodchill wanted to go down that road, i'd recommend an supermicro barebones and buying cpu's and memory.

Originally Posted by lgeib

Out of all of you who offered advice.. how many of you run gameservers just out of interest?

We do.