How much power do I really need?

[crispydave]

So I'm looking to get myself a little server going.

Bandwith is taken care of.

What I need to know if how good of a computer am I gonna need to run a 24 slot TF2 server. I was hoping to pick something up cheap off craigslist.

What type of CPU power do I need and how much ram am I gonna need?
If it helps I will be just running Windows XP pro SP3(unless this doesn't work in which case Ubuntu server)

thanks in advance!

[realchamp]

You'll need atleast 512MB ram.... probably less.

And a CPU to hold that shouldn't be that exspensive.

[Drocona]

Any cheap Core2Duo should hold that amount of slots

[crispydave]

Would a decent Pentium 4 cut it?

[realchamp]

(09-27-2009, 03:37 AM)crispydave Wrote:  Would a decent Pentium 4 cut it?

Hmm probably.

[Hazz]

Yes I think so, I remember Mooga saying a P4 3Ghz can run a 24 slot TF2 server.

[crispydave]

thanks guys. I will browse craigslist for a nice P4 tower to set up.

[nimmysnv]

(09-27-2009, 05:09 AM)crispydave Wrote:  thanks guys. I will browse craigslist for a nice P4 tower to set up.

Hi,

I do suggest to go for finding my stuffs in craigslist, as you will get all the related things here, and I guess P4 tower is good for setting up something good.


Thanks!!

[Mooga]

Yes, a 3.0ghz P4 (with HT) should run a single 24-slot TF2 server. A lower end P4 may give you issues, so watch out.

[crispydave]

An AMD equivalent will probable get me by at around 2.6 ghz right?

[BehaartesEtwas]

why a P4? that cpu is completely out-dated. the lowest core2duo is cheaper but faster, even if you compare only one core. and then you have the possibility to run more servers due to the second core... the fastest available p4 will probably hold only one single tf2 server, nothing more. HT doesn't help you here.

[Mooga]

If you are going dual core, you would need at least a 2.5ghz to run a 24-slot server on each core. Remember, he wanted to know about hosting a 24-slot server. A cheap core2 will NOT do that. Plus, if you are buying used computers, you can pick up a P4 with 1GB of ram for as cheap as 60 or 80 bucks...

[BehaartesEtwas]

(10-01-2009, 12:00 AM)Mooga Wrote:  If you are going dual core, you would need at least a 2.5ghz to run a 24-slot server on each core. Remember, he wanted to know about hosting a 24-slot server. A cheap core2 will NOT do that.

err, untrue. my laptop has a core duo (not even a core 2) with only 1.7 GHz. that one is better than an P4 @ 3GHz already. the GHz is just a number, you cannot compare cpus just by their frequency. you make an error of a factor of 2 or 3 or even more (depending on what you compare). the P4 was the most inefficient cpu ever (of those PC cpus that had a significant market share) w.r. to the clock/speed ratio... if something runs on a P4 it will run on any core2.

you might quote some example where a gameserver had run worse on a core2 than on a p4. but remember that optimizations we need to do are quite different depending on chipsets etc. I have also seen gameservers running on high-end cpus worse then on cheaper cpus of the same family, but a different chipset...

edit: remember, pentium D are dual core pentium4, not core or core 2 cpus ;-)