= Looking for advice in building a cheap server for hosting dedicated game servers =

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As the title says, I am interested in the feasibility of spending a few hundred bucks (or as little as possible, if possible) to build a small little home server from which I can host a few dedicated video game servers for my friends and I. I have no idea where to start with a project like this. I have built my own PC for gaming/personal use but that is about the extent of my knowledge. Are there good resources online that folks could point me towards to begin learning best practices? Or any sample recommended builds that could accomplish the goal I'm aiming towards? Many thanks in advance!

I recently set up a cloud server with oracle for free, with the intent to at some point host a modded minecraft server. Once you sign up for an oracle cloud account, you can use the 'Always Free' resources which include 24GB of RAM and 4OCPU's, which can be split up to run different servers. Here is an article on how to do it for MC.

Any particular reason you want the server to be in your home? And sorry if suggestions of cloud services (even free ones) are not appropriate for r/HomeServer

As others have mentioned you should first do a use and cost analysis about it:

What do you wanna run on it

What requirements does it have

RAM

CPU

Storage

Internet Bandwith

How long do you wanna run it (few weeks to months on end)

How much time do you wanna invest in:

Setting it up

Patching OS, Hardware, Software (Maintenance)

What are my costs

Electricity

Internet

Depending on your answers to these questions a cheap cloud provider for selfhosting (not necessary talking about AWS or Azure since they are more pricey) or even renting a dedicated game server might be cheaper since you need to invest less money upfront, less time to keep it running, have very flexible price and upgrade/downgrade models.

Before you start check what your gaming servers which you haven’t named, have as requirements to hardware. Then you know at least in which direction to look. Then check what Upload speed said servers need for a single connection then multiply that with your friends headcount. And then you know if your internet connection can handle it.

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