Old System For A Server

[ethandrelles]

So I upgraded my entire pc to a ddr4 machine and I have a super old (my old system) left over. I want to run this as a home server and do game hosting (Minecraft, rust, unturned, etc...). I plan to run the system 24/7 (that's why I am probably going to buy a bronze rated PSU) and possibly using it as a dedicated game server. With the hardware I have right now, will that be possible? Any things that I need to get in order to make it a server? I'm not too sure about getting expensive parts since the only way to get money is to mow lawns and not many people need theirs mowed right now. Here is a link to the old setup https://pcpartpicker.com/user/PixelCrewGamerz/saved/GYYYrH (note I don't have to extra hard drives right now that's just what I plan on getting over time). Thanks in advance!

 

[Alabalcho]

Hardware looks OK, and depending on what kind of server you want, GPU is probably an overkill.
There are several kind of "servers":
- storage server (not the same as NAS, but same concept): A place to store and share files.
- media server: A server where your SmartTV can pull and play movies
- application server (game servers fail here): Common platform for remote clients to share data

Your most difficult decision would be what OS (software) to put on your server. You can go with Windows (either existing desktop license, or expensive server license), "generic" Linux desktop/server distribution, or specialized NAS distro.

 

[ethandrelles]

Hardware looks OK, and depending on what kind of server you want, GPU is probably an overkill.
There are several kind of "servers":
- storage server (not the same as NAS, but same concept): A place to store and share files.
- media server: A server where your SmartTV can pull and play movies
- application server (game servers fail here): Common platform for remote clients to share data

Your most difficult decision would be what OS (software) to put on your server. You can go with Windows (either existing desktop license, or expensive server license), "generic" Linux desktop/server distribution, or specialized NAS distro.

Hey, do you have any recommendations on a linux distro I should use? I was thinking Ubuntu (not sure how you spell it)
because I heard somewhere its good for servers but I'm not too sure. I notice you said that application servers fail or something about that? Could you go into more detail? Would I be able to host an application server from these specs, would I be able to run an application server while running it as a storage server, and do you have any links to some good guides I could follow? Thanks in advance!

 

[Alabalcho]

Whether you will be able to host / run "Application server" depends entirely of how much this server work on that application. If you load Facebook on your server, it will fail for sure. If you load a server where couple of people exchange couple of bytes every second, it will be OK.

If you have never worked with Linux - start with (eg) Ubuntu desktop. Generic Linux guides are all around the Net, in your local library, and one Bing/Google click away. As for particular application server - you have to refer to that application' documentation.

 

[ethandrelles]

Whether you will be able to host / run "Application server" depends entirely of how much this server work on that application. If you load Facebook on your server, it will fail for sure. If you load a server where couple of people exchange couple of bytes every second, it will be OK.

If you have never worked with Linux - start with (eg) Ubuntu desktop. Generic Linux guides are all around the Net, in your local library, and one Bing/Google click away. As for particular application server - you have to refer to that application' documentation.

Thanks for the speedy response! Do you know if I will be able to run a game server for something like minecraft or unturned?

 

[Alabalcho]

I have no clue about Minecraft' server requirements.

 

[ethandrelles]

I have no clue about Minecraft' server requirements.

no problem thanks for the help