Ok so I need to build a gaming server, doesn’t have to be top of the line, but this is what I had in mind, think it’ll do for say a 20 person LAN?
Athlon64 3400+
1-2gb of DDR400 RAM
Also sort of off topic, but do most games have dedicated server options? I know America’s Army has, but what about Halo?
Thanks in advance!
almost all games have dedicated server options. Only game I can think of that doesn’t is…well…I can’t really think of any.
I wouldn’t really put a 3400+ in a server, I’d put a 3000+ in personally. 2 gigs of ram would do nicely.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227031
I’d say get two of those kits and it would make a very nice server.
Why would you want to put a 3000 in instead of a 3400? We won’t be paying for any of this, it’s just stuff thats lying around the shop.
EDIT 100th post!
oh well, in that case then go for it. I’d say you’ll be more than fine for 20 persons on any game. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it handle way more than that.
Hokay, thats what I was thinkin.
How many games will it be serving at once, just one? Oh yeah, and grab a copy of CentOS for your OS. 
Serves games (and everything else) a lot better than Windows, and there’s dedicated Linux server binaries for just about every multiplayer game in existance.