Hi
I'm moving from my current broadband which is 18mbps down / 0.89mbps up, to 40mbps down / 20mbps up (I live really close to the exchange, so It will be pretty close)
As I am expecting a <20 fold increase in upload bandwidth, I feel like I should do somthing with it...
I was considering buying a 2nd hand pc and running it as a dedicated games / voip server.
I was initaly thinking cs:go + vent. But obviously things can change, maybe cs:go will bore me before long? so I'd like somthing that's a bit more flexable than somthing that can just about manage running those.
I was thinking about looking for a machine similar to the following.
any kind of C2D CPU
2mb ram. 4mb would be nice?
Thats it.
Should be easily acheiveable for £50 I recon.
Should I set my sights higher? Are any other components important (hdd?)
any advice would be really aprichated. I really have no idea about the server side of things. I dont know what I should be loking for at all. I'm looking forward to getting into it, but at the same time want to do it right.
I think I might keep my eyes open on local collection ebay adds.
PS, sorry if this isnt in the right place? I couldnt find a more relevent section.
EDIT - I should probably add I have thought verry little about this. Its just an idea thats poped into my head in the last 15 mins lol.