CS:S Server, good specs?

What do I need for a CS:S server? No lag, of course the connection has a bit to do with that, but I don't want lag to be accountable on the server's part. I was thinking E6750, 7600GT or 7900GS, 4Gb Value RAM.....


Thanks
 
What do I need for a CS:S server? No lag, of course the connection has a bit to do with that, but I don't want lag to be accountable on the server's part. I was thinking E6750, 7600GT or 7900GS, 4Gb Value RAM.....


Thanks

the server runs in a terminal mode so no graphics card is need, and 4gig of RAM would be over kill. HLDS would run fine on a C2D with a integrated motherboard and maybe 2 gigs of ram. All it does is crunch numbers, no graphics at all are running. I used to run HLDS server on a PIII 800Mhz and 512mb of ram on a Linux box years ago. It worked fine until my DSL company botched my upload.
 
the pc you have is over kill for a css server , what talrkin says is right the main things you will need is a decent upload speed and online storage for your maps and mods.
without online storage people will download the maps from your pc at a very slow speed
here is a guide i made on how to do a css server within windows xp im not sure about vista .



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Step by step instructions on making a dedicated counter strike source server on a windows xp platform.
1, download hlds update tool from hear (http://www.steampowered.com/v/index....steamnow&cc=GB).
2,make a folder called HLServer in the root of c:\,
3, install the hlds update tool into the HLServer folder you just made,
4, type cmd into run and push return, in the cmd box type C:\HLServer then push return,
then type, hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game "Counter-Strike Source" -dir C:\HLServer ,into the cmd box and push return ,SIT BACK AND RELAX THIS MIGHT TAKE A WHILE TO UPDATE.when the cmd box says HLDS instillation up to date quit the cmd box.
5, go here (http://asylum-gameservers.com/cssource.php) and make your cfg, then click the get your cfg here tabb then file down and click the select all tab right click the cfg and copy to notepad name the notepad server.cfg and save it in the cstrike/cfg directory,
you can tweak the cfg in notepad if you want to.
6, Now go to the HLServer folder open it and right click on the srcds.exe and send to desktop.
7, right click the shortcut to srcds.exe and select properties,click the shortcut tab, remove what is in the target and type this "C:\HLServer\srcds.exe" -console -game cstrike -autoupdate +maxplayers 20 +map cs_italy .
PLEASE NOTE you need to replace the amount of players in the above with the amount of players your server can handle!
amount of players for your upload speed (a rough guide)
256 kbps 2-4 players,
384 kbps 4-8 players,
512 kbps 8-10 players,
768 kbps 12-18 players,
1,024kbps 20-24 players,
1,284 kbps 26-28 players,
1,512 kbps 30-32 players.
If you want more control over your server then go hear (http://www.mani-admin-plugin.com/) full instructions are available on the website.
And finally if you want to add more maps simply download them put them into your cstrike map folder and wright them into the mapcycle.txt and maplist.txt.

there is some other things i can help help you with just post here or email me hope this helped.
 
I want to use typical maps that everyone should have..... My upload is 716kbps... I might go 10-12 players. That will change when I have another phone line put in or get FioS. I plan on using Mani-mod, I have a few friends who will want to admin.
 
The problem isnt necessarily getting the server running, but getting people to want to play on it. There are hundreds and hundreds of servers out there with no one playing, or just a few people. If you want to attract other people from online besides your buddies, you would have to find a way to advertise it.
 
OMEGA is right and from what you say i get the impression that you are expecting it to be a busy server, yes mani admin gives some cool features to people that go on your server i.e. stats,ranks,and various things for admin but without custom maps it will be just another stock server and you will find that there are hundreds off those.
anyway its free and running a game server is cool, if you decide to put custom maps on your server there are free online ftp storage sites you can use for the maps and sound files i.e. mediamax.com is quite good.
 
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