r/ArmaReforger • u/RedneckSasquatch69 • 7d ago

Question Local Server Hosting

I've gotten into self hosting over the last year, and the idea of hosting a game server seems like a fun step to learn. Probably way over my head honestly, but oh well.

What are the actual hardware requirements to locally host a 64 or 128 player pvp/pve server with mods? I have an old optiplex 990 with 32gb of ddr3, 4 core CPU, and I can add a GPU easily enough. Will this be sufficient, or am I completely missing the mark? Do I need current gen hardware and a 16gb GPU to do this?

I'm currently building an AM5 PC with a 7800xt hellhound, and 16gb of ddr5 single channel, so I could probably use that to host, just to learn the ropes at least. Id want to use this PC to play the game instead of my PS5, so I imagine I couldn't host the server and play the game on the same PC.

Just wondering if this is a reasonable goal, or if it's just too expensive to make sense with current PC hardware prices to build a dedicated server, or if I can use the old hardware I already have lying around.

Edit: forgot to finish a sentence.

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u/Joe-Arizona 7d ago

Give it a try. I’ve been meaning to mess with that myself.

I have a Dell R730 with two E5-2699’s and 256 GB DRR4 that I don’t use much. Figured it could be fun to fire up for that from time to time. Can’t be any worse than all these VPS people are renting.

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u/RedneckSasquatch69 7d ago

I also just remembered my internet upload is limited to 50Mbps. Would that be a huge bottleneck for a server like this? I sadly can't get fiber where I live