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Personal Dedicated Server?
brenthopkins
Member
in General
Hi,
I'd like a personal dedicated server to just mess around with. Anyone on LET who can do this under $40/mo?
The absolute bare minimum:
128GB SSD
CPU Score: >6500
Network: 5TB/mo, 100mbps
16GB DDR4 RAM
Good uptime.
I want to use this server for a long time. The specs above are the minimum. No WSI, Nocix, or dodgy/unreliable ISPs.
Comments
Hetzner.
Which locations are you open to?
Hetzner or online or even kimsufi
If you push your budget 10 usd more:
Intel® Xeon® E3-1230v6 (4-Core, 8-Thread, 3.5GHz)
16GB DDR4
240GB NVMe
100Mbps unmetered DDoS protected (Level 3, Cogent, Hurricane Electric, GTT, Telia, Equinix Peering, DECIX Peering, Private Peering)
Dallas, TX
50 usd p/m
Full server control via panel. And we have 100% power/network uptime last 5 years
Raise your budget a tad and here is our offer:
Intel Xeon E5-2440 (9.1K)
16GB DDR3 RAM
250GB SSD
1Gbps Port with 10TB Bandwidth (Uptime Reports)
New York City, USA
$49 per month
We provide a control panel that allows you to reinstall your OS as many times as you'd like, track bandwidth usage, and access KVM console.
Thanks
+1 for @drserver. I've got 4 dedicated servers with them. Network, hardware and price are excellent. Their support is A+++ (talking about 2-3 minutes to clear a ticket, not just acknowledge it). You can't go wrong with them.
@drserver is one of the friendliest and most professional hosts I've used. (circa 2014).
$50 is cheap considering the level of service, and the bandwidth mix you're getting . (price is par for the USA; lock in that price with a 12/24/36 mo contract)
If you only consider DDR4 based systems, then the cheapest option is the EX42-NVMe, I believe. If you remove that silly requirements, then Hetzner has multiple E3 and i7 based systems, and so does SeFlow. Increasing your budget a bit, you have ReliableSite's i5 in 3 US locations, OneProvider's i7, OVH's Game servers, the ones mentioned in this thread and many other options.
Will the price always stay the same?
For you, yes, if you are paying $50 every month, this will continue until you cancel.