Just a quick $0.02. You shouldn't worry about the rotation speed of the drive. When it comes to building a reliable box, you will want lots of ram, but the drives will not need to be blazingly fast. If you are considering longevity you may do better to go for a slihgtly higher latency drive solution and go with a raid over cheaper disks.
On 7/4/05, Ali Uzair Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I have been given the responsibility of making a > condition zero HLDS server for our university's > startup gaming club. As we are tight on budget I want > to get the things that will offer more "bang for the > buck". Right now I am confused between an AMD Athlon > 64 3000+ and an Intel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz. The server > will probably be on 22/7 (two hours shutdown each day) > and will be catering to 24-28 people. What I wanted to > ask was is there any advantage of HyperThreading right > now while using HLDS because from what I understand a > 64bit version of HLDS might be released soon so the > Athlon might have its advantages but people say that > it is better to use the P4 as HT will allow the > plugins and stuff on different threads thus making the > server faster. > > Other small questions are > Is there a significant advantage of using a 10000RPM > drive (raptor) instead of a 7200 one.? > Which OS should I use (price is of no concern as the > university gives us free licenses) Windows XP/Windows > 2003 or Linux? > Are there any major advantages of using 1GB ram as > compared to 512MB? Because HLDS on our old server used > to consume around 150 Megs only when 20 people were > playing. > > Thanks in advance for the feedback you guys provide > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 1GB free storage! > http://sg.info.mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
