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I have some experience with Game maker and other various programs for making games My idea was to get a cheap server. Create a game for MMO and maybe make some funding for the robot/AI project and at the same time learn more about networking and server equipment. I know I will need more than just the 2U server I should also use a Firewall and perhaps a network switch.
This will also help with learning how to use a GPGPU server for the Deep learning of the robot and keep the hardware low power on board.
An example of an old game I was working on involved space ships using Auto desk Maya. Now of course other examples I had where lost on my old XPS HDD failure since then I havent done much Game development but If it could help me with the robot project I am willing to take a shot at it.
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Folks are reusing old Xeon server chips on LGA775 and newer sockets by merely inverting two pins (using a sticker) and mechanically modding the socket(s). This is especially effective when used Xeon quad core chips are cheaper than their equivalent quad core consumer chips and over 1.6* the IOPS not to mention a lot lower TDP. Exhibit A:
Seriously going to try this as have a few assorted Core 2 Quad boards (LGA775) despite their age these can be very handy. These boards often need a BIOS softmod but that is quite easy and reversible.
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I wouldn't bother with the board mods for that unless you just want to do it for the challenge; there are significant architectural differences and, even if the system technically runs, it has a lot of errors under the hood that may go unnoticed for quite some time causing headaches in debugging.
Here's where I get my server gear from:
you can also go the ebay route, but i've had mixed experiences doing that. Between hardware that's worn more than expected, weird variances in system revisions that are unaccounted for, and a lack of a fully battery of tests run on them. Thanks to the cloud boom over the last decade, nice and dense servers are super cheap now compared to years ago.
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Getting into servers?
since then I havent done much Game development but If it could help me with the robot project I am willing to take a shot at it.
