Blkandwhtlion

I am dead set on getting the AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ processor for the new pc I am building. I also want the AMD R9 290 graphics card. The graphics card supports PCI express 3.0 socket, and I cannot for the life of me find a mother board that supports that processor and has a pci express 3.0 port. Can anyone find one that does? If not should I just get a board that supports teh 2.0? Is there a big difference in speed loss if I do this?

This is not your run of the mill, "What kind of computer parts should I buy? derka derk" I wanted to get some input on the cost benefit of building either a server PC and a Desktop gaming PC, or a really nice Desktop PC that would host my game servers and at the same time allow me to play them. So I would host say, teamspeak, and maybe two games, as well as I play them and do other stuff. I was looking at some z87 motherboards, one in which even boasted the ability to support 128GB of DDR3 memory in a quad-channel. That will pretty much take care of everything probably for the rest of my life...

That being said, from an economic standpoint, would it be more feasible to just buy two separate computers?

This is not so straight forward. I will give you all the details, please read before you answer.

I have just moved to a new apartment complex that is locked down 24/7 meaning only residents with keys can get into the building. The mail man is the only exception to this rule, as he has a key to deliver mail into the mail boxes. I can get my normal mail just fine, it is when I get a package larger than the mail box that a problem arises. I do a lot of mailing especially now around the holidays, on average 3-4 packages sent and received a month.

If I get a large package which I am currently right now expecting, I must be present to receive it. The last time I had a package delivered, I kept a close eye tracking it and when it was suppose to be delivered, an exception was made saying I had to be there for the delivery. This is simply not possible because I work during the day when they deliver my mail.

I have already tried to get them to leave it with the apartment managers, but the management office closes at 5pm (they say 5pm but its more like 4:30pm), and won't make an exception for me because I get out of work after they close. They are also closed weekends, and I can't leave work early or be late every time I need to pick up a package. I also called the post office to see if they can just leave it at my door, because I have SEEN packages left at doors. They post office says they can't and denies having left the packages I am seeing. It was only by dumb luck that I walked into the post office and had them search for the last package I expected, which was on a truck to be returned to the sender! I can't play the "catch the mail man" game every time I order something larger than a toaster.

Needless to say i will be changing my living conditions at the end of the lease, but I need a solution as I still have nearly 10 months to go! So that being said, what can I do?

Hello,

I was wondering if I should make the change to a Server operating system. I am currently hosting a server running on Windows 8, and it works just great. Everyone can connect, blah blah blah. The issue I am running into is the growth of it. I am running games on it and the hardware is currently a laptop. I know it is not ideal but it is the only PC I am not using that can run the games on the server without creating a bottleneck in the hardware. I was wondering, should I switch to a new OS for servers, like Linux, or windows server 2008. Is the OS I am using now fine? What are the advantages of running on a server OS?

Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated from you server veterans. I plan on getting new hardware that actually was meant for being a server as well. What should I get?

--Server Noobie