Costs of Selfhosted Gaming Server vs Rented Server? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by EmPHiX27@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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Don’t know if this Reddit is the best place to ask this but here we go.

I’m the guy in my friends group that always hosts servers for us whenever we want to play some games where dedicated servers are just better.

Sometime in December we wanted to play Ark and I’ve done many servers for Ark in the past but I’m kinda wondering if it’s cheaper to tun a dedicated computer 24/7 just for the server or if it’s better to pick a hosting service?

Nitrado would cost 12€ for 30 days. Is self hosting cheaper?

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[-] Evilschnuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Check your electricity cost and compare that to begin with. I assume that your server will probably consume more than 40 watts on average. You have to factor in idle consumption with the game running. Assuming 40ct/kWh that would amount to 10,57€ per month only in electricity.

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