Server 2003 64bit would be good. Ebay is a thought, or you know, find a good source. Honestly 7 Pro would work great and run well on it, might be easier to just use that.

Unless you're specifically wanting to use it as a server, I'd recommend either Windows XP Pro x64 Edition or Windows 7.

Unless you want "maximum backward compatibility", then I'd use plain Windows XP Pro, not the x64 edition.

Honestly its skulltrail, if you want to be accurate in how it was used, you'd install Vista with either Crossfire HD3870 X2 or SLI 9800GX2 or SLI 8800 Ultra

candle_86 wrote:

Honestly its skulltrail, if you want to be accurate in how it was used, you'd install Vista with either Crossfire HD3870 X2 or SLI 9800GX2 or SLI 8800 Ultra

Going for two low power 9800gt's.
But it will be used for a server too... that's why I'm so tripped up.

If server 2003 x64 for cheaper Id go for it.

Dual boot! Find an ISO image online for 2003 and buy just a scrap keycode off ebay maybe? Then install 7 as well so you can use it for both?

ODwilly wrote:

Dual boot! Find an ISO image online for 2003 and buy just a scrap keycode off ebay maybe? Then install 7 as well so you can use it for both?

Now that's a bad idea all over. Sorry.
This is going to be a vogons game server. Maybe a mail server too.
My plain is to host more then one game from it, but I also want to use it for my self.
This is why I'm at a loss. If it was just a game server I'd put cent OS or BSD on it and run windows in a VM when needed.

But I want to be able to play a game or two my self, centOS and BSD will not do that

I thought about 2003 a lot, but I don't know about a 32bit OS with 16gb of ram, even with PAE that's sounds like a bad idea.

Etch game will have its own VM and the mail server will be on the host OS. This is why I was thinking of server 08 or 03.