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New fpsclassico 2025 servers

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be it for some reasons (events etc) or another (incidents etc) after literally one year in the making and one year of waiting finally here it's the report for the once again new fpsclassico servers for this season after unceremoniously missing the report for the previously "new" ones. to be honest as you can see I had never really forgot about this and despite not really being much active around here lately I never stopped at least checking regularly for fresh deals to make sure that this will continue to function to a decent standard thought by now I was really starting to doubt if I would make it to this point this year. hopefully we're finally here so here it's now the servers report that should have come like a year ago now.

first let's start with a brief mention about the previous "new" server, again as you know the last year black Friday I ended up securing some other deal to update the servers. first the then primary server was replaced by another one exactly identically only with marginal better specs (more bandwidth, slightly better disks, nothing remarkable there, the previous report in the forum, that contained it, was simply updated to reflect the update accordingly so nothing really remarkable to comment about it) and additionally I picked up a notable upgrade (a devil's canyon machine) for the secondary server that this time after deploying it and testing it ended up instead taking the place of the main server instead and that's what ran until now. at that time I had also picked up a Coffee Lake-S machine that could be interesting in case something could be done with it but ended up returning it instead once it was found that it was not really worth it (for the price of course).

ok, so in that context that I think that it was mostly missing (I had probably commented but not in a organized manner) this is where we're now when it comes to the servers that run this and that you have all paid for so far. as already announced this year I finally received some black Friday offers to update the servers that to be honest were totally unheard of so I just took them in the blink of a eye before they sold out (this stuff doesn't last, sometimes not even a few hours) and here we're now with, so far, just the main game server updated. as already commented I finally ended up taking a high end Kaby Lake dedicated game server to update the aforementioned above devil's canyon one that was running until this point. that's probably all that you already knew so far but I assume that that's not what you wanted to hear here, or at least I know that that's not I want to hear here, so without re-do here is finally now for real the full specifications and break down of the actual main game server that run this and that I insist once again that you got yourselves so enjoy your hard earned hardware because this time it did took a while to get to this point:

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 19:47:05 up 13:51,  1 user,  load average: 6.75, 6.04, 5.02
CPU:
 core 0:
  thread 0:
   freq: 4199 MHz
  thread 1:
   freq: 4200 MHz
  temp: 65.000℃
 core 1:
  thread 0:
   freq: 4199 MHz
  thread 1:
   freq: 4200 MHz
  temp: 68.000℃
 core 2:
  thread 0:
   freq: 4199 MHz
  thread 1:
   freq: 4200 MHz
  temp: 67.000℃
 core 3:
  thread 0:
   freq: 4199 MHz
  thread 1:
   freq: 4200 MHz
  temp: 66.000℃
 freq: 4199.975 MHz
 temp: 67.000℃
iGPU:
 freq: 1150 MHz
M/B:
 temp (N/B): 29.8℃
 temp (S/B): 27.8℃
HWM:
 PECI Agent 0: 71.000℃
 VRMTIN: 44.500℃
 SYSTIN: 28.000℃
 FAN: 5947 rpms
 PWM: 100.00%
 VCPU: 1.208 V
 VGPU: 1.088 V
 VSoC: 1.064 V
 VRAM: 1.200 V
 VPCH: 1.000 V
 VIO: 0.960 V
 +12V: 12.096 V
 5VCC: 5.040 V
 3VCC: 3.408 V
 3VSB: 3.392 V
 AVCC: 3.408 V
 VBAT: 3.024 V
MEM:
 bios: 1731.53 MiB
 used: 7493.01 MiB
HDD1:
 temp: 26.0℃
 written: 50.37 TiB
 read: 17.47 TiB
 workload: 5.85%
 media speed: 97.98 MiB/s
 health: PASSED
HDD2:
 temp: 28.0℃
 written: 7.06 TiB
 read: 3.18 TiB
 workload: 3.51%
 media speed: 88.32 MiB/s
 health: PASSED
LAN:
 multicast: 97827
 rx_bytes: 6.986 GB
 rx_packets: 55.93 Mp
 tx_bytes: 7.436 GB
 tx_packets: 26.30 Mp
so finally there you have it guys those are now the full specifications for the current main game server that runs this. as can be seen there, this time the server is finally a phased out enthusiast dedicated game server from the seventh intel generation line up, needless to say, a significant upgrade from anything that has been ran here so far. I mean, I think that if until this point there could be some argument about which one could be the "main" server, the argument is no more, as this time this one beats the now secondary server (which is also a Kaby Lake btw) in about every single metric. overall a fantastic server, quite frankly, being able to afford and host such a server for this feels like a absolute privilege. honestly this is a machine that just as-is once obviously paired with a dedicated gpu, let's say something in the likes of a RTX 3060 or similar, would even be perfectly relevant as a entry-level 1080p gaming desktop today. obviously it won't max out anything and compromises should be made but, matter of fact, my brand new build (that may be one day I report just for the sake of it on another thread) is not dramatically better in that regard. I think that's probably all that's need to be said in the opening statement about the server before going into the specifics as usual, that's as good as it gets.

now as for the specific break down, first and foremost you have the cpu, the server is power up by nothing less than the intel seventh generation flagship desktop chip, the i7-7700K. that's by far clearly the stand out feature on that card and its biggest selling point, just as commented earlier that's a cpu that although obviously not a flagship chip anymore it's still perfectly relevant as of today for "normal" (i.e. not enthusiast anymore) use let alone to host these kind of 25+ years old games, honestly, they don't even make a dent in the use graphs so this should clearly now ensure the highest standard of response from the server for your games. although not a standout feature, the memories are also very capable. despite being older DDR4 2133 MHz rated parts with micron chips they are at least 2Rx8 which just from the get go made them on par with the 1Rx8 2400 rated ones from the secondary server (even despite that one being a enterprise grade product that's always optimized for that specific task) and additionally they can just be run (and do actually run) at the "standard" 2400 Kaby Lake frequency for a decent boost in performance so in that regard there's nothing to complain about if not probably the contrary.

it also made a good impression the motherboard. although not as high-end as the cpu (despite the all flashy name) and in reality being more of just a entry-level gaming tier product instead, it was nevertheless a solid solution that powered the server to run 100% stable and pass all the tests just as could have been read above. in that aspect, it's great that the platform is indeed a fully Kaby Lake compliant one instead of really being a Skylake one that simply happened to have got a Kaby Lake cpu plugged in as it's the case, for example, of the secondary server. it was also a good upgrade over the previous server motherboard (that unfortunately I failed to document) in terms of management and the chips (i.e. network card, audio codec etc) are still top of the line in their respective classes even till this day so definitively nothing to complain in that regard, just a overall solid product as said.

as for the storage the usual, pretty much standard so far here, 2x1TB regular magnetic hdd setup will remain, at least by now. probably for the future I think next time I'll look forward finally bringing up some ssd's but by now that's not a option cost wise so the "standard" well proven setup will remain. ok, so this time then the server received two different disks, hopefully both enterprise grade, a legacy Toshiba one from the MG03ACA series and a newer one from the Seagate Exos 7E2000 series. as said, both are enterprise class disks so they are manufactured for 24x7 continuous operation and in line with the motherboard both are as well entry-level mid-line business critical tier disks so they are indeed a solid proven solution. the Toshiba one is some 6+ years old so most likely is the original one that came with the server, which is probably not ideal, but if you look at the actual use and stats you can clearly see that despite the age is still in perfect condition for a drive of its class. the Seagate one instead is a newer model with less than two years of recorded activity and very little to almost none real use for a drive of its class. as usual, they could definitively be better, matter of fact, they are indeed the bare minimum that you can deploy as a provider and get away with it, but for the use being, that's it, they are just as good as anything else and they are even a upgrade from the previous main undocumented setup that originally came with wasted (+8 years old and +1PB workload) desktop class disks instead and later got "upgraded" to surveillance class disks that although they were great for video production and everyday use, each time I had to do some system work they definitively struggled. that's the case no more as can be seen and at the end of the day that's the best metric/benchmark as usual.

along with the cpu, I mean, included with it, it also stands out the igpu. this time the server finally packs a "decent" (for the use being) gpu to handle all the usual video renders in the site. obviously that's merely a Windows/productivity gpu and nothing else but, once again, that's exactly what's needed here, it's not like I'm gonna game on this thing. I know it might not look like it but that very same igpu is essentially the same that has ran on intel cpus as late as the tenth generation so it was a product definitively ahead of its time. matter of fact, believe it or not the, by then, state of the art Coffee Lake machine I had tested the previous black Friday was not any faster in that regard. once again, I believe that's probably all that's need to be said about it, the server now can render 2160p60 Quake III Arena games at under four times real time and in addition it even finally supports workstation features like OpenCL that although they are not really gonna be used are always a nice extra to have.

and I think that's all/the more relevant with the hardware, as said, a very solid product that quite frankly at that price tag when taking everything in consideration it doesn't even feel like a once a year deal it feels more like a once in a lifetime opportunity so definitively it's a privilege to be able to afford and run such machine to host this. I mean, this time I don't even really see any real downsides or compromises to note there, sure the chipset could be from a z series to unleash the full potential of the cpu and, as commented, the disks could definitively be better but, quite frankly, those are more just improvements rather than compromises. the reality is this server beats the previous (undocumented) main server by at least a hefty 10% in every single metric while at the same time costing around a 15% less, that's as good as it gets, you just can not ask for any more.

ok, for the rest as I already commented for the system rather than deploying a new installment as I usually do in this kind of tasks since I haven't been active here lately this time I simply made a one on one migration from the previous server to ensure a smooth migration. I figured out that you would probably not appreciate me to show up something like a year late out of the blue just to mess up the servers for (potentially) weeks so it looked like the best option. at the end of the day, that was indeed a fresh installment "just" from a year ago and then I can simply go working my way up from here in the future, that's totally fine, not a problem.

and I think that's mostly all, about the network/provider I haven't commented (yet) a lot because they are indeed the very same as the previous main one as you could see so there's really no much to comment about it. as can be seen the previous main server ran 24/7 this time almost by itself without any issues whatsoever, once again, I think that's all that's need to be said about it. and I guess that then finally that's it with this report that was pending from a year ago so as usual in this kind of posts I'd like to finish first by thanking everyone that supported this during this time and once again reminding you that although the server I just presented here is already paid for with your funds in advance until the next spring (i.e. six months) by then a new bill will come up that then it must be fulfilled so please keep that in mind and do not forget to continue supporting this in case you look forward this to keep running as usual. in that sense I'd like to use this opportunity to stress and assure everyone that despite the circumstances as can be seen here all the funds received were accounted for and used diligently.

have fun and as usual for anything just let me know. in the mean time, now in the coming weeks I'll look forward complete another new card here for the secondary server so stay tuned for more and enjoy your stay at fpsclassico.
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