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High-clock CPUs
Most game server simulations are single-threaded. What matters is per-core clock speed and consistent scheduling — both things bare metal nails and shared cloud instances actively undermine.
GAME SERVERS
Game servers on metal that holds tick rate.
Modded Minecraft, Rust, ARK, Valheim, FiveM, CS2. Single-thread CPU performance and dedicated RAM are everything in game hosting — and they're the two things shared cloud instances are worst at. Run multiple servers per box. Keep tick rate consistent through every wipe.
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BMS-01
AMD RYZEN 9950X
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BMS-02
AMD EPYC 9354P
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BMS-03
2x EPYC 7443
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BMS-04
THREADRIPPER 7965WX
Where tick rate consistency beats raw core count.
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Multiple servers per box
A 128GB plan runs 4–8 modded Minecraft servers, or 10+ Rust instances, or any mix. Pin them to dedicated cores. The economics scale linearly — that's why every game host runs on bare metal underneath.
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Run any panel
Pterodactyl, GameAP, AMP, or your own custom orchestrator. Full root access means zero markup on the panel software you were going to install anyway.
Game hosts charge $25/server. A single bare metal box runs ten of them.
Sized by player count and game class.
Minecraft (modded)
64–128 GB
Rust
64+ GB
ARK cluster
128+ GB
FiveM
64+ GB
Recommended hardware
All 29+ servers → Game-ready hardware in stock.
Filtered to plans with 64GB+ RAM and live regional stock. Pick the closest region to your community.
Server
CPU
RAM
Storage
Network
From
AMD EPYC 9124P
amd-epyc-9124p
16 cores
64 GB
2x NVMe 1TB
10Gbps
$711/mo
AMD Ryzen 9900X
amd-ryzen-9900x
12 cores
96 GB
2x NVMe 1TB
10Gbps
$449/mo
AMD Ryzen 9700X
amd-ryzen-9700x
8 cores
96 GB
2x NVMe 1TB
10Gbps
$449/mo
AMD Ryzen 7950X
amd-ryzen-7950x
16 cores
128 GB
2x NVMe 1TB
3Gbps
$449/mo
2x E5-2620v4
2x-e5-2620v4
16 cores
128 GB
2x SSD 250GB
3Gbps
$768/mo
2x E5-2630v3
2x-e5-2630v3
16 cores
128 GB
2x SSD 250GB
3Gbps
$878/mo
2x E5-2650v4
2x-e5-2650v4
24 cores
128 GB
2x SSD 250GB
3Gbps
$1032/mo
2x E5-2670v3
2x-e5-2670v3
24 cores
128 GB
2x SSD 250GB
3Gbps
$1164/mo
Answers before you ask.
Which games run well on bare metal?
Minecraft, Rust, ARK: Survival Evolved, Valheim, Conan Exiles, 7 Days to Die, CS2, Garry's Mod, Counter-Strike, FiveM, Project Zomboid, Satisfactory — anything that benefits from a single high-clock CPU core and dedicated RAM. The list is essentially everything.
How many players can a single server handle?
Depends on the game. Modded Minecraft handles 100–200 with 64GB RAM. Vanilla Rust handles 200+. ARK clusters scale to 250+. The single-thread CPU performance and RAM headroom are usually the bottleneck — and bare metal wins both.
Can I host multiple game servers on one machine?
Yes — that's the entire reason game server hosts use bare metal. A 128GB plan comfortably runs 4–8 modded Minecraft servers, or 10+ Rust instances, or any mix you want. Pin them to dedicated cores.
Do you protect against DDoS attacks?
All servers include standard network-edge DDoS mitigation. For competitive game communities that get targeted, you can layer additional protection at the application level or use anti-DDoS proxies.
How is bare metal different from a managed game server panel?
Managed panels (Pterodactyl, GameAP) charge a markup for the convenience of one-click installs. On bare metal you install the panel yourself for free — and you get the underlying hardware at the actual hardware price.
What about latency for competitive games?
Pick a region close to your players. Our footprint covers Chicago, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Singapore, and more. Single-digit-millisecond ping for in-region players, dedicated CPU means consistent server tick rate.
Ready when you are
Stop paying per-server markup. Run them all on one box.
Deploy in 5–20 minutes. Pay in USDC. Install Pterodactyl in 10 minutes after that.
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