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Help Building a Gaming server for Halo, CSS...?

I'm just getting my feet wet with PC gaming and I'm looking to build a gaming server with some spare parts lying around the house... AMD 1700+, 512mb ram, 40 gig hard drive, high speed cable connection. I would prefer to use a linux OS(suse or ubuntu) so I woundn't have to pay for windows. I'm not looking to build anything superior, just something to run dedicated servers for Half Life, Counter Strike, and Halo(not all at the same time). Is this possible with this hardware? If not, what would I need? Thanks, Jim My "budget" rig: AMD Athlon XP 2800 Barton @ 2.17 Asrock K7S41GX mobo 512 ddr 400 40 gb maxtor Gigabyte GeForce 6200 128mb Aspire X-Qpack w/430 psu Acer 8ms 19" widescreen LCD P.S. Any additional gaming tips would be much appreciated : )

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1. your configuration seems ok to me bro.. however there is one thing lacking to make a game server - static IP address... though your fast cable modem connection allows you to host games, it is not appropriate because by default we are given dynamic IP address by our ISPs. This means that our IP keeps on changing.. you do not want your gamers to be disconnected half way playing game because the IP address you are using got rotated. Contact your ISP to 'buy' a static IP address for your server.. also, you may need to contact STEAM if you are getting a CS server cos only they provide the linux CS version especially built for linux game servers. i would also advice you to read up on server security as your game server becomes popular, hackers out there may try to breach your system so beef up and harden your server before putting it online... good luck and all the best to you!