Admin Announcement: Full server, what now?

[McNeo]

Out of curiosity, how many Gigahertz would it take to make the server run at say, 250, and how much money would it require?

Getting anything over 4.5GHz out even the best processors on air cooling is all but impossible. To run 250 players, I'd say 5.5-6GHz would be needed without experiencing horrendous lag. That kind of frequency with the current E8400 is only achievable with a good motherboard with well built voltage regulators supplying the CPU, and nitrogen/phase-change cooling. Its not cost effective.

Also, to date, there is no better overclocking processor than the E8400 for the money you spend.

Core i7 would be quite good yes, but only because of the really really nifty enhancements that Intel have applied to the previous Core architecture in it while at the same time, introducing and streamlining everything in it. Again, not cost effective...