Self made Linux game Server for the basement

[Mannshoch]

I need Hardware proposals for a Linux game-server. It is planed to run Wine on it with Windows Games between Windows 95 and Windows 2000, (they already run that way on my Desktop) also 0-ad.
I'm planing using it wit moonlight on a Tablet, Laptop and a Kodi (Raspberrypi 4)

What hardware do you propose for this usage.

[Loyola-London]

I have one of those. I bought a Precision 7810 (ebay ~300 at the time) and put 2x Xeon 2696 v3 (ebay ~200 at the time). The PC came with a single slot quadro card so I left that and added an RTX 3060 ti. I need the server for work things so I created a windows 10 VM with 16 threads leaving the remaining 56 threads for server stuff. I've had this setup since 2020 and it's been solid streaming everything from 720p on a tablet to 4k on a tv. The 7810's do not have native support for nvme, but you can buy add-in cards (ebay ~30 at the time) that will allow you to add 2-4 gen 3 nvme drives.

Ebay has great prices on retired dell servers/workstations and they are rock-solid linux performers.

[Mannshoch]

Nice.
I'm looking for knowledge about using Wine in this setting.
As an example I had this box in my Mind:
https://webshop.asus.com/de/Mini-PCs/Chromebox/ASUS-PN53-S5020MD-Mini-Desktop-PC/90MS02H1-M000M0

[Mannshoch]

Does linux need additional hardware if no display is connected?
I sometimes read about strange additional hardware because of problems with virtual monitors. Is that also valid for AMD Ryzen on Linux?

[Loyola-London]

My linux server is 'headless' (i.e., no attached display) and it runs fine. The windows vm needs a dongle to simulate a display. I use this: https://a.co/d/eHw0OmA

I don't stream directly from linux, but my understanding is that sunshine streams what is sent to a display so you'd need some sort of real, fake (dongle), or virtual display to stream.

CPU shouldn't matter.

[noodlemctwoodle]

Yeah I am using a dummy HDMI adapter. They are cheap on Amazon

[Mannshoch]

why ist something like that needed?
And is Moonlight able to resize the screen to the screen e.g of my smartphone or is that not possible if an adapter is neede?
Or may could sunshine modify the resolution these adapters do fake?