South Elgin, United States

Gaming VPS in South Elgin

High clock speeds and fast disk for game servers and low latency. Built by hand, usually the same day.

Configure your game server → Recommended from $525.35 USD / month

Dedicated cores, never shared
Same price in all 24 locations
Any TCP or UDP port

Closest location live

56 km from South Elgin

1–2 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from South Elgin. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.

Choose how the processor is shared

Every class ships the same hardware menu and the same Ubuntu Server 24.04 (LTS) 64-bit image. What changes is how the processor is shared — and the price moves with it.

Private servers only

Availability

Budget friendly

Only for a private server among friends. Shared processor time shows up as stutter the moment a fight starts.

$514.35USD

per month

Configure

Recommended

General purpose

The usual choice

Workable for smaller player counts and slower genres, where a dropped tick goes unnoticed.

$525.35USD

per month

Configure

Recommended for games

Dedicated

The usual choice

A game server has to finish every tick on time, and dedicated cores are the only way that holds when the server is full.

$536.35USD

per month

Configure

Hourly only

Burstable

Not for game servers

Not usable. Throttles under sustained load, and a match is sustained load by definition.

$1.0286USD

per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed

Book by the hour

Launch weekend: add cores and memory on the same server and take them off when the rush settles — by hand, usually within the hour.

Host where your players are

Ping is the one number your players will judge you on, and it is theirs, not yours. Pick the region your community actually lives in — every location costs the same, so there is no reason to compromise.

Americas

Chicago Most central The US Midwest, and the most central choice for nationwide US selling Toronto Canada and the US northeast Atlanta The US southeast New York The US east coast Dallas Texas and the US south Miami Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America Seattle The US Pacific Northwest and western Canada Los Angeles Southern California and the US southwest Santa Clara California and the US west coast

Europe, Middle East & Africa

London The UK and Ireland Amsterdam The Benelux countries and north-west Europe Madrid Spain, Portugal and south-west Europe Stockholm The Nordic countries Frankfurt Most central Germany, Austria and central Europe — the most central choice for EU-wide selling Milan Italy and southern Europe Bucharest Romania and south-east Europe Tel Aviv Israel and the eastern Mediterranean

Asia-Pacific

Tokyo Japan and South Korea Delhi NCR Northern India Hong Kong Hong Kong, southern China and Taiwan Kolkata Eastern India and Bangladesh Mumbai Western India Sydney Australia and New Zealand Singapore Most central South-east Asia, and the most central choice for the region

No ping figures here on purpose: your players' latency depends on where they are, and we have not measured a route we cannot see. Distances and estimated round trips from South Elgin are in the table below.

Where your server runs

All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server. Choose the region closest to the players, not to you. Ping is the whole experience in a shooter, and thirty milliseconds is the difference between a hit and a miss.

Americas coverage 9 live

South Elgin is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.

Chicago Nearest 56 km · 1–2 ms Toronto 749 km · 11–22 ms Atlanta 978 km · 15–29 ms New York 1,200 km · 18–36 ms Dallas 1,269 km · 19–38 ms Miami 1,951 km · 29–59 ms

Show all 24 locations and distances from South Elgin ▾

Location	Distance	Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Chicago, United States	56 km	1–2 ms
Toronto, Canada	749 km	11–22 ms
Atlanta, United States	978 km	15–29 ms
New York, United States	1,200 km	18–36 ms
Dallas, United States	1,269 km	19–38 ms
Miami, United States	1,951 km	29–59 ms
Seattle, United States	2,734 km	41–82 ms
Los Angeles, United States	2,752 km	41–83 ms
Santa Clara, United States	2,908 km	44–87 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom	6,385 km	96–192 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	6,638 km	100–199 ms
Madrid, Spain	6,766 km	101–203 ms
Stockholm, Sweden	6,900 km	103–207 ms
Frankfurt, Germany	6,995 km	105–210 ms
Milan, Italy	7,323 km	110–220 ms
Bucharest, Romania	8,404 km	126–252 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel	9,933 km	149–298 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan	10,098 km	151–303 ms
Delhi NCR, India	12,036 km	181–361 ms
Hong Kong, China	12,500 km	187–375 ms
Kolkata, India	12,827 km	192–385 ms
Mumbai, India	12,954 km	194–389 ms
Sydney, Australia	14,824 km	222–445 ms
Singapore	15,044 km	226–451 ms

Distances are from South Elgin. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.

Dedicated cores, never shared

Any port range you need, TCP or UDP

Root access for your own server binaries

Daily off-server backups of world data

Included with every Gaming server, in every class, at every location.

Game server hosting for South Elgin

We host servers for companies throughout South Elgin, IL and the rest of United States. You tell us what the server is for, we build it by hand, and you get access and the login details the same working day.

Chicago is our closest location at 56 km, which makes it the usual starting point. If the people using the server are somewhere else, host it somewhere else — every location costs the same.

Gaming VPS in South Elgin — FAQs

Should I host near me or near my players?

Near your players, always. Ping is the whole experience in a fast game, and it belongs to them rather than to you. Chicago is closest to South Elgin at 56 km, but if your community is elsewhere, host elsewhere — every location costs the same.

Which hardware class does a game server need?

Dedicated. A game server has to finish every tick on time, and that only holds when nothing else is competing for the cores. The shared classes show up as stutter the moment a fight starts, and Burstable throttles under exactly the sustained load a full match creates.

Can I open custom ports and run my own binaries?

Yes. Root access, any TCP or UDP port range, and your own server build — there is no supported-games list because there is nothing between you and the machine.

What ping will my players get?

That depends entirely on where they are, and we will not quote a figure for a player whose location we do not know. What we can tell you is the distance from each of our 24 locations, which is on this page — pick the one nearest your community.

How much does a game server cost in South Elgin?

From $514.35 USD per month, with $525.35 USD on the Dedicated class, which is the one worth buying here. The same prices apply in all 24 locations.

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