Reserved vCPUs on a Ryzen 9950X. Not oversold cores on a 2012 Xeon.
lnx.st runs KVM virtual servers on custom-built 1U nodes built around the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. Small team, doing this since 2019. The node count and the pricing are both things we've actually stress-tested, not guesses.
Five sizes. Pick one, boot it today.
| Plan | RAM | vCPU | SSD | Bandwidth | Price | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB1 IPv4 · KVM | 1024 MB | 1 vCPU | 25 GB NVMe | 4000 GB | $3/mo | Order |
| 2 GB1 IPv4 · KVM | 2048 MB | 2 vCPU | 50 GB NVMe | 6000 GB | $5/mo | Order |
| 4 GB1 IPv4 · KVM | 4096 MB | 4 vCPU | 100 GB NVMe | 6000 GB | $10/mo | Order |
| 8 GB1 IPv4 · KVM | 8192 MB | 8 vCPU | 200 GB NVMe | 8000 GB | $20/mo | Order |
| 16 GB1 IPv4 · KVM | 16384 MB | 16 vCPU | 300 GB NVMe | 10000 GB | $40/mo | Order |
Need something bigger than 16 GB? Ask, and we'll quote it against whatever headroom we have that week. Specs above are per-plan minimums, not oversold averages. All plans route over a 10 Gigabit port.
What people actually run on these
It's a KVM box: root access, install anything. The reason people pick lnx.st over a cheaper Xeon box is Zen 5's single-core speed, which is exactly what these workloads are bottlenecked on:
- Game servers: Minecraft, CS2, Valheim, ARK, Rust. Tick rate lives and dies on single-core speed, not core count.
- Proxy servers: Squid, 3proxy, forward or reverse. Single-thread throughput is the whole bottleneck.
- VPNs: WireGuard, OpenVPN. Encryption throughput is single-core-bound; Zen 5 has plenty of it.
- Whatever else: it's a real KVM kernel, not a container. Bring your own stack.
Same $3, a different decade
A lot of budget VPS listings are still slicing up hardware from the early 2010s. Here's what's actually running on each side of that $3.
| Spec | Typical budget VPS | lnx.st 1 GB — $3/mo |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Xeon E5-2670 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X |
| Released | 2012 | 2024 |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge | Zen 5, 16c/32t |
| Storage | SATA SSD/HDD | NVMe |
| Allocation | Often oversold | Reserved, not shared |
Full-kernel KVM, not a container, on the AMD64-v3 instruction set. Every node is custom-built and burned in before it goes live, with reserved allocations, so there are no CPU steal-time surprises.
Why Ryzen, not another Xeon
Every node is a custom-built 1U server around an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (16c/32t). Each one gets its own NVMe drive, its own clean KVM install, and a slot in a proper rack, on UPS, behind the same firewall and monitoring as anything else in the cabinet.
Desktop-class Ryzen silicon in a 1U chassis is an unusual choice. Most budget providers reach for whatever old Xeon or Opteron is cheapest per socket. Zen 5 beats that by a wide margin on per-core performance and per-watt efficiency, and that efficiency is most of how the price stays where it is. Whole-node dedicated boxes for anyone who wants a 9950X to themselves are in the works.
Small team. Years of doing this.
lnx.st is run by a small team, not a call center. We've been doing this since 2019, so the node count and the pricing are both things we've actually stress-tested. Email us and you'll hear back from whoever's actually looking at the box, not a support queue.
Questions people actually ask
- Is this oversold?
- No. RAM and vCPU allocations are reserved, not sold past 100% of the box. If a node fills up, we stop selling on it.
- What OS images can I run?
- Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Rocky, Arch, and a few BSDs on request. Bring your own ISO if you want something else.
- Refunds?
- Full refund inside 48 hours if the box doesn't work for you. After that, we don't prorate but we won't fight you on cancellation either.
- Do you offer bigger plans?
- Yes, off-menu. Email us what you need and we'll quote it against whatever headroom we have that week.
- What does "lnx.st" stand for?
- LiNuX hoST. That's the whole pitch: we run Linux VPS, nothing else.
- Is there a control panel?
- Yes, VirtFusion. KVM console, power controls, and OS reinstalls, no upsells bolted onto it.
Talk to the team running the boxes
Pre-sales, support, and abuse reports all land with the same small team, no ticket queue before a human sees it.