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## NS.getPurchasedServerCost() method

Returns the cost to purchase a server with the specified amount of ram.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
getPurchasedServerCost(ram: number): number;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  ram | number | Amount of RAM of a potential purchased server. Must be a power of 2 (2, 4, 8, 16, etc.). Maximum value of 1048576 (2^20). |

<b>Returns:</b>

number

The cost to purchase a server with the specified amount of ram.

## Remarks

RAM cost: 0.25 GB

## Example


```ts
for (i = 1; i <= 20; i++) {
    tprint(i + " -- " + getPurchasedServerCost(Math.pow(2, i)));
}
```