Gaming Server

[NotWilliam]

I would like to know if there is a good way to build a server where i can run a server for minecraft, terraira, etc.

My budget is 300-500

[Slottr]

What kind of load do you expect?

[NotWilliam]

what do you mean by what kind of load

[Viper9]

Hello,

 

Something like that could be a good gaming server: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tmRcHB

 

The motherboard support, RAID so you could put both hard drives in RAID 1 (mirror). 

 

If you want, you could add an SSD and install your OS on it and keep the HDDs only for data storage. 

 

[NotWilliam]

oh ok thank you

[Slottr]

2 minutes ago, NotWilliam said:

what do you mean by what kind of load

How many people using the server? Do you believe it will be taxing 

[Viper9]

1 minute ago, NotWilliam said:

oh ok thank you

You can choose any case, but since you're on a budget and a case doesn't add any performance I would go with a cheap one from a good brand.

[Slayer3032]

Buy an old workstation or prebuilt like a Dell Optiplex, slap some dirt cheap used DDR3 into it along with a cheap SSD and shove it in a corner.

 

Haswell and Ivy Bridge have decent performance and anything with an i7 will have hyperthreading which will help quite a bit with running a few different servers. If you can find some used Ryzen hardware, a 1600 would work extremely well but unless you can find some early Ryzen stuff on sale for a decent price. That will likely blow your budget if you're trying to build from the ground up. You really don't need raid for what you're looking to do, although it might be fun to setup with some used $5 500gb drives or something.

 

All my best deals that I've got over the years have been local, so I'd check out your local craigslist and facebook, ect. You can generally save a good bit picking up a few used parts here and there and working them into your build.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-OptiPlex-9020-MT-i7-4770-3-4GHz-16GB-No-HDD-No-OS-No-C-O-A/123995839192

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-7010-TOWER-DESKTOP-i7-3770-3-40GHz-8GB-500-HD-Windows-10-64/233424949349

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-9010-SFF-i7-3770-3-4GHz-8GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-Windows-10-Home/223280577940

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-SFF-7010-i7-3770-3-4GHz-8GB-250GB-passed-all-diagnostics-NO-OS/264561691287

[NotWilliam]

I will have around 10-15 people and i dont think so 

[Electronics Wizardy]

45 minutes ago, Viper9 said:

Hello,

 

Something like that could be a good gaming server: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tmRcHB

 

The motherboard support, RAID so you could put both hard drives in RAID 1 (mirror). 

 

If you want, you could add an SSD and install your OS on it and keep the HDDs only for data storage. 

 

You don't want to use motherboard raid, it sucks, your normally much better off with software raid.

 

ALso id go single ssd, here, should be similar to hdd raid in reliability, but still make backups.