Would a Ryzen 7 or the new Zen 2 be able to handle a server load?

[jman116]

I'm thinking about making a Ryzen 7 system that can run minecraft servers and other servers as well as being my main gaming rig.

Would a CPU like this be able to run both a server and a client, maybe through virtualization? 

P.S. I'm going into college for engineering so on the school busy days it'd be used for engineering work and such.

[Fasauceome]

How many people are you having on your server? Using Minecraft on the same PC as you're playing on is usually very doable on a modern CPU. My friend even does it on his 5960x.

[Turtle Rig]

3 minutes ago, jman116 said:

I'm thinking about making a Ryzen 7 system that can run minecraft servers and other servers as well as being my main gaming rig.

Would a CPU like this be able to run both a server and a client, maybe through virtualization? 

P.S. I'm going into college for engineering so on the school busy days it'd be used for engineering work and such.

Both Ryzen 7 and Zen 2 will handle with ease barely stressing your threads.

[jman116]

4 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

Both Ryzen 7 and Zen 2 will handle with ease barely stressing your threads.

 

4 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

How many people are you having on your server? Using Minecraft on the same PC as you're playing on is usually very doable on a modern CPU. My friend even does it on his 5960x.

Good to hear. Probably like 3-5 people. I guess I'm having nightmares from my Core2Duo.

[Fasauceome]

Just now, jman116 said:

 

Good to hear. Probably like 3-5 people. I guess I'm having nightmares from my Core2Duo.

Minecraft is apparently very single threaded for its server applications so having an 8 core unfortunately does very little for it. A 6 core would be suitable.

[jman116]

Just now, fasauceome said:

Minecraft is apparently very single threaded for its server applications so having an 8 core unfortunately does very little for it. A 6 core would be suitable.

I will be using the PC for engineering stuff, CAD work, programming, and also video editing so that's why I'm making a high core count machine

[Wh0_Am_1]

28 minutes ago, jman116 said:

I'm thinking about making a Ryzen 7 system that can run minecraft servers and other servers as well as being my main gaming rig.

Would a CPU like this be able to run both a server and a client, maybe through virtualization? 

P.S. I'm going into college for engineering so on the school busy days it'd be used for engineering work and such.

Honestly for the Minecraft server I would recommend grabbing an old Core 2 Quad machine for ~$80 USD (with some extra RAM) throw it on there tell it to never go to sleep and forget about it