Used PC for server and everyday computing

[Idkwhat2putheresowhatever]

Hey guys, I'm looking to get a small-form factor PC for normal office work and my brother to play some of his games like roblox or whatever. But also to set up a minecraft server for my friends to use (and possibly NAS server). Why small-form factor? My table doesn't have a lot of space as most of it is occupied by my current desktop and I may need to bring the sff desktop out when there are lan sessions or what not.

 

Here are a few options (prices are in SGD)

 

HP Elitedesk 800 G2 (SFF) - $380

Intel Core i5-6500 w HD 530 iGPU

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

 

HP Slimline - $400

Intel Core i5-6400T w R5 330

4GB RAM

1TB HDD

 

HP Elitedesk 800 G1 USDT - $300 / $325 [Left is config 1, right is config 2]

Intel Core i5 4570s / 4590s both with HD4600 iGPU

8GB RAM / 4GB RAM

256GB HDD / 500GB HDD

 

HP Slimline - $380

Intel Pentium G5400 w UHD 610 iGPU

4GB RAM

1TB HDD

 

Dell Optiplex 9020 SFF - $350

Intel Core i5-4670 w GeForce 8400GS (Idk why this gpu is here)

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

 

Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 Tiny

Intel Core i5-4570T w HD4600 iGPU

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

 

HP Elitedesk 800 G2 Mini - ~$320

Intel Core i3-7100 w HD 630 iGPU

8GB RAM

240GB SSD

 

Please tell me which is the best. I'm currently leaning towards the Optiplex but it is slightly bigger than the Thinkcentre and Elitedesk so I'm kinda worried that it is difficult to carry around. What matters most is which will provide the best performance for the minecraft server and gaming / general usage. 

 

 

 

 

[Dioneyesos]

3 minutes ago, Idkwhat2putheresowhatever said:

Hey guys, I'm looking to get a small-form factor PC for normal office work and my brother to play some of his games like roblox or whatever. But also to set up a minecraft server for my friends to use (and possibly NAS server). Why small-form factor? My table doesn't have a lot of space as most of it is occupied by my current desktop and I may need to bring the sff desktop out when there are lan sessions or what not.

 

Here are a few options (prices are in SGD)

 

HP Elitedesk 800 G2 (SFF) - $380

Intel Core i5-6500 w HD 530 iGPU

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

 

HP Slimline - $400

Intel Core i5-6400T w R5 330

4GB RAM

1TB HDD

 

HP Elitedesk 800 G1 USDT - $300 / $325 [Left is config 1, right is config 2]

Intel Core i5 4570s / 4590s both with HD4600 iGPU

8GB RAM / 4GB RAM

256GB HDD / 500GB HDD

 

HP Slimline - $380

Intel Pentium G5400 w UHD 610 iGPU

4GB RAM

1TB HDD

 

Dell Optiplex 9020 SFF - $350

Intel Core i5-4670 w GeForce 8400GS (Idk why this gpu is here)

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

 

Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 Tiny

Intel Core i5-4570T w HD4600 iGPU

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

 

HP Elitedesk 800 G2 Mini - ~$320

Intel Core i3-7100 w HD 630 iGPU

8GB RAM

240GB SSD

 

Please tell me which is the best. I'm currently leaning towards the Optiplex but it is slightly bigger than the Thinkcentre and Elitedesk so I'm kinda worried that it is difficult to carry around. What matters most is which will provide the best performance for the minecraft server and gaming / general usage. 

 

 

 

 

Since you will be running servers, you need a lot of RAM (8GB or more) and a fast storage drive, so a SSD is a must a well. I'm not sure you would wanna game on a "server" build but you could if you must. for Roblox Intel HD should be fine. For CPU, go with whichever has the highest core count and clock speed 

[Dioneyesos]

9 minutes ago, Idkwhat2putheresowhatever said:

Hey guys, I'm looking to get a small-form factor PC for normal office work and my brother to play some of his games like roblox or whatever. But also to set up a minecraft server for my friends to use (and possibly NAS server). Why small-form factor? My table doesn't have a lot of space as most of it is occupied by my current desktop and I may need to bring the sff desktop out when there are lan sessions or what not.

 

Here are a few options (prices are in SGD)

 

HP Elitedesk 800 G2 (SFF) - $380

Intel Core i5-6500 w HD 530 iGPU

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

 

HP Slimline - $400

Intel Core i5-6400T w R5 330

4GB RAM

1TB HDD

 

HP Elitedesk 800 G1 USDT - $300 / $325 [Left is config 1, right is config 2]

Intel Core i5 4570s / 4590s both with HD4600 iGPU

8GB RAM / 4GB RAM

256GB HDD / 500GB HDD

 

HP Slimline - $380

Intel Pentium G5400 w UHD 610 iGPU

4GB RAM

1TB HDD

 

Dell Optiplex 9020 SFF - $350

Intel Core i5-4670 w GeForce 8400GS (Idk why this gpu is here)

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

 

Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 Tiny

Intel Core i5-4570T w HD4600 iGPU

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

 

HP Elitedesk 800 G2 Mini - ~$320

Intel Core i3-7100 w HD 630 iGPU

8GB RAM

240GB SSD

 

Please tell me which is the best. I'm currently leaning towards the Optiplex but it is slightly bigger than the Thinkcentre and Elitedesk so I'm kinda worried that it is difficult to carry around. What matters most is which will provide the best performance for the minecraft server and gaming / general usage. 

 

 

 

 

I made a quick comparison, it is in Dutch, I know, you should be able to figure most of it out I think. Anyway Looking at it, they all have either 4 cores or 2 cores but Hyperthreading so all of the cpu's have 4 Threads. Now for speeds, there is quite a difference. I would say go for either the i3-7100 or the i5-4670, they're the fastest and the i5 build has a graphics card that will outperform the iGPU in the i3-7100.