Recommended Specs For A Server PC (Primarily Modded MC and Rust)

[Acrain7]

Hello All, I am in the planning stages of building my own server rack / pc within my house to run 24/7 as (primarily) a Modded Minecraft Server, as my MCProhosting server simply isn't cutting it and above all else i just don't want to continue support the type of companies that rip-off unsuspecting customers with lackluster specs at a rather high premium. (just in case it matters, we have around 82 mods at the moment and counting.) I'd love to spend no more than a max of $500, preferably $400- what specs would you recommend i use? (a pcpartpicker list would be preferable)

 

I'm also curious about server vs consumer cpus and motherboards for these type of use cases; what are the real benefits, downfalls, and noteworthy details of one way or another?

 

Thanks in advance, and have a great day!

-GP

 

(oh, almost forgot, i have 100mbs up and down ((damn optimum and regionalization!)), and i presume that that'll be enough)

[LienusLateTips]

You may want to consider using AWS. Considering it's probably against your internet company's TOS to host a game server.

[KarathKasun]

7 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

You may want to consider using AWS. Considering it's probably against your internet company's TOS to host a game server.

Charters TOS is unenforceable honestly.  It says...

 

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Customer will not use, or allow others to use, Customer's home computer as a web server, FTP server, file server or game server or to run any other server applications or to provide network or host services to others via Charter's network

This makes playing games on XBox Live against the ToS, as there are games with P2P match hosting.

[Acrain7]

4 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

You may want to consider using AWS. Considering it's probably against your internet company's TOS to host a game server.

Up couple of years ago a small batch of server-esque pcs (server-esque because they were just general consumer towers used as dial-in workstations, but, hey, it was technically a server.) were run in-house for a number of years and never any trouble was had, and especially since it's a small minecraft server i doubt that they'd worry their bloated heads over it too-too much.

 

as for AWS, i'd really like to have it be a physical server in house, but i'll keep that in mind!

[Acrain7]

1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

Charters TOS is unenforceable honestly.  It says...

 

This makes playing games on XBox Live against the ToS, as there are games with P2P match hosting.

it would also technically make hosting a LAN world in minecraft or a CSGO workshop map lobby illegal as well!

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, KarathKasun said:

Charters TOS is unenforceable honestly.  It says...

 

 This makes playing games on XBox Live against the ToS, as there are games with P2P match hosting.

Fair enough. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($163.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP - EX900 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($37.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GT 710 1 GB PCIE x1 Video Card  ($41.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $423.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-22 23:15 EDT-0400

 

Choose your own case. If you have a cheapo GPU laying around, you can go for that instead.

[star_pilot475]

Ok, here’s something that should do it for ya. It’s over budget (like $60, sorry) but if you’ve got your own case and power supply, then it’s right about where you want to be.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$126.71 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$73.98 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$124.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI - Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR MK2 Video Card	$149.99 @ Newegg
Case	DIYPC - MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$19.97 @ Newegg Business
Power Supply	SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$64.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$580.04
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$560.04
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-22 23:18 EDT-0400

 

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, star_pilot475 said:

Ok, here’s something that should do it for ya. It’s over budget (like $60, sorry) but if you’ve got your own case and power supply, then it’s right about where you want to be.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$126.71 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$73.98 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$124.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI - Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR MK2 Video Card	$149.99 @ Newegg
Case	DIYPC - MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$19.97 @ Newegg Business
Power Supply	SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$64.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$580.04
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$560.04
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-22 23:18 EDT-0400

 

Why the RX 570?

 

There are cheaper 32GB RAM combos out there.

 

Bad PSU.

[star_pilot475]

3 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Why the RX 570?

Cheap and plenty of horsepower for Minecraft. 
 

 

3 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

There are cheaper 32GB RAM combos out there.

Not at 3000MHz there aren’t.

 

3 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Bad PSU.

Yeah I don’t know why I put that in there but I did recommend OP use his own 

 

Edit: I’ll leave this thread to you @LienusLateTips

Edited July 23, 2019 by star_pilot475

[Acrain7]

1 minute ago, star_pilot475 said:

Cheap and plenty of horsepower for Minecraft. 
 

 

Not at 3000MHz there aren’t.

 

Yeah I don’t know why I put that in there but I did recommend OP use his own 

 

 

do you really believe that i'll need the 32gb? i feel like 16gb would be plenty, but maybe you know something i don't!

[star_pilot475]

8 minutes ago, Genericplane said:

do you really believe that i'll need the 32gb? i feel like 16gb would be plenty, but maybe you know something i don't!

No it’s just a nice to have, don’t bother with it if you don’t wanna spend the money. 

[LienusLateTips]

24 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

Cheap and plenty of horsepower for Minecraft. 

It's a server. Don't need a GPU. A cheap display adapter is enough.

22 minutes ago, Genericplane said:

do you really believe that i'll need the 32gb? i feel like 16gb would be plenty, but maybe you know something i don't!

I believe it would be plenty, and if it isn't it's easy to upgrade. Go for the 16.

 

24 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

Not at 3000MHz there aren’t.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GP22FT/geil-evo-potenza-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3000-memory-gapb416gb3000c16adc

 

$119.98.

[star_pilot475]

Just now, LienusLateTips said:

$119.98.

 
sorry man! 

[KarathKasun]

46 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

Cheap and plenty of horsepower for Minecraft.

Err, the server doesnt use GPU at all.

 

Server just needs integrated graphics.

[Evolution.]

On 7/22/2019 at 11:22 PM, LienusLateTips said:

There are cheaper 32GB RAM combos out there.

 

PM  ill buy em up 

[LienusLateTips]

3 minutes ago, VenomZ_ said:

PM  ill buy em up 

Out of stock - was $120 @ Newegg when I posted that

[Mnky313]

On 7/22/2019 at 11:02 PM, LienusLateTips said:

You may want to consider using AWS. Considering it's probably against your internet company's TOS to host a game server.

Wait, rules like that exist....
well I have Verizon and I hope they don't have anything against it XD. I have at least 2 or 3 minecraft servers, an Imessage relay server thing (Airmessage), ports open for RDP, and FTP server and some other game servers (usually Terraria/Don't starve)...

[Acrain7]

2 hours ago, Mnky313 said:

Wait, rules like that exist....
well I have Verizon and I hope they don't have anything against it XD. I have at least 2 or 3 minecraft servers, an Imessage relay server thing (Airmessage), ports open for RDP, and FTP server and some other game servers (usually Terraria/Don't starve)...

My guess is it's probably not worth their time. By the way, I commend you on using airmessage. You get the best of both worlds that way.