Cheapo Minecraft Server build

PoweringG · August 8, 2019

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$79.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$73.98 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	GeIL EVO POTENZA 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$59.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Kingston A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$19.99 @ Walmart
Case	Rosewill R536-BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/500 W Power Supply	$79.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$313.84
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-07 20:13 EDT-0400

Thats what I have planned to purchase. I want to keep it low cost, which is why I went with an apu. Its gonna be used for modded minecraft with less than 10 people most likely.

PoweringG · August 8, 2019

41 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

If you wanted to go super cheap a Xeon X3440 on a supermicro x8sil would be cheap af, 16 or 32gb of compatible ECC DDR3 would be the most expensive part.

Its a really common budget server build for a variety of games.

would you recommend getting some cheap graphics card? and what os should i use for it?

PoweringG · August 8, 2019

34 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

If you go modern with ryzen the apu will be fine.

If you go budget with the xeon it has ok onboard graphics but even something basic would be helpful in some cases. I mean literally anything that can physically display minecraft, old fermi cards are dirt cheap and effective still, a 560ti or something will be on par with a modern GT 1030 which is slightly above the vega 3 performance in the 2200G

The downside with going with the older hardware is that while it would be dirt cheap, and it will give the same end result, it will consume a lot more power.

The 2200g build on its own running an mc server would cost more initially but would be sipping power even under load.

A xeon X3440 with an older midrange gpu would be drastically cheaper but would consume much more power.

The xeon, motherboard and 16gb of ram (if you DONT hunt for sku's and just go with advertised compatible ram) would be around 110-120$ off of ebay. With a cheap matx case, 30$ gpu of any variety, decent PSU and storage, looking at maybe 200$ total.

okay sounds good, i'm looking at maybe getting a r7 260x or something like that. And i'm probably going with the xeon build due to the fact that it will most likely not be on all the time.

EDIT: found a rx550 2gb for the same price as a r7 260x