server build for games

[Cobbwebbros]

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Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$49.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.98 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$54.99 @ Amazon
Storage	SanDisk SSD PLUS 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$21.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply	EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$45.98 @ Newegg
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PLS HELP ME

 

IS THIS OK?

 

[Himommies]

For 200 go out and buy a optiplex with a used i7 and put like a 1050 in it

[Cobbwebbros]

Were I live it is really hard to get second hand tech (people just chuck everything out)

 

but I think it might be possible to get some stuff.

 

thanks man

[Himommies]

2 minutes ago, Cobbwebbros said:

(people just chuck everything out)

 

Thats legit even better. Go to a scrap metal yard or something. I've found a working haswell i7 for like 5 bucks.

[Windows7ge]

When you say server build for games what do you mean exactly? Is this going to host game servers?

[Cobbwebbros]

dang. honestly it might not be safe tho.

 

I'm a foreigner in the philippines i live in so... probs not that safe

 

might be able to get something tho

 

thanks for the reccomendations

 

[Cobbwebbros]

Just now, Windows7ge said:

When you say server build for games what do you mean exactly? Is this going to host game servers?

yh, probs a minecraft server for my friends and I

[Windows7ge]

13 minutes ago, Cobbwebbros said:

yh, probs a minecraft server for my friends and I

According to what I've been told about the server software used for hosting Minecraft games is that it's very single threaded. A higher clock speed will get you further than more cores. However. Being a server, you may decide you'll want it to do other things. Buying a dual core could seriously limit the multi-purpose functionality. Personally if you can get them I'd opt for a 4C/8T.

 

If I were building this myself I'd go for the Intel Xeons (like a E5-2670) but as you said parts are hard to come by for you.

[Cobbwebbros]

7 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

According to what I've been told about the server software used for hosting Minecraft games is that it's very single threaded. A higher clock speed will get you further than more cores. However. Being a server, you may decide you'll want it to do other things. Buying a dual core could seriously limit the multi-purpose functionality. Personally if you can get them I'd opt for a 4C/8T.

 

If I were building this myself I'd go for the Intel Xeons (like a E5-2670) but as you said parts are hard to come by for you.

Would a ryzen 3 1200 be decent. It's 20 bucks more expensive but has 4c/8t and 3.1ghz boost clock

[Windows7ge]

14 minutes ago, Cobbwebbros said:

Would a ryzen 3 1200 be decent. It's 20 bucks more expensive but has 4c/8t and 3.1ghz boost clock

In the event you decide to have the server do more than host a Minecraft server the extra 2C/4T will enable you to do so.

 

What OS were you planning to run?

[Cobbwebbros]

36 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

In the event you decide to have the server do more than host a Minecraft server the extra 2C/4T will enable you to do so.

 

What OS were you planning to run?

probably windows, maybe debian

[Windows7ge]

1 hour ago, Cobbwebbros said:

probably windows, maybe debian

I would do Debian. Less overhead. If you found you needed Windows applications the extra 2C/4T would enable you to setup a VM to run them.

[Cobbwebbros]

On 12/12/2019 at 1:24 PM, Windows7ge said:

I would do Debian. Less overhead. If you found you needed Windows applications the extra 2C/4T would enable you to setup a VM to run them.

I was just thinking that if  saved for a cpu upgrade, i could run server software in the background or in a vm