minecraft server xeon vs. i9

[pwrobot]

Hi all,

I am looking into creating a minecraft java edition server that will host ~100 people and probably have two dozen script's running on it. I understand minecraft is primarily single threaded and requires the highest CPU clock to work best. I am hoping to entice the players to spread out onto all 3 of the base worlds (over-world, nether, and end) that would be spit onto there own minecraft instances, resulting in 3 threads doing the majority of the work instead of one.

I am looking at eater an I9-9900k on a z390 motherboard or an xeon e-2288g on a c246 motherboard. Cost is no factor in this build. What CPU would you use for this type of server?

Thanks for any recommendations.

pwrobot

 

Note: I noticed I typed in the number of players, corrected from 10 to 100 

[PatrikYT_98]

you dont need i9 9900k get a ryzen 3600 that will be fine but the 9900k will be better but get 16gb ram or more

[Dedayog]

Minecraft needs RAM and bandwidth vs CPU power.

 

https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Server/Requirements/Dedicated

 

[CDKrash]

My virtual minecraft server is more RAM heavy. They are heavly Mod'd and I have 4 different worlds running at the same time. Allocating RAM is the bigger issue than CPU as I only have 8 cores dedicated to the server. It and they run without issue. 

 

All that to say more RAM and a middle ground CPU, and you'll be good.

[pwrobot]

So as I am understanding, go with the I9-9900k. My plan all along was to put 32GB of ram in it from the start no mater what CPU I was going to use.

I am also seeing that 10th gen is rumored to be released around May. The i9-10900k has a higher boost clock then the i9-9900k, which I see is useful for minecraft. I am not planning on starting the world until the summer, should I go with the 10th gen when it comes out or just go with the i9-9900k.

[CDKrash]

Unless you are going to be running many MC servers/worlds on that box. The i9 (9th Gen) will be more than enough.

[miagisan]

On 2/29/2020 at 3:04 PM, pwrobot said:

Hi all,

I am looking into creating a minecraft java edition server that will host ~10 people and probably have two dozen script's running on it. I understand minecraft is primarily single threaded and requires the highest CPU clock to work best. I am hoping to entice the players to spread out onto all 3 of the base worlds (over-world, nether, and end) that would be spit onto there own minecraft instances, resulting in 3 threads doing the majority of the work instead of one.

I am looking at eater an I9-9900k on a z390 motherboard or an xeon e-2288g on a c246 motherboard. Cost is no factor in this build. What CPU would you use for this type of server?

Thanks for any recommendations.

pwrobot

I run a minecraft server for friends and family (about 6 people) on an old fx Athlon. Just have alot of ram, but you don't need to go crazy on the cpu server side

[Dedayog]

On 2/29/2020 at 6:20 PM, pwrobot said:

So as I am understanding, go with the I9-9900k. My plan all along was to put 32GB of ram in it from the start no mater what CPU I was going to use.

I am also seeing that 10th gen is rumored to be released around May. The i9-10900k has a higher boost clock then the i9-9900k, which I see is useful for minecraft. I am not planning on starting the world until the summer, should I go with the 10th gen when it comes out or just go with the i9-9900k.

How did you get that out of the link I posted?

 

Since money is no object, I'd go Threadripper and 128GB RAM on a 1GB/s internet connection.

 

 

[pwrobot]

I say that since it recommends Intel core processor's not AMD or XEON.

I already own a threadripper (2990wx) and it sucks at running heavy single threaded applications due to its lower clock speed ~3.8 OCed drawing 400W when I was testing stability, and it still randomly dies on me too for no reason after working perfectly for days.