Cheap game server project

[TomH]

So I've been looking around for a cheap and fun little project to keep me busy and I thought about buying a cheap PC off of eBay like an optiplex to run a server for Minecraft or something for me and a couple of friends. How viable would this be and what sort of specs should I look for?

Thanks

[mahyar]

a i7 3770 (you can get away with i5 3570) 8gb of ram (16gb recommended)

a good enough board and psu any gpu is okay

[Entropy.]

 

15 minutes ago, mahyar said:

a i7 3770 (you can get away with i5 3570) 8gb of ram (16gb recommended)

a good enough board and psu any gpu is okay

Building off this :
8gb-16gb, doesnt need to be a very fast speed, just do the average speed for ddr3, perhaps ~1600mhz. For the GPU, depending on what you want to do you might want to get a slimmed-down rx570-590, gtx 1650S, or perhaps a smaller 5500-5600xt, any of those should work depending on what games you want to play, also depending on the resolution, target FPS, and game settings.  

[TomH]

2 hours ago, mahyar said:

a i7 3770 (you can get away with i5 3570) 8gb of ram (16gb recommended)

a good enough board and psu any gpu is okay

So something like this?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELL-OPTIPLEX-9010-I7-3-4-GHZ-16-GB-RAM-120-GB-SSD-WIN-10-occasional-fault/233661224200?hash=item36674b5508%3Ag%3AzPQAAOSwQwRfHaRm&LH_BO=1&LH_ItemCondition=3000

 

If so, how much do you reckon I should offer?

[mahyar]

1 hour ago, TomH said:

So something like this?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELL-OPTIPLEX-9010-I7-3-4-GHZ-16-GB-RAM-120-GB-SSD-WIN-10-occasional-fault/233661224200?hash=item36674b5508%3Ag%3AzPQAAOSwQwRfHaRm&LH_BO=1&LH_ItemCondition=3000

 

If so, how much do you reckon I should offer?

yeah this is very good and i dont know pricing at other countrys sorry