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I need some help picking out parts for a minecraft server

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I want to build my own Minecraft server that can handle around 5-15 players on a heavily modded server with around 200+ mods and can also run vanilla with around 100 players (not at the same time). I already have an extra 16gb of ddr4 3200 mhz (I know I probably need more than that) and I also have a extra AIO water cooler and a 1TB nvme SSD. If someone can put together a parts list for me for around 400-500$ I would really appreciate it!

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Any server site that i ever visited recommends i gb of ram per 10 players. I know when i was playing skyfactory I was using about 2.5 gb client side and I only had 2gb allocated server side. I'd say around 4gb should do the trick. As for the other stuff, I've never hosted a server myself I just pay someone else to >:) I use shockbyte Im pretty sure they have a list of their server specs if you want to check it out.

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Only 2 gb for Sky Factory? I though modded servers used way more than that 

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Id probably get something like a i3 10100, a b460 board, and a basic case + psu. Won't need too much for a small minecraft server.

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Make sure to leave some good budget left for a decent CPU, your players will much appreciate a high max render distance. The sweet spot right now for small Minecraft servers is 4cores/4threads, per-core performance matters a lot for MC servers.

PS. I know you very likely won't since you already have DDR4, but avoid AMD FX series at all costs, as the MC server software hates Bulldozer and Piledriver for some reason.

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12 minutes ago, LloydLynx said:

Make sure to leave some good budget left for a decent CPU, your players will much appreciate a high max render distance. The sweet spot right now for small Minecraft servers is 4cores/4threads, per-core performance matters a lot for MC servers.

PS. I know you very likely won't since you already have DDR4, but avoid AMD FX series at all costs, as the MC server software hates Bulldozer and Piledriver for some reason.

Yeah I didn't even plan on going amd anyways. Thanks for the advice though!

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