Minecraft Server Build asking for help

[TheDoctor13b]

Budget (600- 1000): 

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft bedrock x2. and java x4 

Other details i have a build with my limited knowledge of computers and how minecraft works with servers vs every other game. i want to do 2- 6 minecraft servers 2 bedrock 4 java (this is maxing it out, i may end up with less but planning for max end) any and all input would be great.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor	$214.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 Blue 74.34 CFM CPU Cooler	$24.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B460 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX LGA1200 Motherboard
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$175.99 @ Best Buy
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.95 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$55.49 @ Newegg
Case	Rosewill TYRFING ATX Mid Tower Case	$36.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Segotep GP 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$51.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$630.39
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-29 20:17 EDT-0400

 

[514floppy]

Perhaps I'll post a build later, but I would reconsider the power supply, memory and processor. Please also reconsider the case and storage medium, as spinning rust will easily thrash and wear with 6 concurrent servers.

 

Let's talk about the processor.

While the i5-10600K is powerful, it is probably not enough for 6 servers.

In this case, you need to consider core count. The i9-10850K is only 320$ at most (if not all) Micro Center locations, and sports 10 rather powerful cores.

The 10850K, albeit an Intel processor, is still very powerful and fits within your budget. Of course, AMD TR/EPYC is still the way to go for high core count, but that's out of your price range. The Intel Extreme edition / HEDT is not even close to worth it. (It's sad really, the 10980XE 18-core is just Skylake plus a bit more, and too much money!)

In retrospect, you could also go for an older architecture with more cores, say an E5 v2 Xeon, but I'm not sure about core effectiveness.

 

Your system memory is a strong 32GB with tight timings. Good choice. However, I'd consider this similarly priced 64G Hynix die kit from Timetec.

Yes, I'm aware that it's an off-brand, however, the memory die is well-known, so I wouldn't expect an issue, unlike your PSU, which I'll address.

https://www.amazon.com/Timetec-PC4-25600-Unbuffered-Compatible-Performance/dp/B08M4BQTXN/

 

Your power supply, while 80+ Gold, is by an unknown brand (Segotep), so please consider a different brand like Seasonic or Corsair, perhaps. Let's not have your 1000$ server burst into flames, okay? I wouldn't wish that upon anyone.

 

I would consider changing your storage mediums to SSD.
This is because of how HDDs work. 6 different servers means 6 different physical spaces on your hard drive. Let's say... suddenly, someone requests game world data on server 1. OK, the computer commands the HDD to seek the head and load the data. Let's say, all of 500 milliseconds later, someone on server 3 enters the game a thousand units away. The computer orders the hard drive to load that other world data. But it can't fulfill that order immediately, it's still seeking to load the world data of the first user. And suddenly, the drive is quickly thrashing back and forth trying to load all the data. Meanwhile, in SSD land... this doesn't happen.

An NVMe SSD would load it at many times the speed of a HDD (with less latency). While a HDD might work for light loads, it doesn't work well for futureproofing and large scale servers. The Crucial SATA drive you have now is fine, but I'd consider going for at least 1TB NVMe drive. SATA3 drives max out at 600MB/s read/write, while even low-end NVMe drives can reach 1.8GB/s sustained read. Inland or Samsung or even ADATA is okay; I know this forum has a tier list, so please use that.

 

The case is okay, but given that you'd have a processor under multi-core load constantly, I would prefer a case with better airflow.

 

Depending on any changes you make, the motherboard and cooler must change respectively.

If you give me a few minutes, maybe I'll make a PC Part Picker list within your budget, and we can discuss it on the forum.

 

I'd like to mention this is my first time posting here at the forum... so, hello!

 

514

 

 

[Schraufabagel]

Just personal preference, but I'd go with a Seasonic or Corsair PSU if you budget allows. Those are usually the gold standard in terms of power supplies. 

[TheDoctor13b]

19 hours ago, 514floppy said:

Perhaps I'll post a build later, but I would reconsider the power supply, memory and processor. Please also reconsider the case and storage medium, as spinning rust will easily thrash and wear with 6 concurrent servers.

 

Let's talk about the processor.

While the i5-10600K is powerful, it is probably not enough for 6 servers.

In this case, you need to consider core count. The i9-10850K is only 320$ at most (if not all) Micro Center locations, and sports 10 rather powerful cores.

The 10850K, albeit an Intel processor, is still very powerful and fits within your budget. Of course, AMD TR/EPYC is still the way to go for high core count, but that's out of your price range. The Intel Extreme edition / HEDT is not even close to worth it. (It's sad really, the 10980XE 18-core is just Skylake plus a bit more, and too much money!)

In retrospect, you could also go for an older architecture with more cores, say an E5 v2 Xeon, but I'm not sure about core effectiveness.

 

Your system memory is a strong 32GB with tight timings. Good choice. However, I'd consider this similarly priced 64G Hynix die kit from Timetec.

Yes, I'm aware that it's an off-brand, however, the memory die is well-known, so I wouldn't expect an issue, unlike your PSU, which I'll address.

https://www.amazon.com/Timetec-PC4-25600-Unbuffered-Compatible-Performance/dp/B08M4BQTXN/

 

Your power supply, while 80+ Gold, is by an unknown brand (Segotep), so please consider a different brand like Seasonic or Corsair, perhaps. Let's not have your 1000$ server burst into flames, okay? I wouldn't wish that upon anyone.

 

I would consider changing your storage mediums to SSD.
This is because of how HDDs work. 6 different servers means 6 different physical spaces on your hard drive. Let's say... suddenly, someone requests game world data on server 1. OK, the computer commands the HDD to seek the head and load the data. Let's say, all of 500 milliseconds later, someone on server 3 enters the game a thousand units away. The computer orders the hard drive to load that other world data. But it can't fulfill that order immediately, it's still seeking to load the world data of the first user. And suddenly, the drive is quickly thrashing back and forth trying to load all the data. Meanwhile, in SSD land... this doesn't happen.

An NVMe SSD would load it at many times the speed of a HDD (with less latency). While a HDD might work for light loads, it doesn't work well for futureproofing and large scale servers. The Crucial SATA drive you have now is fine, but I'd consider going for at least 1TB NVMe drive. SATA3 drives max out at 600MB/s read/write, while even low-end NVMe drives can reach 1.8GB/s sustained read. Inland or Samsung or even ADATA is okay; I know this forum has a tier list, so please use that.

 

The case is okay, but given that you'd have a processor under multi-core load constantly, I would prefer a case with better airflow.

 

Depending on any changes you make, the motherboard and cooler must change respectively.

If you give me a few minutes, maybe I'll make a PC Part Picker list within your budget, and we can discuss it on the forum.

 

I'd like to mention this is my first time posting here at the forum... so, hello!

 

514

 

 

my budget can be much higher that was a starting point i can do it over time. so if you post a build somthing better for 6 minecraft servers i will be happy. i only went i5 becouse less cores with better single thread.

[IHFyrz2812]

11600 have better igpu

[TheDoctor13b]

i am more for Intel but for the server i am willing to go AMD. and from my limited knowledge is minecraft runns differently from everything else.

[TheDoctor13b]

On 3/29/2021 at 9:46 PM, 514floppy said:

Perhaps I'll post a build later, but I would reconsider the power supply, memory and processor. Please also reconsider the case and storage medium, as spinning rust will easily thrash and wear with 6 concurrent servers.

 

Let's talk about the processor.

While the i5-10600K is powerful, it is probably not enough for 6 servers.

In this case, you need to consider core count. The i9-10850K is only 320$ at most (if not all) Micro Center locations, and sports 10 rather powerful cores.

The 10850K, albeit an Intel processor, is still very powerful and fits within your budget. Of course, AMD TR/EPYC is still the way to go for high core count, but that's out of your price range. The Intel Extreme edition / HEDT is not even close to worth it. (It's sad really, the 10980XE 18-core is just Skylake plus a bit more, and too much money!)

In retrospect, you could also go for an older architecture with more cores, say an E5 v2 Xeon, but I'm not sure about core effectiveness.

 

Your system memory is a strong 32GB with tight timings. Good choice. However, I'd consider this similarly priced 64G Hynix die kit from Timetec.

Yes, I'm aware that it's an off-brand, however, the memory die is well-known, so I wouldn't expect an issue, unlike your PSU, which I'll address.

https://www.amazon.com/Timetec-PC4-25600-Unbuffered-Compatible-Performance/dp/B08M4BQTXN/

 

Your power supply, while 80+ Gold, is by an unknown brand (Segotep), so please consider a different brand like Seasonic or Corsair, perhaps. Let's not have your 1000$ server burst into flames, okay? I wouldn't wish that upon anyone.

 

I would consider changing your storage mediums to SSD.
This is because of how HDDs work. 6 different servers means 6 different physical spaces on your hard drive. Let's say... suddenly, someone requests game world data on server 1. OK, the computer commands the HDD to seek the head and load the data. Let's say, all of 500 milliseconds later, someone on server 3 enters the game a thousand units away. The computer orders the hard drive to load that other world data. But it can't fulfill that order immediately, it's still seeking to load the world data of the first user. And suddenly, the drive is quickly thrashing back and forth trying to load all the data. Meanwhile, in SSD land... this doesn't happen.

An NVMe SSD would load it at many times the speed of a HDD (with less latency). While a HDD might work for light loads, it doesn't work well for futureproofing and large scale servers. The Crucial SATA drive you have now is fine, but I'd consider going for at least 1TB NVMe drive. SATA3 drives max out at 600MB/s read/write, while even low-end NVMe drives can reach 1.8GB/s sustained read. Inland or Samsung or even ADATA is okay; I know this forum has a tier list, so please use that.

 

The case is okay, but given that you'd have a processor under multi-core load constantly, I would prefer a case with better airflow.

 

Depending on any changes you make, the motherboard and cooler must change respectively.

If you give me a few minutes, maybe I'll make a PC Part Picker list within your budget, and we can discuss it on the forum.

 

I'd like to mention this is my first time posting here at the forum... so, hello!

 

514

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i9-10850K 3.6 GHz 10-Core Processor	$399.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$134.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$299.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$356.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$102.99 @ Amazon
Case	Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case	$159.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1579.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-01 19:15 EDT-0400