Minecraft/ARK Server

Jo5dsman · May 20, 2021

So I have little experience running a minecraft and ark server off of my main rig. I have a few older computers(like vostro 230 earlier 2010s computers) lying around and was wondering if I could use one of those as a dedicated server for minecraft, ark and other games. I am just curious on the recommended specs required to run a server and if I would be better off building a whole dedicated computer for servers or just keep running it off my main rig. Thoughts? Also sorry if this is not the right place to post this.

Edit: Also how much strain is this on the network?

JamesTheFolf · May 20, 2021

15 minutes ago, Jo5dsman said:

So I have little experience running a minecraft and ark server off of my main rig. I have a few older computers(like vostro 230 earlier 2010s computers) lying around and was wondering if I could use one of those as a dedicated server for minecraft, ark and other games. I am just curious on the recommended specs required to run a server and if I would be better off building a whole dedicated computer for servers or just keep running it off my main rig. Thoughts? Also sorry if this is not the right place to post this.

Edit: Also how much strain is this on the network?

You could def run a minecraft server off one of your older computers, but you wouldn't be able to have too many players or lots of mods installed. Depending on the specs of your computer it should work pretty well.

The_Mafia69 · May 31, 2021

Win Vista/7/8/10[edit]

Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!

Requirements	Players	CPU	RAM	HDD	WAN Up	WAN Down	[hide]Notes
Minimum	1-3	Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better	2 GB	10 GB empty space	6 Mbit/s	3 Mbit/s
Recommended	3-5	Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better	3 GB	18 GB empty space	8 Mbit/s	4 Mbit/s
Good	5-7	Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better	6 GB	25 GB empty space	14 Mbit/s	7 Mbit/s
Optimal	8+	Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs at 3.6GHz or higher	8 GB	35 GB empty space	30 Mbit/s	15 Mbit/s	a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended.