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TazerXI
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(I Wasn't too sure where to out this, so I decided here would be a safe bet, but I may be wrong)

 

I host a Minecraft server on my PC for me and some friends,  and I wanted to know if there was a small, quiet, Linux pc to run it on if I am not using my pc. It would need at least 8gb of ram, but I am not sure on cpu or if there are any out there. I have a low budget, £200 at most, preferably less

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5 minutes ago, DriftMan said:

To run your MC server? Raspberry Pi 4

It'll work, but not well. I play Minecraft with friends on a server hosted on an RPi4, and with more than a couple of people connected at once, there's loads of lag.

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Check facebook marketplace and similar apps for old gen i5-i7 cpu's with motherboard. Throw in a second handed 8gig ram and an hdd. It wont be the smallest or most quiet but It'll get the job done. And use papermc for server, It works much better than vanilla server. I can host papermc servers with 10 players on the pcs that can't host vanilla servers with 2 players.

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I am going to look into a raspberry pi 4. The main reason I would need 8gb of ram is because i host a couple different worlds, and one more or less needs 4gb of ram, so double that because that is what minecraft lets you use at most.

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