Modded Mc server build

[Spectersouls]

Budget (including currency): $ 1200

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I run a modded minecraft server and we are switching from a dedicated host to our own server and we need to be able to handle about 20 active players with very heavily modded minecraft the modpacks we run tend to have 200-300 mods so it can get very laggy near the end with our current host

Other details im going to be running Ubuntu with Pterodactyl panel

 

[manikyath]

13 minutes ago, Spectersouls said:

about 20 active players

first and foremost, my usual ramble about how you should only home-host for your own direct friends or people you can otherwise directly trust. essentially only home-host for people you'd be comfortable about inviting to your home for dinner.

 

that extremely abbreviated rant aside...

 

modded minecraft servers come down to two things:

- having enough RAM. (which.. i've yet to encounter a scenario where more than 16GB allocated was a necessity)

- the absolute fastest possible single core performance, because you'll always be limited by the tick thread, which by design (however flawed that design may be) is on a single thread.

 

in this it is important to note that it is very possible that you're simply exceeding the best possible option there is out there, if you have 20 people going absolute ham on modded stuff.

 

having all that said, i'm gonna drop this in here as a starting point:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($317.24 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-P DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($712.69 @ Amazon) 
Storage: KIOXIA EXCERIA PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($324.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Zalman T6 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Platinum 650 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($146.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1747.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-01 15:39 EDT-0400

 

TL:DR:

speedy i5, because the extra cores dont get you much for a whole lot more money. could honestly have gone i3, could go ryzen just the same.

just a random selection of motherboard, cooler, and 32GB RAM.

SATA boot drive for the OS and misc things, NVME SSD specificly for the server data.

*a* case. honestly replace this with anything you want.

an efficient power supply, because when you are buying new, you may as well cut a few bucks off your annual cost.

[Spectersouls]

11 minutes ago, manikyath said:

first and foremost, my usual ramble about how you should only home-host for your own direct friends or people you can otherwise directly trust. essentially only home-host for people you'd be comfortable about inviting to your home for dinner.

 

that extremely abbreviated rant aside...

 

modded minecraft servers come down to two things:

- having enough RAM. (which.. i've yet to encounter a scenario where more than 16GB allocated was a necessity)

- the absolute fastest possible single core performance, because you'll always be limited by the tick thread, which by design (however flawed that design may be) is on a single thread.

 

in this it is important to note that it is very possible that you're simply exceeding the best possible option there is out there, if you have 20 people going absolute ham on modded stuff.

 

having all that said, i'm gonna drop this in here as a starting point:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($317.24 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-P DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($712.69 @ Amazon) 
Storage: KIOXIA EXCERIA PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($324.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Zalman T6 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Platinum 650 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($146.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1747.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-01 15:39 EDT-0400

 

TL:DR:

speedy i5, because the extra cores dont get you much for a whole lot more money. could honestly have gone i3, could go ryzen just the same.

just a random selection of motherboard, cooler, and 32GB RAM.

SATA boot drive for the OS and misc things, NVME SSD specificly for the server data.

*a* case. honestly replace this with anything you want.

an efficient power supply, because when you are buying new, you may as well cut a few bucks off your annual cost.

why is the ssd $712?

[manikyath]

20 minutes ago, Spectersouls said:

why is the ssd $712?

the SSD says $324 for me.. it's just something off the "sort by price/gb" list for 2TB NVME drives.

[Spectersouls]

I was talking to some people and were talking about getting a 13900k

[Spectersouls]

this is the current list im looking at
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nVXhPF

[SorryBella]

9 hours ago, manikyath said:

my usual ramble about how you should only home-host for your own direct friends or people you can otherwise directly trust. essentially only home-host for people you'd be comfortable about inviting to your home for dinner.

+1. If you can rent a hosting, rent. This also passive ping for ya manikyath, OP got a new list.

 

8 hours ago, Spectersouls said:

this is the current list im looking at
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nVXhPF

You can get away with 64GB for just around 20 player, but if your mod pack is ginormous then yeah sure 128 is going to be what you want. The speed also doesn't scale so sticking to DDR4 128 would be cheaper and similar to price to competitive 96GB DDR5 kit. And again, remember this point:

10 hours ago, manikyath said:

the absolute fastest possible single core performance, because you'll always be limited by the tick thread, which by design (however flawed that design may be) is on a single thread.

you wont see any performance scaling going to 13900K unless if you're willing to shell out the time to make a rock solid overclock which on a 13900K requires a custom loop or a peltier system. Hell, you need far bigger cooler for 13900k, at the very least a dual tower 140mm cooler or even large 420mm AIO.

 

url=https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X8Ctt7]PCPartPicker Part List[/url]

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($315.97 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($37.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-A WIFI DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($229.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($97.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $976.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-02 01:54 EDT-0400

 

Far cheaper for your purpose.