New build advice

[LT2]

Budget (100$): 

Country: U.S.

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft local sever, accessed by LAN only. Linux Server, and maybe a NAS

Other details: The motherboard, ram, case, and cpu are already bought. It will be run headless, so no peripherals.

PC parts picker list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PWKppB

Advice on what you would change for the build, only on cooler, PSU, and storage.

Up to maybe $120 if there is a big safety/performance boost

Edited March 1, 2024 by LT2
update to it

[dizmo]

Wow, vintage. 

 

I'd get a better PSU if it's going to be on all the time. SSD price seems high for what it is. You can find better deals on eBay. 

[LT2]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

Wow, vintage. 

 

I'd get a better PSU if it's going to be on all the time. SSD price seems high for what it is. You can find better deals on eBay. 

if i were to get a better psu, what would you recommend, and ssd wise, i have a m.2 slot and 6 sata, which is better. And yes very vintage but it is what i have been given through various people and my first build. Since it is just a server essentially and i don't game above Minecraft i thought it would be okay. I am also modding a case to make this work as it is a budget build. 

[Queen Chrysalis]

1 hour ago, LT2 said:

if i were to get a better psu, what would you recommend, and ssd wise, i have a m.2 slot and 6 sata, which is better. And yes very vintage but it is what i have been given through various people and my first build. Since it is just a server essentially and i don't game above Minecraft i thought it would be okay. I am also modding a case to make this work as it is a budget build. 

 

2 hours ago, dizmo said:

Wow, vintage. 

i wouldn't be calling a 4770k vintage.  it still runs a plenty of games fine at 60fps.  It's even a little faster than zen 1 in some tasks.  

 

What about this system isn't serving you well?  It seems fine for your stated use case.

 

That PSU is fine for a system with no GPU.  It's not great, but it'll be fine.  It'd be a waste of money to replace it if it works.

[LT2]

4 minutes ago, Queen Chrysalis said:

 

i wouldn't be calling a 4770k vintage.  it still runs a plenty of games fine at 60fps.  It's even a little faster than zen 1 in some tasks.  

 

What about this system isn't serving you well?  It seems fine for your stated use case.

 

That PSU is fine for a system with no GPU.  It's not great, but it'll be fine.  It'd be a waste of money to replace it if it works.

so i dont own all of this system yet

The case is a old dell OptiPlex 780, as it has a dvd read write module, i already have the motherboard CPU, RAM. I was asking advice surrounding the power supply  and cooler and SSD as i havent bought them yet

[LT2]

12 hours ago, LT2 said:

so i dont own all of this system yet

The case is a old dell OptiPlex 780, as it has a dvd read write module, i already have the motherboard CPU, RAM. I was asking advice surrounding the power supply  and cooler and SSD as i havent bought them yet

so change of plans, i realized a atx psu does not fit in the case, so i am getting a SFX instead 450watt used

[Queen Chrysalis]

23 hours ago, LT2 said:

so change of plans, i realized a atx psu does not fit in the case, so i am getting a SFX instead 450watt used

Does the system have a power supply?  Other than making sure it has an ssd, a server with a use case as you’ve descrived it shouldn’t need anything more than what that system would already have.

[LT2]

3 minutes ago, Queen Chrysalis said:

Does the system have a power supply?  Other than making sure it has an ssd, a server with a use case as you’ve descrived it shouldn’t need anything more than what that system would already have.

it is a completely diy system, but it is most likley going to have a corsair sfx 450 gold plus PSU, any recmommendation on dirves?

[Queen Chrysalis]

53 minutes ago, LT2 said:

it is a completely diy system, but it is most likley going to have a corsair sfx 450 gold plus PSU, any recmommendation on dirves?

Any SSD.  However much space you need, just go with whatever has the lowest prove per GB.

[LT2]

7 hours ago, Queen Chrysalis said:

Any SSD.  However much space you need, just go with whatever has the lowest prove per GB.

okay

any benefit for this purpose m.2 vs sata

[Queen Chrysalis]

On 3/2/2024 at 6:26 PM, LT2 said:

okay

any benefit for this purpose m.2 vs sata

Well, that motherboard probably doesn’t have an m.2 port.  NVMe (m.2) drives are faster, but sata are still way more than fast enough for your use case, to the point that it won’t matter.

[BahnStormer]

On 3/3/2024 at 12:26 AM, LT2 said:

okay

any benefit for this purpose m.2 vs sata

For your use-case.... almost none.

M.2 is runaway winner for boot speeds, large file transfers and synthetic benchmarks.... once you have a MC server running you won't notice any difference at all.

If I wanted to try to justify it to myself (ignoring the boot speed / MC upgrade speed): it could help keep the build more compact and declutter for better airflow, but I'm reaching here. 

[LT2]

1 hour ago, Queen Chrysalis said:

Well, that motherboard probably doesn’t have an m.2 port.  NVMe (m.2) drives are faster, but sata are still way more than fast enough for your use case, to the point that it won’t matter.

surprisingly i do have a m.2 slot, which is what i will do based on the advice from several forums

[LT2]

1 hour ago, BahnStormer said:

For your use-case.... almost none.

M.2 is runaway winner for boot speeds, large file transfers and synthetic benchmarks.... once you have a MC server running you won't notice any difference at all.

If I wanted to try to justify it to myself (ignoring the boot speed / MC upgrade speed): it could help keep the build more compact and declutter for better airflow, but I'm reaching here. 

definitely going with m.2 as it will also have a linux vm with a couple of small low power servers on it

[LT2]

1 hour ago, BahnStormer said:

For your use-case.... almost none.

M.2 is runaway winner for boot speeds, large file transfers and synthetic benchmarks.... once you have a MC server running you won't notice any difference at all.

If I wanted to try to justify it to myself (ignoring the boot speed / MC upgrade speed): it could help keep the build more compact and declutter for better airflow, but I'm reaching here. 

the clutter is defiantly going to be a problem, based on that fact that this whole build has to be under 100 dollars, so i am modding a case to make it work