Recommended Spec for Game Server Hosting at Home

[MaadsP]

I'll make it short 

What is the current recommended specification for a PC running one to multiple instances of gaming servers (think Minecraft/ARK/Palworld/Valheim)at a time?

What OS and why?

Is running multiple at a time even viable?

What CPU's and why? And so on...

Much appreciated 

[DANLESPOIR]

Do you have a budget in mind if you got like $300

 

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You can save a decent amount buy getting a cheaper case or Power supply (400W will be enough) and the system Should be really quiet so you can place it near you and you can juts use a remote desktop to access it and no need to connect the HDMI or display However as you can see I chose a 4 core 8 thread cpu I recommend you try and find a 6 core 8 threaded CPU This Will run MC servers (lite modds with a 16 render distance), Valhaliem will run perfectly fine but as for ARK and Palworld Im not sure

 

Have fun hunting 

 

oh an DONT BUY A CPU WITH AN F AT THE END YOU NEED AN IGPU - for lower power consumption (i3's these days got goof Igpu's)