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Hi! I've been thinking a lot of what budget server I should get (that would be centered around a self-hosted Minecraft server), but a budget CPU is really hard to decide for me. I think I'm gonna go for a CPU with integrated Graphics but I'm still not sure about that. The server would be built in a Fractal Terra. At my current point of research, I just want suggestions directly so I can pick and choose. I will appreciate a fast answer ❤️

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1 hour ago, addepaddes said:

Hi! I've been thinking a lot of what budget server I should get (that would be centered around a self-hosted Minecraft server), but a budget CPU is really hard to decide for me. I think I'm gonna go for a CPU with integrated Graphics but I'm still not sure about that. The server would be built in a Fractal Terra. At my current point of research, I just want suggestions directly so I can pick and choose. I will appreciate a fast answer ❤️

Just an fyi: building in a Fractal Terra would increase the cost significantly.

 

Several questions:

  • Are you playing modded Minecraft?
    • if yes, what mods?
  • How many people will be playing on your world at once?
  • Are you playing with any technical players or redstone engineers?
    • If no, can we assume you'd be happy to run Paper (or similar) to improve performance at the expense of accuracy of mechanics?
  • Will the machine do anything that isn't the Minecraft server?

Also:

  • What country are you shopping in? (Can't find you good deals without knowing that)

 

If your answers to these questions are no, <5/6, no, and no, then I'd suggest buying a used dell optiplex and some RAM to put in it.

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Minecraft servers for just a few friends can be surprisingly lightweight. 

 

Most quad core CPUs, even old as shit ones, will run a good minecraft server if you throw enough memory in there to back it up. 

 

Now, if you add a bunch of server mods/plugins and invite 20 people, you have a very different story. Might need something bulky.

 

You gotta include what the goal is for us to accurately tell you what parts you should be looking at 

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i run my server (albiet my personal one and with some minor mods e.g a map mod, distant horizons etc) in a LXC container on one of my proxmox nodes. 
i've allocated it in 4 cores, and (it doesn't need to be this high but i almost always over-allocate my servers) 20some gb of RAM and it runs fine, only really struggles when im loading chunks too fast, but that comes as part of distant horizon's nature

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