$500 Minecraft Bukkit Server Build

[chriscoolzap]

Hey, 

I am looking into building a minecraft server and i need help on picking out the parts. This will be running on MineOS. Thanks!

[Wiff]

mineos...never heard

[Jerakl]

mineos...never heard

Google.

I'll get on it.

CPU is overkill, but then again I come from a back ground of FTB servers which can be very heavy on CPU/RAM.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V2 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31/W8 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($45.65 @ Amazon)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($77.27 @ Amazon)

Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($21.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $487.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-22 18:09 EDT-0400

EDIT: Do you need a case @chriscoolzap

[Jade]

mineos...never heard

I have (hi yes, Bukkit staff). Not a bad OS, honestly.

 

 

Hey, 

I am looking into building a minecraft server and i need help on picking out the parts. This will be running on MineOS. Thanks!

Stress a good CPU + fast storage.

[chriscoolzap]

How many players?

You'll want to have a good storage and CPU, RAM depends on amount of plugins, mods (if any installed) and players (not such a load, but if we are talking about +250 then yeh)

50 -100 players with 20 plugins 

[chriscoolzap]

How many players?

You'll want to have a good storage and CPU, RAM depends on amount of plugins, mods (if any installed) and players (not such a load, but if we are talking about +250 then yeh)

MineOS doesnt take much storage

[SSOB]

Probably super overkill but :

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vNmH7P

 

As for the case: Just get any case, it doesn't really matter it's just a server...

[Unknown_Guy]

I hope you have decent internet connection... No idea how much traffic minecraft generates but 50-100 might require decent upload speeds.

[Wiff]

4 GB RAM might be enought but if it gets at the point of full load (all players interacting + plugins load) they'll be filled up, 6 GB should take, but those kits make no sense so a 8GB one

CPU? i3 should be enough

Just a fast storage, some HDDs can stutter the process of loading chunks

also for 100 players you must have at least 40/40 network

no, for that shit you need at least 8GB

[Wiff]

4 GB RAM might be enought but if it gets at the point of full load (all players interacting + plugins load) they'll be filled up, 6 GB should take, but those kits make no sense so a 8GB one

CPU? i3 should be enough

Just a fast storage, some HDDs can stutter the process of loading chunks

also for 100 players you must have at least 40/40 network

he shouldnt be saving his game on a ssd cuz it would wear out the ssd pretty fast

[Wiff]

you could get 16Gb ram and do a ramdisk and after playing you can just backup your server to the hdd and you are good to go

[Wiff]

Yes it is, have you ever hosted a mfing server? 20 players on pure vanilla barely use 1 GB of RAM

I didn't say SSD, I said FAST STORAGE

you need to go to the task manager, the ingame numbers are wrong, he may wants to run feed the beast or things like that too which need more ram and even than it lags a bit

[chriscoolzap]

@chriscoolzap

Do you care about noise?

What are you plans for power consumption?

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Yes I do care about noise but power is not a problem. 

[chriscoolzap]

Just take a look at those 2 builds I threw. The HDD which would be the noisiest part wouldn't be that bad, isn't something to consider as noisy

Thanks!