q6600 for a server?

[FruitBasketSilex]

Is a q6600 enough for a Minecraft/file sharing server? If so that would help me out a lot since I want to pit a server up in the house and all I would need is a couple of 4tb drives.

[harrynowl]

Yes it would be but remember MBR (Legacy) doesn't support over 2TB drives and the Q6600 is a bit powerhungry for something that's always on.

[FruitBasketSilex]

Yes it would be but remember MBR (Legacy) doesn't support over 2TB drives and the Q6600 is a bit powerhungry for something that's always on.

I could probably work with 2tb drives.

I live in america, power consumption isn't super important to me.

One more question, is it simply sufficient or is it a pretty good choice for this use-case?

[harrynowl]

I could probably work with 2tb drives.

I live in america, power consumption isn't super important to me.

One more question, is it simply sufficient or is it a pretty good choice for this use-case?

I'd say sufficient. Without overclocking it's about as fast as a G3220 pentium.

[FruitBasketSilex]

I'd say sufficient. Without overclocking it's about as fast as a G3220 pentium.

Okay. For the moment its all in a dell XPS 420, and I Dont really feel like throwing much money at it. Is there a way to overclock it without changing mobo to a non dell one?

[harrynowl]

Okay. For the moment its all in a dell XPS 420, and I Dont really feel like throwing much money at it. Is there a way to overclock it without changing mobo to a non dell one?

There's the PLL method

[FruitBasketSilex]

There's the PLL method

How would I go about doing that?

[harrynowl]

How would I go about doing that?

Using setFSB

 

Select PLL CV183APAG

 

And mess around with it

[FruitBasketSilex]

Using setFSB

Select PLL CV183APAG

And mess around with it

OK. Thanks for the help.

[FruitBasketSilex]

Using setFSB

Select PLL CV183APAG

And mess around with it

What about moving the Minecraft server to some unused threads on my 4790k build? I assume I'd be able to run Minecraft on the 1-2 threads it uses and run the server on a separate set of threads and be able to play+operate well?

[rtpb5642]

Is a q6600 enough for a Minecraft/file sharing server? If so that would help me out a lot since I want to pit a server up in the house and all I would need is a couple of 4tb drives.

I use a Q6600 with a 64GB ssd for my minecraft server it only had 4GB of ddr2 ram and runs smoothly.

[FruitBasketSilex]

I use a Q6600 with a 64GB ssd for my minecraft server it only had 4GB of ddr2 ram and runs smoothly.

Blocklag? Instability? Number of people? Mods?

[rtpb5642]

Blocklag? Instability? Number of people? Mods?

 

6-7 people no blocklag, i use rainbow server as well (so yes mods).

Very stable but an SSD is a must IMO, loading etc is so much faster.

Also if its a Q6600 run the server on linux. I use Fedora workstation for my rainbow server.

My vanilla server runs on my red hat file server but its a 4670k.

[rtpb5642]

Blocklag? Instability? Number of people? Mods?

You can try it out for yourself.

server.bartsch-communications.com:9001 for survival (Q6600)

server.bartsch-communications.com for creative (i5)

[FruitBasketSilex]

You can try it out for yourself.

server.bartsch-communications.com:9001 for survival (Q6600)

server.bartsch-communications.com for creative (i5)

I'll give that a try, how many mods do you run? I run upwards of 100-150+

[rtpb5642]

I'll give that a try, how many mods do you run? I run upwards of 100-150+

Thats alot. Im not really sure as rainbow manages it with packages not "mods" How much ram does ur Q6600 have?

If u run it on linux i doubt there will be much of a problem as long as u have under 15 people on.

[FruitBasketSilex]

Thats alot. Im not really sure as rainbow manages it with packages not "mods" How much ram does ur Q6600 have?

If u run it on linux i doubt there will be much of a problem as long as u have under 15 people on.

It has 3 but I can up it to four or eight.

How well do you think it would run on a 4790k while I play it at the same time?

[rtpb5642]

It has 3 but I can up it to four or eight.

How well do you think it would run on a 4790k while I play it at the same time?

It would run with ease.

[FruitBasketSilex]

It would run with ease.

OK. Just to make sure I mean running the server on the same system its being played on. Like, a single PC is a client and host at the same time.

[rtpb5642]

OK. Just to make sure I mean running the server on the same system its being played on. Like, a single PC is a client and host at the same time.

Yes the i5 will take it with ease.

[FruitBasketSilex]

Yes the i5 will take it with ease.

I7*

OK, I'll do that for the MC server then, and run the file server off the q6600.

Thanks for all your help.

[rtpb5642]

I7*

OK, I'll do that for the MC server then, and run the file server off the q6600.

Thanks for all your help.

Np, for the fileserver i reccomend fedora or red hat with webmin with samba windows

[FruitBasketSilex]

Np, for the fileserver i reccomend fedora or red hat with webmin with samba windows

I am lost.

[Buildmeasystem]

I can't say anything about running the MC server as I don't play, but you can definitely use larger than 2TB drives with a Q6600. 

I have a 3TB and a 4TB drive installed in mine and they work just fine