Minecraft server cpu

[themctipers]

I need to know what cpu would I get for my minecraft server. Budget is $450 for the cpu. The gpu will be a old gs 8400 and the hdd will be a 256gb Kingston hyperx. I also need a motherboard for it. I'm home hosting it. Also btw minecraft is mostly single threaded workload so I don't need something like 24 cores.

[Zero_Hour]

How many people are you planning on accommodating with the server? And do you plan on building massive structures?

[SWAGGA]

I played with my brother minecraft at my cousins place where the pc he played on ran the server with an AMD athlon 64 X2 2Ghz just fine, so basically an i3 will easily do the job

[CalumGiff]

an i3 4160 would be plenty. Minecraft rarely if ever used more than 1 core so u should be looking for higher IPC and better clock speed over more cores. an i3 4160 would be great. get a hyper 212 evo and OC it a bit for extra performance

[SWAGGA]

an i3 4160 would be plenty. Minecraft rarely if ever used more than 1 core so u should be looking for higher IPC and better clock speed over more cores. an i3 4160 would be great. get a hyper 212 evo and OC it a bit for extra performance

u cant Oc i3s

[CalumGiff]

 

u cant Oc i3s

 

Yeah i know im talking out of my arse oopsiedoodles

[TechDookie]

Wait is this playing or hosting a minecraft server? If hosting how many players?