single-core performance server build. [belgium]

[manikyath]

--note: i dont post this to milk the community for build options, but because i honestly have no idea what to buy for this purpose--

 

so, during the last few days i've been messing with the possibilities of minecraft servers, and i've come to a realisation:

 

i currently have two servers: an i3 540 (4GB ram) and an i7 4770 (10GB ram)

and i've never really used more than one core on either one of them.

 

i've come to think it may be time to replace the i3 with something thats more meant for single core performance.

as for budget, i'm looking at the €500 -ish range, hoping to get the following specs:

(if you can do better, feel free to do so)

 

- 8GB ram (dont bother with ECC, i dont need it for what i'm doing)

- AT LEAST 80+ bronze power supply, with some headroom for extra hard drives.

- single core performance comparable to that of an i7 4770 or better. (thats why i'm doing this)

- preferably as silent as possible (the stock cooler on the i3 is as loud as i'd allow)

- more than one cpu core (i highly doubt theres anything lower than dual-core these days anyways)

- gigabit LAN (heh, like any motherboard still has 100Mbit)

 

 

PS: i'd like to clarify, i'm NOT asking for a single core to be as fast as an entire 4770, i'm asking for a single core to be as fast as a single core of a 4770.

 

also, overclocking *is* an option, although i'm not comfortable with it, as i have never done it.

 

i'd appreciate PCpartpicker lists from german pcpartpicker, but realise that belgium is a tad more expensive, and all parts need to come from http://www.alternate.be/html/index.html

i'd GREATLY appreciate if you'd check availability, but dont feel obliged to do so tho.

[kuzimins]

You could get a G3258 and overclock it.

[-iSynthesis]

Pentium G3258, overclock the snodd out of it. It's 2 cores, cheap and if you really only need one core you can always disable it and hence oc it even further. 

[manikyath]

You could get a G3258 and overclock it.

 

 

Pentium G3258, overclock the snodd out of it. It's 2 cores, cheap and if you really only need one core you can always disable it and hence oc it even further. 

any idea on how the G3258's single core performance compares to a 4770 before overclocking? as mentioned i'm not experienced with overclocking, and "OCing the snodd out of it" is probably not within my skill level.

[-iSynthesis]

any idea on how the G3258's single core performance compares to a 4770 before overclocking? as mentioned i'm not experienced with overclocking, and "OCing the snodd out of it" is probably not within my skill level.

At the same clock speeds, they are on par.

OCing isn't difficult at all, seriously.