Cheap Build for Minecraft Server?

[Worth]

Can anyone recommend a cheap build for around $500 that could run a ~20 person Minecraft server?

[piplupgao]

none really try ebay

 

Edit:Unless you want to get a really crap case/psu/mobo

[KingOFCruel]

Your first prority is going to be ram, first of all, so might want to upgrade to 16 or 12 gb later on, in the meantime you don't need a good gpu, so this build has intergrated graphics.http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1atDA

[KingOFCruel]

Here's a cheaper one:http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1atI0

[CoolBeans]

Here's a cheaper one:http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1atI0

I would have gone with a AMD 6300 because it is unlocked

[Worth]

Will more cores on the CPU help?

[Emperor_Piehead]

How about this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kJGj?8 ?

 

A8 apu, 1x8gb of ram if you need to get more, ITX system

[Worth]

Your first prority is going to be ram, first of all, so might want to upgrade to 16 or 12 gb later on, in the meantime you don't need a good gpu, so this build has intergrated graphics.http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1atDA

My thought:

Case: NZXT Source 210

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB(2x4)

CPU: AMD FX-6350 Vishera 3.9Ghz Vishera(its a 6-core)

MoBo: MSI 970A-G46

PSU: Corsair Builder Series 430w

Heatsink: Hyper 212 Evo

HDD: 1TB Caviar Blue

[KingOFCruel]

I would have gone with a AMD 6300 because it is unlocked

Ahh true.

[Emperor_Piehead]

My thought:

Case: NZXT Source 210

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB(2x4)

CPU: AMD FX-6350 Vishera 3.9Ghz Vishera(its a 6-core)

MoBo: MSI 970A-G46

PSU: Corsair Builder Series 430w

Heatsink: Hyper 212 Evo

HDD: 1TB Caviar Blue

You would need a video card. If you wanted to go ATX http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kK5v

[WoodenMarker]

This and a good upload speed will suffice: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kNM2

I recommend using linux and not windows for the server.

[Worth]

This and a good upload speed will suffice: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kNM2

I recommend using linux and not windows for the server.

WoodenMarker wins because his is only $300

[Worth]

This and a good upload speed will suffice: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kNM2

I recommend using linux and not windows for the server.

Why a 60gb ssd not a hdd

[WoodenMarker]

Why a 60gb ssd not a hdd

You're just running a Minecraft server which doesn't need that much storage and an ssd helps load chunks faster.

[Emperor_Piehead]

You said $500 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kQn2

[Worth]

You said $500 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kQn2

I said ~$500 any money saved is good

[Dravic]

The faster the CPU (Intel only, i5 or i7) the better. The more RAM the more slots you can handle as long as the bandwidth of upload/download are sufficient. CPU speed makes overall server experience snappier (good TPS, ticks per second, time).

 

More Cores doesn't help you. Intel i5 is faster than anything AMD has. Get i5 4670K if you want to overclock or Intel Xeon E3-1230/1240 v3 if you don't want to overclock. (xeon e3-1230 v3 or e3-1240 v3 is the same as i7 4770 but it can't be overclocked and has no integrated graphics card).

[WoodenMarker]

 

The faster the CPU (Intel only, i5 or i7) the better. The more RAM the more slots you can handle as long as the bandwidth of upload/download are sufficient. CPU speed makes overall server experience snappier (good TPS, ticks per second, time).

More Cores doesn't help you. Intel i5 is faster than anything AMD has. Get i5 4670K if you want to overclock or Intel Xeon E3-1230/1240 v3 if you don't want to overclock. (xeon e3-1230 v3 or e3-1240 v3 is the same as i7 4770 but it can't be overclocked and has no integrated graphics card).

This is overkill for a server of this scale.

 

Why a 60gb ssd not a hdd

Btw, it's also because you can and you don't need much storage anyway. A normal hdd would do for any <100 player server but the speed of thee ssd is nice. 

[Dravic]

So you say "go for speed with SSD" but "dont go for real performance increase with better CPU because it's not worth it"? XD

 

The better CPU the faster Java code is being executed. The faster the code is executed, the more ticks per second (till the full 20TPS) the processor can make under huge load.

 

Worse CPU will of course be enough to start the server, but if the action goes too fast or everybody goes to different chunks and start using redstone or mobs start to spawn a lot, or you use any mods, things may start going slower, and slower, and slower. Better CPU = better at huge load. Decide for yourself. =)

 

More cores won't help you with Minecraft, you might as well go for 2 cores here. BUT more cores will help the server do Minecraft AND something else in the background.