Value MC Server PC?

[Britanian]

I would like to build a Server PC for around £250 British Pound, it will be used for Modded and Vanilla MC Hosting and maybe even some GMod. It will be etherneted into the network and have about 10 people max playing on it. Micro ATX is preferable. OS will not be needed as we can get Ubuntu or use XP from one of my ancient PCs.

 

Parts List:

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£64.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus F2A55-M LE Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  (£40.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair XMS 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£36.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £257.13
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2xSuA

 Any changes you would like to make, pls try to keep it under £270 at MAX.

 

Thanks,

Brit,

[Guest GRRigger]

As far as i know, MC server uses only 1 thread and doesnt need graphics. So you are overkilling on cpu ( unless you want it to be usable afterwards or something... )

 

If you switch ssd instead of hdd, it will load faster

 

how about that?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£40.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard:  ASRock H81M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£45.35 @ CCL Computers)
Memory:  Corsair XMS3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£49.67 @ Amazon UK)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case:  Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£26.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply:  Be Quiet 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£33.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £231.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-08 19:56 GMT+0000)

[ForsakenLive]

I suggest a non APU cpu, MC servers are only CPU bound, and depend on single core performance (unless you use something like YAMS).

If you can expend the extra I think it's worth it, it may not be quad core, but it's a beast on single core performance!

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2xTNX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2xTNX/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2xTNX/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£115.09 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.21 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£53.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£26.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£36.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £301.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-08 20:02 GMT+0000)

[WoodenMarker]

As far as i know, MC server uses only 1 thread and doesnt need graphics. So you are overkilling on cpu ( unless you want it to be usable afterwards or something... )

As of 1.1.0, Minecraft servers can use multiple threads.

 

My recommendations: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2AlVo