Server PC build

[newman1453]

Hi all

Looking to build a home server PC for a minecraft-esque game, <10 players, nothing crazy.

Does anyone with experience have any build recommendations? Just looking for something that will happily do the job without overspeccing.

Cheer

 

[dfour]

Whats your budget?

 

[WARburton]

Hi all

Looking to build a home server PC for a minecraft-esque game, <10 players, nothing crazy.

Does anyone with experience have any build recommendations? Just looking for something that will happily do the job without overspeccing.

Cheer

this all depends on the mod's your wanting to run...
you could used a 3600x 16gb of ram, or you could need a 9950x and 128gb f ram

a lot me info is needed

be for a basic home server a 3600/3800 with 16gb of ram is good

 

[newman1453]

Mods are nothing too intensive, probs looking to get the highest spec possible for around £1500 and then go from there. Budget is moveable however. Thanks for the replies.

 

[WARburton]

Mods are nothing too intensive, probs looking to get the highest spec possible for around £1500 and then go from there. Budget is moveable however. Thanks for the replies.

will the server be playing the game or just running it?
ever way 1500 is a very good budget for a Minecraft server

 

[dfour]

You dont even need to spend that sort of money. This is still probably overlkill depending upon what your actaually running.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-359-MS) = £130.00
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D1-AM) = £149.98
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18) (SKU: MY-4CL-CS) = £62.99
• 1 x Kolink Enclave 500W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-049-KK) = £59.99
• 1 x Kolink AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 1.2 5A Fuse Meter Mains Cable (SKU: CB-002-KK) = £0.00
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 3050 Dual OC 6GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-03832) = £169.99
• 1 x Kolink KLA-003 Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-053-KK) = £29.99
• 1 x Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03270) = £15.95
• 1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SFYRS/1000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-01329) = £69.95

Total: £688.84 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

You could even use a lower power gpu as it wont be playing the actual game.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Sparkle Intel ARC A310 ELF Edition 4GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPK-03009) = £89.99

Total: £93.98 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

Dual ethernet on the board for connections inc a 2.5 gig one.

 

[WARburton]

if the system is just used to run the server and not gaming
no gpu needed, big ssd and 64gb of ram, just pick a case

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AL-IN) = £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BZ-GI) = £119.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MY-4CF-CS) = £109.99
• 1 x Corsair CV Series CV550 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020210-UK) (SKU: CA-25C-CS) = £53.99
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02682) = £92.99

Total: £524.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[newman1453]

Thanks for both your recommendations - it'll only be hosting, I'll be playing on a separate machine.

Would there be any benefit to an upgraded CPU here or is memory the main concern?

Cheers

 

[WARburton]

Thanks for both your recommendations - it'll only be hosting, I'll be playing on a separate machine.

Would there be any benefit to an upgraded CPU here or is memory the main concern?

Cheers

tbf for just 10 people you could probably get away with an i3 but the differance in cost is minimal so go i5.. going i5 mean your dont have to pay for a GPU as with AMD.

the game server its self will use upto 32gb of ram if you let it so you need more for the system to have reserve
you need about 4 core's. faster the better in single core performance the 12th gen beast the AMD 5000 chip.

than all you need is fast ish storage so NVME.. i specked 2tb incase the world become massive
and a good ethernet connection we are not using wifi for a server the board i linked is lethally the chipset i could find with 2.5Gb LAN.

if you want it to run silent add a big stupid AIR cooler, but the box cooler will do just fine


link to a big stupid air cooling just incase you want one

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Cooler - 120mm

Order Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Cooler - 120mm now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

 

[Rob_B]

You don't need anywhere near £1,500, I'd go 2nd hand for that use case, build on AM4 or as above 12th gen for as cheap as poss with the fastest possible CPU & 32GB