Weanis :
photonboy :
We can't answer your question easily.
You need to qualify how many clients can run on your server and actually limit that. You can't just allow "everybody" or you just crash the system.
I think a dual-CPU setup is very problematic.
I think a 5820K setup is probably ideal, then investigate carefully how much processing power you require to properly host a server.
*You do realize you'd then have to leave your computer running 24/7? Is this a commitment you're willing to make?
Even doing a simple reboot is problematic as you really need to give advance warning (will be offline between whatever).
what do you mean by "running a dual cpu is problematic" like as in it won't work or that it does not untilize all the cores.
And yes i realize the limitations of how many people can come on a server at a time lol I'm just not sure of a exact number yet. a
I have no idea what he means by that, dual cpu systems arent "problematic".
That said, something like the 5820k would most likely be sufficient - minecraft server runs pretty much all its workload on one core/thread. a 5820k has 6 cores / 12 threads, so should be plenty of power left to play games aswell.