Question HDD VS SSD for Server

[Gamefreaknet]

In short I am looking to run a heavily modded server (around 500 mods) with: (sorry couldnt find BB Code on pcpartpicker list so...)

Component		Selection	Price
CPU			Intel Core i3-13100 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£137.98	Buy
CPU Cooler			Thermalright Frozen Notte ARGB 72.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£55.90	Buy
Motherboard			Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	£118.20	Buy
Memory			Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£59.99	Buy
Storage			TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£159.96	Buy
Case			Deepcool MATREXX 40 3FS MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£45.46	Buy
Power Supply			SeaSonic G12 GM 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£69.98	Buy
Wired Network Adapter			Syba SI-PEX24042 4 x Gigabit Ethernet PCIe x1 Network Adapter	£48.99	Buy
Wired Network Adapter			TP-Link TX401 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter	£108.14	Buy
Monitor			Asus VP228DE 22.8" 1920 x 1080 60 Hz Monitor	£68.98	Buy
Total:	£873.58

However considering I won't be actively using the PC but it'll just be running to keep the server going would it benefit from the extra speed of a 4TB SSD (any format - Costs around £170ish) rather than a 4TB 7200rpm HDD (£80ish+)
Currently considering swapping out for a 4TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro 4TB HDD (7200rpm) for around £109 currently
Note: The build is still being planned nothing has been bought yet.
Note: The server is more for Minecraft which is why I went for the 13100 with one of the best single cores at its price point (I do know I could go for a 12100) rather than an Xeon

Also if you know anything about networking am I right in assuming having more ports open (to a degree) can help with handling data. My assumption is that since there are more ports the data going in and out of the PC (I will be using port forwarding for the server) will be able to handle the data better since it wont be going in and out all through 1/2 ports but it can spread the data load across all available ethernet ports to reduce the controller latency per each ethernet port?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Also if you know anything about networking am I right in assuming having more ports open (to a degree) can help with handling data.

LOL No.
Game server traffic doesn't require multiple lan cards/ multiple lan ports.
It won't be able to saturate even a single gigabit link.
Hell, it won't be able to saturate even 100mbit link.
And you're getting 10Gbit card. Ha!

 

[geofelt]

I3-13100 comes with an excellent laminar flow air cooler that does the job.
It will be more reliable than an aio and cool just as well.

The motherboard comes with a lan port. Try that out first.

 

[Misgar]

My 10Gigabit LAN only comes into its own when I'm shifting hundreds of Gigabytes of data between SSDs.

When copying data between TrueNAS servers filled with multiple hard disks in RAID-Z2, there's only a slight benefit over Gigabyte Ethernet. Despite this, I do see some improvement from 10G SFP+ Fiber Optic links, but not all the time.

Ditch the quad port Gigabit card and 10Gig Ethernet unless the rest of your system runs at 10G. It's a nice feature but not essential.