Question Specs Recommended for a PC hosting a Minecraft server?

[Gamefreaknet]

Hi. I've recently been considering buying parts for a PC that I'll use to host a (modded) Minecraft server for me and my friends rather than continuing to pay an external hosting group however I am not totally sure if I need to prioritise spending on a ton of storage, RAM, GPU for the PC being used to host the server???

current planned build for the server:

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Component		Selection	Price
CPU		Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor	£203.99	Buy
CPU Cooler		MSI MAG CORELIQUID P240 78.73 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£87.98	Buy
Motherboard		Gigabyte B760M GAMING X AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	£144.97	Buy
Memory		Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£149.44	Buy
Storage		Toshiba P300 6 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive	£100.99	Buy
Video Card		Asus Dual GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card	£345.00	Buy
Case		Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 ATX Full Tower Case	£155.98	Buy
Power Supply		Corsair TX750M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£74.99	Buy
Wired Network Adapter		Asus XG-C100C 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter	£95.99	Buy
Total:	£1359.33

(I am considering the case thanks to the number of case bays for expansion or even swapping it to SSDs instead of Hard Drives although the SSDs are a whole lot more expensive)

 

[Gamefreaknet]

Hi. I've recently been considering buying parts for a PC that I'll use to host a (modded) Minecraft server for me and my friends rather than continuing to pay an external hosting group however I am not totally sure if I need to prioritise spending on a ton of storage, RAM, GPU for the PC being used to host the server???

current planned build for the server:

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Component		Selection	Price
CPU		Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor	£203.99	Buy
CPU Cooler		MSI MAG CORELIQUID P240 78.73 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£87.98	Buy
Motherboard		Gigabyte B760M GAMING X AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	£144.97	Buy
Memory		Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£149.44	Buy
Storage		Toshiba P300 6 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive	£100.99	Buy
Video Card		Asus Dual GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card	£345.00	Buy
Case		Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 ATX Full Tower Case	£155.98	Buy
Power Supply		Corsair TX750M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£74.99	Buy
Wired Network Adapter		Asus XG-C100C 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter	£95.99	Buy
Total:	£1359.33

(I am considering the case thanks to the number of case bays for expansion or even swapping it to SSDs instead of Hard Drives although the SSDs are a whole lot more expensive)

 

[kanewolf]

Hi. I've recently been considering buying parts for a PC that I'll use to host a (modded) Minecraft server for me and my friends rather than continuing to pay an external hosting group however I am not totally sure if I need to prioritise spending on a ton of storage, RAM, GPU for the PC being used to host the server???

current planned build for the server:

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Component		Selection	Price
CPU		Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor	£203.99	Buy
CPU Cooler		MSI MAG CORELIQUID P240 78.73 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£87.98	Buy
Motherboard		Gigabyte B760M GAMING X AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	£144.97	Buy
Memory		Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£149.44	Buy
Storage		Toshiba P300 6 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive	£100.99	Buy
Video Card		Asus Dual GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card	£345.00	Buy
Case		Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 ATX Full Tower Case	£155.98	Buy
Power Supply		Corsair TX750M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£74.99	Buy
Wired Network Adapter		Asus XG-C100C 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter	£95.99	Buy
Total:	£1359.33

(I am considering the case thanks to the number of case bays for expansion or even swapping it to SSDs instead of Hard Drives although the SSDs are a whole lot more expensive)

What are the specs of the host you are currently renting for a server?

 

[Gamefreaknet]

What are the specs of the host you are currently renting for a server?

I've quit the plan from the host but it was £20gbp for 5GB RAM and 5 backup slots (supported backups up to 500mb in size). The CPU was a Ryzen 7 3700x.
The rest of the specs I don't know

 

[Gamefreaknet]

What are the specs of the host you are currently renting for a server?

Do note current (possible) redesign for lower costs:
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Component		Selection	Price
CPU		Intel Core i5-11600K 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	£191.73	Buy
CPU Cooler		Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£60.97	Buy
Motherboard		MSI B560M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	£109.99	Buy
Memory		Klevv BOLT X 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£74.42	Buy
Case		Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£45.46	Buy
Power Supply		be quiet! System Power 10 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£46.99	Buy
Total:	£529.56

however I am not sure if I need a ton of RAM, ton of storage (and if having that storage be SSD will make much of a difference) and a high capacity ethernet card included in the build?
by ton of ram and storage I mean something like 32GB RAM at least and I have no clue how much storage I'll need...

 

[kanewolf]

Do note current redesign for lower costs:

Component		Selection	Price
CPU		Intel Core i5-11600K 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	£191.73	Buy
CPU Cooler		Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£60.97	Buy
Motherboard		MSI B560M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	£109.99	Buy
Memory		Klevv BOLT X 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£74.42	Buy
Case		Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£45.46	Buy
Power Supply		be quiet! System Power 10 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£46.99	Buy
Total:	£529.56

however I am not sure if I need a ton of RAM, ton of storage (and if having that storage be SSD will make much of a difference) and a high capacity ethernet card included in the build?
by ton of ram and storage I mean something like 32GB RAM at least and I have no clue how much storage I'll need...

Is this a server ONLY or are you running a client and server on the same host ?

 

[Gamefreaknet]

Is this a server ONLY or are you running a client and server on the same host ?

This PC will be for running the server only but so my friends can connect from their home also. I do intend to heavily use Curseforge (forge) mods on the server. I will be using a separate PC from the PC running the server.

 

[kanewolf]

This PC will be for running the server only but so my friends can connect from their home also. I do intend to heavily use Curseforge (forge) mods on the server. I will be using a separate PC from the PC running the server.

For just the server wouldn't an i3-12xxx be plenty ? Move the money to more RAM since that is never a bad thing.
I am not a fan of liquid coolers. Too much to fail. For something that should run 24/7 unattended I would stick with air cooling.

 

[Gamefreaknet]

For just the server wouldn't an i3-12xxx be plenty ? Move the money to more RAM since that is never a bad thing.
I am not a fan of liquid coolers. Too much to fail. For something that should run 24/7 unattended I would stick with air cooling.

Should I get a ton of storage (like how much should I get) and if necessary would the storage being SSD rather than Hard Drives make noticeable difference? I do know that in general SSD > Hard Drives however for a server I'm not sure since it just needs to store data.