Building a Server for CSS, Minecraft & General Hoome Use

IrishMetalhead

Looking to build a server some time down the line so I can set up my own server for Counter-Strike and Minecraft aswell as to use as a home server, I have some HDD's lying around like anyother PC enthusiast so I just need the CPU, RAM, Mobo, RAM PSU and Case. I want to keep this thing as quiet as I can as it will be running 12+ hours a day so a cpu cooler is required, I'm set on what case and PSU I'm getting (didn't choose the amazon, don't like the idea of a blue led shining out of it all day) but unsure about the components themselves.

Total build cost: €251.66 + €30 shipping
AMD Athlon II X2 255 Tray, Sockel AM3 €49.74
Xigmatek Apache II CD901 Cooler 92mm €8.81
ASRock N68-GE3, Sockel AM3, mATX €40.70
16GB-Kit Corsair XMS3 PC3-12800U CL9 €78.00
FRACTAL DESIGN Gehäuse Core 1000 black €33.42
Cooler Master GX Series PSU, 80Plus Bronze - 450 Watt €40.99

Monotype

What about this PSU?
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41092

An alternative is the celeron G530 dual core is a bit cheaper. It would probably be more efficient. The athlon is clocked @ 3.1 while the G530 is 2.4 so there mightn't be much difference but Intel would be better value when you factor in the heatsink.

Is 16GB really necessary? CS and minecraft as well as general use is unlikely to come near that kind of RAM... although I suppose if you are building the Starship Enterprise, it would gobble up all of your RAM.

IrishMetalhead

going to be having a big open building comunity with a few mods on minecraft so i'm going to be allocating alot of ram to it also i like the look of that psu but i'm pretty sure the fan on it is led, would it be easy enough to disconnet the leds in a psu fan since it's built in? cause i wouldn't want to void the warrenty, also i see your point about the celeron instead of the athlon so i might go with that instead but i still be using a after market heatsink cause i find the stock coolers to be a tad bit to loud for my liking.

Serephucus

My server - which I'll be building as soon as someone takes my U2410 - is probably going to be:

G530, 8GB RAM, ASRock H61 board, CX430 PSU, NZXT 210 Source case, and my old 32GB SSD as a boot drive. The i3 2100 only pulls about 20-25W idling, and that's full system load from the wall, so odds are the G530 is about 15-20W. That'll go up when you add hard drives, etc. but it's a good baseline to work from. The above spec can be built (excluding the SSD) for just over €200 from either Dabs or HWVS. (Though Dabs doesn't stock the Source 210)

Monotype

I don't think it's an LED fan.

If you want to be sure, you could ask Pangea who bought one a few weeks ago.

Tea_Bag

really dont know what your budget is, but if you can stretch, Ive a pentium G630 based server and its the first pentium ive ever found to be fantastic. it beats the athlon x4's in most things and runs @ 16W

deconduo

IrishMetalhead wrote: »

going to be having a big open building comunity with a few mods on minecraft so i'm going to be allocating alot of ram to it also i like the look of that psu but i'm pretty sure the fan on it is led, would it be easy enough to disconnet the leds in a psu fan since it's built in? cause i wouldn't want to void the warrenty, also i see your point about the celeron instead of the athlon so i might go with that instead but i still be using a after market heatsink cause i find the stock coolers to be a tad bit to loud for my liking.

FYI the boards minecraft server is a 40 person, and runs fine on 2GB of RAM.