Low powered and cheap.

Deadlierduck21

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hey I'm looking for a SUPER SMALL server build. My max budget is 250$.
the hard drive is a 60Gb ssd, already puchased.
I would like it to be the size of a mac mini? Is that even remotly possible? please help I need it to run a minecraft server 2gb of ram and a 1ghz or above cpu
 
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This would work just fine for you :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1rnNY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1rnNY/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1rnNY/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Pentium G630 2.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-720P_WT MicroATX Slim Case w/300W Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $178.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-13 01:37 EDT-0400)

Add an OS if needed and you can run a real big server for only 250$.
This would work just fine for you :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1rnNY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1rnNY/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1rnNY/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Pentium G630 2.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-720P_WT MicroATX Slim Case w/300W Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $178.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-13 01:37 EDT-0400)

Add an OS if needed and you can run a real big server for only 250$.
 
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