darylin :
USAFRet :
The websites for those games list the requirements for a server. Have you gone there and looked?
I was just on the
Steam page for ARK: Survival Evolved and the
website. I don't really see a recommended server specs anywhere. I know there are specs for playing the game. However, I have seen many different suggested specs for a server from different people in the community. If there is an official page with recommended server requirements, that's great! I would love to be pointed in the right direction.
I have seen people say that 8 GB of RAM is "more than enough" and that 16 GB of RAM is "overkill". I have also seen people say that 16 GB is the lowest recommended and 32 GB would be best.
I decided not to rely on my quick Google search and come here because I always get the best answers. When I came here I was also hopeful that I would get insight on the answer as well.
You will need at LEAST 6gb of ram to run the Ark server, the MC server will do excellent with 4GB. so lets say 10Gb for the Ark server and 4gb to the MC server, 14gb of RAM usage the 2GB will be spare/ for the OS.
Ark and MC and many other servers are cpu dependant (because they are server! not video games) I would have chosen a G3258 @ 4.2 ghz to give the server a fast CPU but since you are running two servers on one machine, I would recommend a quad core CPU ( at least) and a 5350 would be alright since it has 4 cores, 25 watt tdp and has decent performance + very cheap
GPU isn't something to worry about, integrated graphics will do great
HDD's is a problem, HDD's are slow even for 1 task and using 1 hdd to feed 2 servers is a bad idea. I would dedicate 1 hdd to 1 server, an alternative is to get a 240 gb SSD and use that but that will fill up fast.
Power consumption will be low, maximum 200 watts but you still need a reliable PSU, If you are on a budget i recommend grabbing an antic 380w earthwartts PSU.
RAM is cheap now, especially ddr3 16gb shouldn't be that pricey and it will satisfy the 2 servers