Build to use as server

[koudou]

CD Burner- LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM $15.99

Case- NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $39.99

Motherboard- BIOSTAR A880GZ AM3+ AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $59.99

PSU- Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green $51.99

Memory- G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) $67.99

CPU- AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) $179.99

Hard Drive- SanDisk SDSSDP-064G-G25 2.5" 64GB SATA III $69.99

Total: $485.93

Is this a good server to run multiple instances of the Minecraft server? Are there any problems that you can see with the build? The OS will be Windows Server 2008.

 

[koudou]

I just need a go or no go on this kind of system guys, I could really use the help.

 

[kitsunestarwind]

I would consider it overkill for running multiple minecraft server, unless your running like 10+ or a couple hundred players and even then you will be internet bandwidth limited first

 

[koudou]

I would consider it overkill for running multiple minecraft server, unless your running like 10+ or a couple hundred players and even then you will be internet bandwidth limited first

Overkill is perfectly fine, I know that there are going to be other processes along with running the minecraft servers in the background. It might also get re-purposed down the line as well. Thanks for the reply!

 

[kittle]

Its major overkill - but if thats what you want, then its good.

but only 64GB for storage? Server 2008 is going to eat up most of that, if not everything. I recommend getting a regular mechanical HDD to go with.

 

[koudou]

Its major overkill - but if thats what you want, then its good.

but only 64GB for storage? Server 2008 is going to eat up most of that, if not everything. I recommend getting a regular mechanical HDD to go with.

Initially, we're only going to put on a few token programs on there that should take up far less than 1 GB of space. Adding more storage is almost never a problem so I think that we should be ok.

I know that Microsoft recomments 40 GB+ of Server 2008, but how much space does it really take up?

 

[koudou]

Best answer selected by koudou.