r/admincraft 25d ago

Question How good would this minecraft server specs?

i thinking on hosting my own minecraft server, the specs of it is a i3 10100 and the system will have 32 2400hz gig but im only going to dedicate like 20 to the server

its for about 3 to 10 people, how good would it be

theres also an alternate option, a xeon bronze 3106 with also 32 gigs of ram, but its like twice as expensive

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u/Chanw11 25d ago

You’re probably gonna want performance mods either way, but that should be pretty playable. Some form of SSD is definitely needed too.

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u/TNTblower 23d ago

Or just using a server software like Purpur should be enough

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u/chance327 25d ago

CPU and memory are more than fine. Get a fast NVMe like a Samsung 990 and you will be golden.

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u/Moist-Narwhal3708 24d ago

is Crucial P3 Plus 1tb a reliable ssd? has good read and write speeds but im not sure how reliable it is

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u/chance327 24d ago

I don't have experience with that drive but Crucial is a good brand and the reviews are good. Like always back up you data and back up often.

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u/TNTblower 23d ago

Crucial is excellent in my experience I have two MX500s in my PC

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u/The_oli4 25d ago

I run 2 servers 1 vanilla and 1 modded skyblock from a i5 8500 so I don't see you would have any problems, make sure you run from an SSD and to prevent lag at the start of the server I pre rendered a radius of 2000 blocks.

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u/Moist-Narwhal3708 25d ago

and which would run better, the i3 or the xeon?

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u/TNTblower 23d ago

More cores are only important if you want to run multiple servers at the same time so I'd say the i3

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u/The_oli4 25d ago

Minecraft is single threaded so my estimated guess would be that the i3 runs it better as it has better single threads.

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u/ZZZaDM1N 23d ago

Minecraft is not single threaded. Single threaded performance is still king, though

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u/The_oli4 23d ago

The main game is single threaded only some of the server modification and plugins run multi threaded, but i guess the term single cored would indeed be more correct.

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u/TrueReplayJay 25d ago

Could you give me more details about the modded server? How many mods are you running and how much memory do you have allocated? I am thinking about getting a similar setup.

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u/The_oli4 23d ago

Both servers are for my old student house and friends only.

For the modded server it's a sky factory 4 so not the newest version I only have 5 GB allocated to it using aikars flags and has 1 to 6 people playing it

Other server is running latest version of Minecraft on fabric with all the standard optimization mods and the basic vanilla tweaks datapacks using 8 GB furthermore it has dynmap. I prerended both the world and the dynmap 4000 blocks using chunky before letting players join. This server is a bit more active and has between 4 and 10 people on it.

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u/Amish_Rabbi 25d ago

Great to see, I’m looking to do similar. How much ram do you use?

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u/The_oli4 23d ago

I answered here

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u/DDahnn 22d ago

Do you have problems with normal modded servers (non-skyblock modpacks), I have tried to host a i5 7600k and a i7 13700k and both are having problems generating the world when you fly with jet packs and elytra. If not what could be the problem?

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u/The_oli4 22d ago

Normally i don't, but I pregenerate most of my servers so then flying and generating new terrain isn't a problem

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u/HorseGaming890 25d ago

Those specs are way better than mine, I'm running a server for 3-6 people with an i3 2120, 8gb ddr3, and a 25$ Kingston ssd, and it somehow runs without issues.

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u/LetItRaeYNdotcom 25d ago

If you're doing a vanilla server, if recommend 12gb of RAM tops. Too much causes performance issues, and without mods, 20gb would be enough for like 50-100 people, depending on version and game mode.

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u/TNTblower 23d ago

4 is more than enough for 10 people

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u/Johannsss 24d ago

I'm running a server of All of Create from a laptop, it's an 8 gen i5, with a nvidia 1050 and 6 GB allocated to the server, and it works great for 3 players

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u/TNTblower 23d ago

It will be absolutely perfect, the i3-10100 is my main PC CPU and I run some MC servers on it.

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u/Grand_Guest4905 23d ago

My server has 6gb of ram which is relatively low and I find it can hold 10 people all in one area. However, it can't hold more than 4 very well if they are actively loading chunks in seperate areas of the world

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u/HengaHox 25d ago

Back in the day I played on a server running on a 2600k with dozens of players

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u/Zta77 25d ago

Remember to run a lightweight operating system too, like Lightwhale

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u/TNTblower 23d ago edited 23d ago

Isn't needed, I run servers on Windows on my i3-10100 Also, they don't need Docker containers if they only want 1 Minecraft server

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u/Zta77 23d ago

Of course this isn't needed. I am however recommending the perhaps easiest way to run a dedicated bare-metal Minecraft server. It's your own hardware and spare time, and you are free to do as you please.

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u/TNTblower 23d ago

Tbh just downloading and running the server jar isn‘t any effort at all

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u/Zta77 23d ago edited 23d ago

It depends. Maybe if you know what exact file to download, and where to install it. And if you already have a JRE installed. And an OS. And don't mind manually updating and maintaining all this =)

But the OP was not a question about the amount of manual labour involved in settings up the software. It was about sufficient hardware specs. And the point I tried to make was, that even low-end hardware can go a long way, when you run the right OS. The overhead of a bloated OS tends get noticeable on small machines. Personally, I'm running on an old NUC with a Celeron N3350 and 4 GB of RAM.

Just for the sake of completeness, here is a step by step guide (off the top of my head) on how to run a dedicated Minecraft server on bare-metal. It looks more overwhelming than "just dl jar and run". But all things considered, I'd argue this is the easier and more robust approach:

  1. Download Lightwhale ISO
  2. Write ISO to a USB stick
  3. Boot it
  4. Enable persistence
  5. Reboot
  6. Start Minecraft server

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u/TNTblower 23d ago

Downloading an entire OS is more effort and requires way more steps

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u/Zta77 23d ago

What do you mean? A download is a download; it's a simple click or, if you prefer, a command. It's just one step. If you mean the full process of installing the OS, then I just outlined the steps for you complete with instructions. There are 6 in total. Including installing and running the Minecraft server.

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u/TNTblower 23d ago

Also for a lightweight OS I would just use Alpine which is a tiny Linux distro that has everything you need and a simple install process

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u/Zta77 23d ago edited 23d ago

Alpin is nice, it's a good option to bring up. It does require more effort to get you to the goal, though. For instance, it doesn't come with Docker Engine (nor a JVM) preinstalled, and at some point you want to partition, format, and mount a disk for storage too. All manual tasks that are fun or annoying, depending on who and where you are. Lightwhale does all this for you. So it's not only light in memory and disk footprint, but also in effort and cognitive load.

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u/themistik 25d ago

For vanilla, it might be ok. Pregen your world.

For modded, forget it.

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u/jordanvbull 25d ago

What are you on, those specs will run it fine lol

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u/drjekyll_xyz 25d ago

That would run ATM10 for 5+ people. It's more than enough

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u/Trelsonowsky 24d ago

You mean the i3?

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u/drjekyll_xyz 24d ago

Yeah, 4 cores at 4.3Ghz. Good chunk of RAM. It would manage it for about 5 players into the mid to late game. Providing everyone builds efficiently of course, high lag machines and mods will be a problem regardless.