Dedicated server Opinions

[Keenan]

So I am buying a dedicated server and I need some help deciding if it is going to be work my money to buy and use for my hosting company.

Specs:
I am spending 250 on the servers and the collocation is 80$. I am buying 2 servers the spects are:

Dual Intel Xeon 5620
32GB RAM each 480GB SSD
8 cores
2.4GHz
40 GBPS DDOS Protection
Data Center: Fibertown in Bryan Texas.

Im getting 2 of these for 250

Is this good for MC Hosting
Is it worth the money.

 

[Huhhoo]

They should be fine

 

[Vacel]

Should be fine....

They're great

 

[Huhhoo]

Hmm, 2.40GHz might be a bit low for Minecraft hosting.
You could get them at that price and upgrade the CPU later.

Idk, most budget hosting for MC is 2 GHZ. They run fine.

I could be wrong, but for servers with less than 50 players, it should be fine.

 

[Huhhoo]

Budget at OVSUS is 3.30GHz.
I'm not sure about your statement. I believe most hosts use 2.8GHz and above.
I don't even think it'll hold 50 players.

True. Maybe not that much. I have done some testing on older hardware, and I have seen promising results.

Of course you should go for a higher clock speed, or you could just overclock.

 

[Jayson]

I always try and go for 3GHz + for CPUs.
I'd say get a E3 processor, but their mostly in the $200s for that alone.

 

[WSCallum]

That's quite old hardware really. Minecraft is a single threaded application and benefits from more speed per core, therefore E3 processors are best suited to the job. You really want CPUs with 3GHz+ per core.

 

[TedMosby]

try getting a x5570 or an x5670

 

[Keenan]

They should be fine

Should be fine....

They're great

Hmm, 2.40GHz might be a bit low for Minecraft hosting.
You could get them at that price and upgrade the CPU later.

Idk, most budget hosting for MC is 2 GHZ. They run fine.

I could be wrong, but for servers with less than 50 players, it should be fine.

Budget at OVSUS is 3.30GHz.
I'm not sure about your statement. I believe most hosts use 2.8GHz and above.
I don't even think it'll hold 50 players.

True. Maybe not that much. I have done some testing on older hardware, and I have seen promising results.

Of course you should go for a higher clock speed, or you could just overclock.

I always try and go for 3GHz + for CPUs.
I'd say get a E3 processor, but their mostly in the $200s for that alone.

That's quite old hardware really. Minecraft is a single threaded application and benefits from more speed per core, therefore E3 processors are best suited to the job. You really want CPUs with 3GHz+ per core.

try getting a x5570 or an x5670

Thanks all for the input i think i'm going to buy this CPU For the host as 2.5 hurtz is not alot.

http://www.intel.com/buy/us/en/catalog/search/?q=x5660&cid=IntelARK

What do you think?

 

[Keenan]

Mhmm, it's better, but why don't pick up a cheap X5675 here.

looks great will buy it probably thanks so much.