is this a good server?

so yeah, really need a system upgrade for my budget bukkit-server.

this is the old rig:

AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core CPU BE-2400 2.3GHz
4GB Ram (not even sure which kind, but i think DDR2)

and I'm planning on buying this:

MOBO: ASUS M5A78L-M LX3, sAM3+
Main HDD: Sandisk Standard 128GB (for windows and MC server installations)
CPU: AMD FX-4350 Black Edition (4.2GHz) (I will overclock this a tiny bit)
RAM: Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 - 16GB

and will use this from the old server:
2nd HDD: 1TB (for the hourly backups made with the simplebackup plugin, and my home-file/webserver)
Some 400Watts PSU
casing etc.

the server will have a few other minor tasks, hosting a tiny website, being a fileserver, virtualbox with an windows 7 installation, and my home-improvement system that always listens to me (microphones throughout the house and such) to let me control my house-appliances.
The old server did all this too, but went slow as my MC got more and more plugins, and harddisks went almost full.

Main reason I choose this particular setup, is because I'm on a tight budget and the CPU was cheap and has great (good enough) performance per core. (because MC/bukkit is not multi-threaded).

my upload is about 5.6Mbit, and the download is about 70Mbit.

I'm running about 40 plugins (varying from vault, bankcraft, essentials, mobburning, lockette to WE/WG and multiverse with 3 pretty big worlds). Also, I plan to run the CPU-heavy plugin SnowControl (snow accumulates and melts).

the user-amount will be at a max of 10 simultaneously .

PS: remember I have about 300 euro's to spend on this. let's say 350 dollars.

I'd love to hear what you guys and gals (but I suspect more guys) think about the system-specs.

 

Looks pretty good, I would just recommend using a better OS for servers. Most Linux distros will do. I recommend Ubuntu if your new.

 

Tnx, I have tried having a linux-server before, but most other things I run on the server aren't compatible with anything other than windows. (mainly my home-improvement applications)
Also, I don't feel like learning Linux and it's workings/behaviour (because life is stressful enough as it is right now and I'm a certified MS-expert, so I know exactly what I can expect software-wise). I already ran a full test of the server in virtualbox (on my gaming-rig), including all the functions it will need to have in the "real" installation.

 

Yea this sounds great

 

Buy a cheap Intel system. Seriously. It will outlive and outcrunch an AMD system hands down.

 

For a max of 10 players an AMD system will do fine.

 

I would not advise you purchase a lower end system for that use, I'd personally wait a little bit longer and purchase a machine that would still be up to date technology long after the span of your server, also it would be able to withstand server growth (maybe you want 20 people on at once?, your upload could maybe handle that).

I bought a similar system last year for $550 and I'm selling it now for $400 and that's after completely retrofitting it with a new case / ram / 840 pro ssd. It wasn't enough quality to be used as a gaming PC and now it's essentially garbage.

But to stay on topic, yeah that machine would hold 10 players decently.