Suggested Specs for a good dedicated server

[JFO82]

Hey guys so I have an extra old PC I'm looking to get some upgrades for to make it a dedicated server.  One I fly on now has some lag from the Tomcats so id like to add some upgrades that can handle a lot without breaking my bank.

 

Im not very computer savvy so Im open to all suggestions.  He's what my old PC has:

 

i7-2600K CPU @3.4GHz (is this good enough)

8GB RAM. (should I do 2x16GB or 2x32GB)

Intel HD Graphics 3000  1.6GB (Told I don't need graphics for a server)

 

also not sure what my power supply is on it now but could that become an issue?  Computer is an ibuypower build from 2011.

 

Cheers

[Noisy]

Based on experience disks have been the bottle neck rather than cpu or memory, so I would consider upgrading to an SSD. Perhaps 16GB of memory according to the specs, but usually when I check the memory the server is using it sticks to around 8G / it won't use surplus memory anyway.

Otherwise I think the best advice is to just run with what you have, and peer into task manager to see what resource you're running short on.

[JFO82]

I'll look into that, thanks for the info!