 I Played about a total of 20 minutes of minecraft in my life And I gave up every time because I had no idea what the heck I was even supposed to do So when Jake stormed into my office and asked to spend work hours building an official LTT minecraft server My answer was fairly concise No, of course Jake being Jake he went ahead and did it unofficially on his own time Then came back into my office saying look how cool this is by the way now that it's all cool You can have it if you compensate me for those hours And he's right. It is pretty cool. So Here we go. If we're gonna make a minecraft server It better be the best server that money can buy so with the help of proto case. We are going to design Fabricate and then deploy the ultimate minecraft server build with not one but two 9900 K processors inside a single to you chassis with a whole heck of a lot of water cooling Today's videos brought to you by a rosy stay cool and comfortable for hours with the rosy's new breathable furniture fabric edition chair Use code Linus tech at a rosy comm to get 10% off So our use case here is obviously very specific we want to be able to run as many ballin minecraft server instances as we possibly can and Because minecraft Java edition is so dependent on single threaded performance This is one of those special cases where running zion or epic in a server would result in a much worse Experience for the users then Frankenstein ing together some desktop hardware so then given we were after the highest single threaded performance possible and Intel hadn't launched the 9900 KS yet We hooked up with the guys over at silicon lottery who were able to provide us with a discount on a core i9 9900 K CPU that's been pre validated to run at 5 gigahertz on all cores so Basically, it's a 9900 KS then for our second system We stole the bins 9900 K from gigabytes water force kit which means we should be able to have eight Separate minecraft server instances all with their own overclocked 9900 K core per CPU for a total of 16 Not too shabby But wait a second Linus you can't run dual CPUs on consumer hardware Well, you can if you run two motherboards So our clever idea was to grab a pair of overclocking capable mini ITX motherboards And then cram them into a single case we settled on the asus Strix Z390i Now this kind of a deployment could have negatively impacted the amount of RAM we could install But thanks to some recent developments in memory technology We can actually equip each of our boards with these double density dims allowing us to fit 64 gigs of RAM onto each of our ITX systems So Java Minecraft servers want about 4 gigs of RAM per instance Which means that we can run a handful of those with extra RAM left over if we want to run a couple of our instances In a non-standard configuration with large mod packs which would need to be stored in system memory now if you're running a simple Minecraft server for you and your friends storage size probably isn't going to be a huge concern But on our system we're going with dual 1 terabyte M.2 Ndmes sds in a software raid 1 configuration for each board this allows us to load many different game modes onto our systems And allows us to use moderation and management tools like core protect which logs every single interaction that takes place on the server So modification to a block Adding or removing something from an inventory etc etc so griefers can be dealt with more easily as a batch each interaction is Pretty small in terms of storage size But it adds up pretty quickly if you've got hundreds of players and weeks of logs now because a standard ATX power supply unit won't fit in our 2u thickness target We opted for an 800 watt SFXL unit from Silverstone that should still give us a ton of headroom even though It's going to be powering both systems through this fancy Phanteks power splitter that they don't sell anymore for whatever reason probably because no one wants to do that right by the way Thanks person from Twitter for sending that to us you rock so then That's a lot of hardware to cram into something this thick So rather than yoloing it we started by laying out the components first in Autodesk AutoCAD to get an idea of how long our chassis was going to end up needing to be with all the cooling that we Wanted to cram into it the original plan was to run regular 360 millimeter PC radiators like in our watercooled transcode server But since we did that project alpha cool has actually started making 80 millimeter radiators Specifically designed for use in 2u servers They even have mounting holes on the sides of the radiators so you can just screw them in from underneath the chassis These things are freaking sweet with the layout complete Jake started on the 3d design We took some cues from backblazes storage pod servers But scaled them down to meet our 2u requirement This means most of the chassis is composed of one large sheet for the bottom and sides with screw in modular panels for the front Back and top of the case We then added some flare to the front with LTT logo fan grills Lots of holes for our radiators and then a big old cutout up front so that we could mount a five and a quarter inch bay reservoir It happens to fit in our 2u form factor Absolutely perfectly and allows us to easily monitor our coolant levels without pulling the system out of the rack because of the standardized 19 inch rack mount width we couldn't fit our power supply in the back of the case if we also wanted access to both of our Motherboards IO so we took some inspiration from modern small form factor PC designs and opted to Internally mount the power supply and then plug it in with a cable pass through that we got whipped up by infinite cables after that Jake added some small chassis support bars in the middle of the case to keep it rigid made a huge cutout in the top panel For some acrylic then we sent over the designs to proto case So this type of a one-off chassis is the perfect thing to have fabbed up by a company like proto case There are no minimum quantity policy and two to three day lead time for most projects is practically unmatched in the industry and that's made them the choice for more than 14,000 engineers and makers from around the world including at companies like NASA Boeing Google MIT and more now They did want us to mention however that the cost of a one-off case like this would be anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 dollars meaning it wouldn't be practical for the average home gamer, but for our purposes This was absolutely perfect So now it's just time to show you the process of throwing the pieces together for our dry fit Before we get started on the finished build so I guess it starts with the unboxing and bubble wrap What is this? Really? That's like the top panel. Okay, cool. We're part of it. Anyways. Oh My god If that cracked it would be very bad It's not gonna crack. You just want the world to burn. Hey, oh Oh stop It doesn't make a cool noise that would make a cool noise Well some assembly required for our chassis here Normally they will assemble it for you, but some of these bits were easier and safer to ship separately Don't actually oh that's the power supply I fix it. Oh, hopefully I fix it isn't sponsoring this episode. Oh Oh Check this out guys. I Spent far too much time on that. That is our fan grill. Check it out LTT logos all up in this biz. It's gonna look so great when there's just like beige and brown behind it, too Forget popping it. Oh, this is sick. I know Thank you So here it is guys. This is the back of our chassis Where our two motherboards go as well as our power pass through they're a little bit offset You'll notice and that's so the motherboards actually sit centered relative to each other in the chassis. Ooh But we forget to put rail mounts on it. Ah It would appear so we can just tap those right we can also just like let it rest on something else and then over here is the business end so this is where our five and a quarter inch Bay res and On the outside, yep, oh Is that can I increase the probe? I don't think it does must go on the inside. I designed it It definitely goes on the outside. I don't believe thank you very much Proto case fixed your bad design because if it's on the outside it wouldn't slide into a row I mean like on the outside like it goes in from this side. No, it doesn't go on. No, I don't know Yeah, I see I see where the miscommunication is. No, it like it comes in from the outside. Yeah. Yeah Okay, that's fine. You can't put it from the inside. You're drunk Jake. No, it's not how it works The top is freaking awesome. So as you can see it's gonna be basically all acrylic top So we can see all of our water cooling components in there. Oh, wow, what the hell? That is some strong plastic on that. Oh, yeah, I had to use a knife to get it off. Oh, oh my god You just do just almost got myself in the eye. Oh, should we just use the vibration dampers? Look at this. Oh Yeah This is gonna be real tight Jake wow, this looks terrible. Yeah, it doesn't really just use the screws Okay, fine. Forget it. Oh God these this plastic is like oh It's like Kevlar reinforced plastics What the hell I am really into these they fit into you and they're like really designed for it Like these recessed fittings allow you to sandwich fans in between them If you want these side fittings and these rear fitting holes allow you to have any flow configuration that you want It's got mounting holes on the bottom super cool Copper is expensive. Oh boy. Sweet sometimes things just work So we're not gonna plumb it up today, but in order to do a decent test fit We do at least need to mount our radiators and put the fans on them We've designed our rads to screw in from the bottom and then go together so tightly so we're gonna have what is it? Three of them three. Yeah, so Jake's working on the last one right there You pop these together there we go How much radiator is that my friends? Why are you taking out that one? It goes here. I'm taking one off I might as well take both off now would be a really bad time for these screws to not line up. Oh Oh, what it has to go in the other way? Oh god, really? Yeah No, it's right. What are you talking about? Oh, wait, it's flipped on the other side. What the crap? Yeah, it's fine No, I thought about this very extensively good. I was doing this because I really didn't want to go Whoa? These are going in no problems. Perfect. Everything lines up great. Oh, it's always nice when things work out Hey, I'm gonna give myself a cookie for that. Oh Wow, how sure are you that that acrylic is going on here with these cables? Oh Not very that's pretty tight like we were thinking maybe we could put it here or something but I Don't think so. So then we came up with the idea so our reservoir fits Perfectly these ports over here. These are for like lights Fill drain and then this is the inlet and that's the outlet. It uses a d5 pump I don't think it's technically a d5. Is it not technically a d5? No, the pp6 55t it's based on the same it's a d5 but yeah, it has variable speed control on there. Nice So it's a d5 very open So our outlet is gonna come out here go into our radiators and our inlet is gonna come probably all the way from the front Up the side over it in that's gonna be a long. Yeah, sorry the back that is gonna be a long tubing run. Oh Oh, no, they're too loose. Oh, it's the stupid That's actually a problem. We will just not put in the IO shield and we'll just thread them in not quite all the way You know what actually Jake hold on a second with them not quite screwed in all the way it lines up perfectly So we can just put some Loctite glue in these well, it's a bit high not barely look at it Look at this side. This side's not high. Yeah, but there's a clip you see this like that Exposed metal is like that on that side too. It's as close as anything in this project. Wow Wow, so normally you would install your m.2 SSD under this spreader and put it back on but as this gigantic Heat sink on it. So we're gonna go ahead and just install it and leave it like that. Wait We have a problem Jake. Hey, how do we install the second SSD? That's on the bottom, right? But we have that crazy space. So it's fine. We have a crazy space this much space So we've got the bottom one installed there There's a dual SSDs. Yeah Now obviously we're aware that this cooler is not gonna fit in our case might stick out the top a little bit You know, but again, this is just test fitting. We are gonna move to water cooling for the finished build Where's our power supply go? It's gonna go right here facing the wall. It is SF XL 800 watts 120 millimeter fan Do you see it? It's not really necessary, but this server is going to be shockingly quiet So that's gonna go kind of like what there ish? Okay. So yeah that can go there This will go in between the boards right about yeah This is plenty long make sure the total power consumption of your two motherboards is not higher than 452 watts of your mother. Oh boy. Screw it. Wow. This thing is pretty crusty Hey guy on Twitter sent it to us. It was sitting in his closet for like a year. So sure was Oh, yeah, I guess we could do that Just give it the old Wiper yeah Should be fun. It might not be pretty but it'll work. All right there now for real It's done. We can't slide the server onto the table because we haven't shaved the bottom of those standoffs yet Well, we could just seed it. Mmm. I don't want to scratch the table. This table is so banged up already You can barely they stick out like this far. Really? We would be gouging that table put it out with the water from here. Oh my god There goes the Bay Reservoir It's great because you almost did it before and then actually did it now is it cracked? Why didn't we know that? You know what? It's fine. No, it's fine. Don't get it. What if it's not it's fine. See you know, it's fine Are you sure? Yeah, it's fine. All right. So this is it. We've got our minecraft server set up This is just one and we are ready to do a quick test. So I just go now, right? Yeah, you're good for it. Good to go to tell you the IP but yeah scanning for games on your local network 6.80 Nope 10.20.6.180. I know how to type in an IP smart guy. I'm not saying you're stupid I just I'm firewall thing or something on a local connection. Well, I mean Windows has a firewall thing I have to click away. I don't know about your Linux. Oh my god, maybe Yeah, I'm pinging you and nothing's happening Did you just say you are an assload? You're an assload. Hey, I helped a thing. You did I was just so astounded that the minimal install of this OS comes with a pre-enabled firewall Do you want to fly? Do I want to what? Fly? Fly. Do you want to fly? No, I wanna I wanna craft mine You just you hold the button It takes this long to harvest one friggin piece of wood. You're punching it with your hand Well, you tried to cut down a tree with your hand before? Yeah Well, then that's totally unrealistic for a completely different reason and wait, why does the tree stay like this? How does that work? Just like so it's just an automatically generated world. Yeah, so there's like a seed for every world That's like what it's based. I understand what a seed type slash speed. You go really fast Look at that world generate baby. We haven't even overclocked a server either Wow We rip in boys. I'm gonna crank the server to like 32 render distance or something crazy like that I mean 32 seems like a lot. Why don't we just do like I already said to 32. Okay, it's more It's it's chugging a little it's trying That's a lot of render distance 10 10 of 10 definitely trying. Oh, no the poor server How's our CPU doing over there? Oh We're we're pegged at 100% we're at 100% Okay, so this is it. This is peak Minecraft server Well, we haven't even overclocked yet. What do you mean? So this is all being generated in real time. Mm-hmm This is very unrepresentative of what we would actually do. Oh, yeah. No, this is totally unfair. Oh boy. It's It's not having a great time right now. It's trying Whoo, there we go. Oh, I thought it just froze. Oh, no, you're just letting it it's doing it. I love it Some of us are adults and have things to do Jake so stay tuned for part two We're gonna water cool that thing. We're gonna overclock that thing and we're gonna get it live So you guys can join see you there? 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