This is my first Unraid build:
And the current build main server while significantly better (i5-8400), aren't anywhere near in the class of a Threadripper. While I'd love to have a threadripper running multiple VMs with passed through video etc, I can't justify it to my pocket book (why spend $1000 to save $10/year on hydro), and simply repurpose old hardware to fulfill other duties in the house (HTPC's, Daily Driver PC, etc) (The secondary server is pretty much in the same class as the posted link)
The only thing that I outright insist on spending money on are keyboards, mice, and a top of the line gaming monitor (but I don't game). These are the items which dictate the experience you actually have interacting with your system.
The sweet thing about Unraid is that it scales with the hardware you have. And pretty much any budget system can accomplish far more than you would ever expect from it. I own 3 Pro Licences. The cost of them is actually a significant fraction of the cost of the servers (excluding hard drives), but it is a one time cost, and I honestly can't believe I ever got by before I found this OS, even when using free solutions or (god-forbid) Windows as a server.