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Noted. Also buying used could be a can of worms. Going with Option 2 for sure!

My thinking was more towards the additional power for the the liquid cooler and the 2080 ti. Though at idle, it may not be all that much. Tx.

Hello, all. I could use some advice and feedback on my next build with the goal of running it for the next 5+ years with little maintenance and reasonable power consumption. Beyond local shares I plan to use it to run a bunch of useful containers including Jellyfin, Nextcloud, some Home Automation and Photosync and may dabble in VMs as there is a lot of horsepower here. Some 4K transcoding too. Here are my 2 options: Option 1: Used build off Kijiji ($800 CAN) cash see photo i9 9900k CPU - Corsair Water Cooling MSI RTX 2080 ti Duke GPU 16 gb Corsair DDR4 Ram Corsair RMX Series 750x, 80+ Gold PSU Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro Wifi Motherboard CM Storm Trooper - Gaming Full Tower Computer Case with Handle pros: fast / lots of cores / decent GPU / lots of drive bays / iGPU and dGPU / 6 SATA ports and 2 NVME cons: ~3yrs old / likely power hungry / liquid cooling (scares me) / needs more RAM / bulky tower / much older chipset Option 2: buy mostly new (~1200) i5-13600k DeepCool AK620 air cooler ASRock Z790 PRO RS, Intel 13th & 12th Gen, DDR5 6800+ G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 Corsair RM750x PSU Fractal Define R6 (used) Pros: new parts / has P and E cores / decent iGPU / lower power consumption / 8 SATA ports and 4 NVME /lots of 3.5” expansion trays Cons: cost / will require time to source and build The HDD disks I already own, but intend to invest into SSDs to speed everything up That’s all I can think of. My goal here is longevity and stability and a $400 difference won’t make or break either way. Would really appreciate this community's thoughts based on your experiences.

@Stubbs What did you end up going with? Currently looking to pick an Asus Rog b450 with a Ryzen 7 5700x and 32 GB from Kijiji. Wondering if it's worth my while.