My Planned Setup
Windows 10 VM
Connected to TV (4K) for day to day use, mostly media consumption (Plex Client)
NAS
Torrent/Usenet client
Plex Server
Linux Server VM
Mainly for playing around with webservers and docker containers
Let's start with what I have laying around
Do you have any spare parts laying around that you would like to apply towards your build? This includes drives.
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl
Motherboard: TBD
CPU: TBD
Cooler (CPU): TBD
Memory: Corair Vengeance CML8GX3M2A1866C9B (2x4GB)
Graphics: TBD
Power: Be Quiet Pure Power L8-CM-430W
Drives: 2x 2TB Western Digital WD20EARS
1x 2TB Western Digital WD20EFRX
1x 1TB Western Digital WD10EADS
1x 2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001
1x 128GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO
So the parts I'm looking for are:
CPU:
Preferably Intel, probably some i5
Motherboard:
Minimum of 8 SATA III ports.
The case has 6 harddrive slots and I would probably like to add 2 more SSD's for caching.
Support for Virtualization
4 RAM slots
Graphics Card:
The Windows VM will be connected to a 4K TV on which I would like to be able to stream 4K content.
I'm not planning to run any games on the VM. Mostly media consumption like with the Plex Client and browser.
What is your budget? Even if you don't have a strict budget set out, at least give us an idea if you are pinching pennies or splurging on your build.
Probably something around € 400,00 for the basic parts to get the system up and running.
I'll probably add extra memory and more and/or larger SSD's and HDD's in the future.
How many drives do you want your server to be able to support and how much capacity do you need?
The case I'll be using had room for a maximum of 6 drives, I don't think I need more than that.
Is expandability important to you? If so, what's your long term goal?
Not very important, like I mentioned under budget, I'll probably expand on RAM and Disk size in the future. I'm not planning to have a 80 disk array running in the (near) future.
Are you interested in running any unRAID Add Ons (see here)? If so, which ones? Be specific.
Docker: Plex Media Server, openVPN, nginx proxy+letsencrypt
VMs: Windows 10; Linux (Ubuntu) Server
Plugins: Speedtest, Community Applications, Unassigned Devices
Do you want to run green/low power drives or faster 7200 rpm drives? If you don't have a specific need for 7200 rpm drives, then choose green drives.
Most of the drives I already have are 'green' drives.
If you already have parts in mind, please oh pretty please post links to them so that we don't have to look them up.
Here is a list of links of all the parts I have laying around:
Case: Fractal Design Define R4: http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-r4-black-pearl
Memory: Corair Vengeance CML8GX3M2A1866C9B: http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/vengeance-low-profile-8gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cml8gx3m2a1866c9b
Power: Be Quiet Pure Power L8-CM-430W: http://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/248
Drives:
Western Digital WD20EARS: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136514
Western Digital WD20EFRX: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236343
Western Digital WD10EADS: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834
128GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192