Spectralunicorn1

Gotcha. Might try to pump some parts up in cost.

I really just want it to work. I've made a few experimental builds on pcpartpicker to see the prices. I haven't spent a single dollar, making sure all my information is correct and at the best it can be before I purchase anything. Maybe in the future I can do the 2600s/Biostar

For the CPU, under 150, or around that area. I'd prefer to keep it low cost. 500 is the max I can hope to for this whole build. I already got a PSU, a case to use, and I can get my hands on some 7.2K RPM HDDs. They'll be low on storage, but that's not a problem for this. This is only for a science fair, afterall. I don't know what to do with it after, but it's not gonna be used other than presentation.

Not to mention the fact that I wouldn't get reimbursed for part of the payment by the school. And I can get discounts if I order online, such as newegg and amazon. (If I order through the school, I also get it Tax free.)

Yeah, but then I'd automatically have to replace atleast two parts. It's really tempting to do so, though.

I'm not looking to run games on this system, mostly just do basic consumer task. IE Surfing the web, watching videos, and some stress test.

I would use the i3, but I'm afraid of the lack of active multithreading and a low core count. However, it is cheap. It provides me some budget, at the cost of performance.

I don't exactly understand all of this content. IOMMU is still a confusing concept and given how no teacher at my high school teaches computer lessons this advance (the farthest we go might be like, control panel for windows.) I've caught onto what it does, it's taken a few days, but I'm learning. What exactly is an IOMMU Group? And is there any server-grade MOBO that might support IOMMU/VT-D, and RAID? (Speaking of which. Does a MOBO have to support RAID in order to use unRAID?)

Anything is an option, as long as it's cheap. The reason I need things as budget as I can (the i7, I can get it for about ~$100. Which is sorta why I chose it, but it's also used.) Whatever works I can and will use, just need it to work, and to be cheap. Thank you for the compliment, by the way.

Not exactly. Only one part, within reason. Otherwise, I must pay for it.

That was for what the video had covered. It was to use VMs to basically run two computers off of one set of parts. My bad, in my haste to write that with my remaining class time I had left out crucial details.

I'm making a build to use for UNRAID 6.0 in order to do something for my school's science fair. I'm currently replicating this build and project from LinusTechTips, but needed some help validating a lot of this would be compatible. I've checked the compatible list a few times, but would like to make sure before I pour money into this project. (The following is the video in which I will follow.) https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pz946X this is my part list. I plan on getting different parts (mostly smaller HDDs.) But nothing that should effect UNRAID. IE No GPU/CPU/MOBO Changes. Would this build work with unRAID? Thank you for any and all advice or comments.