Hello everybody, i'm lurking this forum from november and this is actually my first post here. I'm far from being fluent in english so please be kind.
I will be building a new pc as a workstation/home server in a couple of months, abandoning my current setup (old laptop), and i'm planning to use unraid on the new machine.
The usual workload would be:
-Running a couple VMs (no more than 4 active at a given time), both linux and windows based
-Providing some services 24/7 to my home network through dockers, the most intensive one would be media streaming i suppose
-Production workload inside the VMs, mostly Unreal Engine, compiling code, and some cpu-intensive rendering on various photogrammetry software (core count > core clock here)
-VM testing just because i would like to learn more about VMs =)
-Gaming from time to time (1080p 75 fps monitor, nothing fancy here)
Nice-to-have features would be:
-Some kind of refined remote management (IPMI?) because from time to time i will be far from my pc location for a couple of weeks
-Pcie expandability
-Easy USB controller passthrough to the windows VM
-Decent power efficiency
-Decent thermals (it will sit on my desk and i like silence)
Stuff i do not really care about:
-Micro-managing and tuning the overclock just to gain small margins
-Waiting a couple of months for a better deal on the hardware
-Aesthetics
-Using second hand hardware
I need an advice for the CPU + Mobo combo. Right now my budget for CPU + Mobo is around 450€/550$ (i live in Europe). I would like this combo to last me 3-5 years while having good performance for my workload. These are the options i came up right now that (in my maybe not-well-informed opinon) checks all those boxes:
1) Ryzen 1700 on Asus X370-PRO
2) Slightly used (basically new) ASUS X99-WP/IPMI (i can obtain this for 250$) and then some used Xeon E5-26xx v3 with core count 8 or more (i do not mind buying ES samples as long they are compatible)
3) Wait a couple of months until Ryzen+ release and hopefully a better variety of motherboards along with that, crossing my fingers for a X470 motherboard with more Workstation-like features
I honestly don't know if i'm being too unrealistic with my requirements/budget, i hope this fantastic community can walk me through this. Thank you very much