New to unRAID - Looking For Inputs on First Build

[Michael_Nat]

Hi! I'm new to unRAID and would like to get started with a modest build that has above average performance and an upgrade path.

 

• Budget: Not pinching pennies but trying not to be a fool parting with his monies. Ideally under USD 1,500.
• Capacity / Drives: For now, looking to have about 10-20 TB although I fully expect this to slowly grow. I'm a hobbyist photographer that loves to shoot in RAW.
• Expandability: I want to have an upgrade path for the build, both storage wise and performance wise. 
• Additional apps / Purpose: I am thinking of running Plex, the *arrs, VM Docker for Home Assistant, a Minecraft server, and to use it for Apple Time Machine backups.
• Plan for Hard drives: I'm not sure what this means... but I'm planning to have a couple of 7,200 rpm hard disks with 1 parity drive for now and will probably want 2 parity drives later on for data security. Happy to add more hard drives as my needs grow. 
• Spare parts: What are these...? Just joking, I use Macs (although I have built my own PC before I became a Mac user); therefore, I don't have any spare parts. 

 

I've done some lurking on the forum (probably not enough) and have come up with what I think is a decent build which I would be grateful for opinions on:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YZ2ZDZ

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($297.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($119.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($229.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  ($117.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Inland Performance Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X14 12 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($193.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X14 12 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($193.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 PE 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Wired Network Adapter: Intel X540-T2 2 x 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x8 Network Adapter  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1518.85

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Is this build way overkill or a decent starting point for a home lab? I love experimenting and tech so I would rather spec for more processing power although I would like the system to be reasonably power efficient. I also want a 10 Gbe NIC for faster file transfer speeds. 

 

Thank you for reading!

 

Edited March 3 by Michael_Nat