please critique my first build

[alexsd]

i've built a good # of PCs in the past, desktops though, no server style machines and certainly nothing designed for unraid.  i'd love to get some feedback.

 

this will be for plex, windows and ubuntu VMs, bluray ripping and transcoding, torrenting, probably a small # of dockers and future proofing.

 

CPU: Core i5-6600K 6M Skylake Quad-Core 3.5

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 32GB

Case: Fractal Design Define R5

Power Supply: EVGA 220-G2-0550-Y1

Cache pool drives:  2x Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 2.5" 512GB

Array and parity drives: 3x HGST Deskstar NAS H3IKNAS40003272SN (0S03664) 4TB

 

i suppose my biggest reluctance is the mobo.  a good # of the builds i've viewed here have much pricier models.  i don't plan on OC'ing, so i didn't think i needed a fancy mobo.

 

any comments are welcome.

 

 

 

[testdasi]

what is your GPU?

[tdallen]

Good looking build.  32GB is probably overkill unless you are getting heavy into VMs.  And if you are doing that, you should be sure that motherboard has VT-d support.  Otherwise 16GB would probably be Ok.  Don't worry about expensive motherboards, just look for the features you need.  Oh, and Intel stock CPU coolers are usually sufficient to keep a non-OC'd CPU cool though third party coolers can be quieter.