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WTB(uild): Solid System

Ahhzz

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Storage Hynix Plat P41 2Tb\Samsung MZVL21 1Tb / Samsung 980 Pro 1Tb
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So, I've been gifted a box. Dell Precision 5280, Xeon W2125, 32GB ECC Ram, 256GB NVMe, two 4Tb Enterprise SAS drives in Hardware Raid, and a 1080 GTX 8Gb. System is 6 years old, but runs extremely solid. Box has space for 2 more SAS drives, another NVMe, 8 SATA ports (not a lot of physical space, but I can be crafty), 4 more sticks of RAM (256/512 Max), runs a 950W power supply, and a case as heavy as granite.
My current "server" has approx 30Tb (6Tb free) on 8 drives of SATA storage, an AMD FX6300 and 16Gb. I've been considering kicking off a ProxMox to fool around, and I'd really like to make something more than a glorified File Server, but just haven't had the impetus.
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Personally my server is a virtual machine, backup storage, BOINC, game server, etc whatever I need machine. If there is enough resources kicking around might as well see what else you need to have running.

I have a Dell workstation with a 1650v2, 4x16 ECC and a GTX660 (video encode for the cameras) that I absolutely love and they're fun to build in.
 
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