With the collection of this week's paycheck and my state & federal govt returning a portion of the money they took from me over the course of the past year I now have enough cash to buy the remaining essential components for the pure SSD server.

And what great timing, the very special RAM I'm buying is (for no apparent reason) 45% off. This will save me A LOT of money (provided I buy before the sale ends). Then all I need are the CPUs. Speaking of is anybody looking to offload a pair of Xeon E5 2698v3's? Asking now before I go to eBay.