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Well, reading around the internet, there often is the recommendation to use ECC RAM together with ZFS to avoid potential problems with bit flips.

Budget (including currency): Around 2k€, give or take Country: Austria Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Usual media server programs (Plex, arr-based) Plex currently only has two users, who primarily direct play or only transcode audio (EAC3/TrueHD) Media extraction / transcoding using MakeMKV/Handbrake Client backups Playground for various VMs (nothing too compute-intensive) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Backstory: I've built my current home/media server back in 2020 as I got fed up with Netflix etc. and severely underestimated how much space movies/TV shows actually take up. Started out with the two 4TB WD Golds but those quickly filled up, then added another, single 12TB one, which is also quite full already. Now the problem is that I don't have any free space for additional HDDs available in my case anymore so I at least have to upgrade my case. Then, because of my limited space, I also started transcoding some movies down to lower qualities, which with the 4 available cores of my current processor takes far too long for 1080p (forget 4k ones), so I would want to be safe in that regard as well. Lastly, I am quite unhappy with my current Windows-based setup (especially security wise), so I want to experiment with TrueNAS / some ZFS-based solution. Current parts list: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G MB: AMD AM4 MSI B450M PRO-VDH PLUS MAX RAM: G Skill, 3200 16GB HDD: 2x WD Gold 512e 4TB, 1x WD/HGST Ultrastar DC H520 SSD: SANDISK Plus 240GB (boot drive) PSU: CORSAIR TX550M 80PLUS Gold 550W Case: Coolermaster Mini N200 USB3 New parts list: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 MB: ASUS TUF Gaming B550-Plus - mainly chose this one because it has enough (stable) power delivery to the CPU. Originally planned for a 5900x, but I think that would be overkill RAM: 2x Kingston Server Premier DIMM 16GB DDR4-3200, CL-22-22-22 w/ ECC (KSM32ED8/16HD) HDD: Re-use existing HDDs, then add a second H520 for mirroring the single 12TB one, and two new HC550 16TB ones HBA: Dell H200 in IT-mode (used off Ebay) + 2x SFF-8087 -> SATA adapter cables - probably don't need that one just yet, but because I am using M.2 SSDs, one or multiple SATA ports will probably be disabled / have lower bandwidth SSD: 2x Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB (Boot drive) PSU: Seasonic Focus PX750W - has one 12A rail, so it should also support even more HDDs Case: Fractal Design Define 7 Black (should have space for 14 HDDs in total) My main concern is the compatibility between the chosen ECC RAM and the motherboard, the CPU should (unofficially) support it. Software-wise, I am planning to use TrueNAS with mirrored vdevs for each HDD pair, so one for the 4TB WD Golds, one for the 12TB H520s and one for the 16TB H550s. Also looked at unRaid, but I really like the whole data integrity feature set of ZFS, not sure how well unRaid compares to it (the price for a license really isn't an issue). Using unRaid on the other hand would have the advantage of having full support of native Docker images. Is there anything I've missed hardware wise? Thanks in advance!

I think my host may have to re-apply thermal paste or install a better CPU cooler Even more since I am only hitting 4 of the available 8 threads

client-type advanced gives you some chonky bois it seems

Added them, sorry!

So, after fiddling (or rather, fighting) around with networking, Proxmox and getting the OpenCL drivers to work under Linux I finally have a rig up folding 24/7: CPU working hard to push that info to the GPU as well: Interestingly, the GPU pass-through worked flawlessly, thanks to this guide:

Another newbie signing in Folding on my main rig (whenever it's on) + my was-idle server (on 24/7), just waiting for some work

Hello all, I have recently (mostly) completed my new build with the following components: CPU: Intel Core i7-8700k CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme (not currently installed) Motherboard: AsRock Z370 Extreme4 RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3000, CL15-17-17-35 16GB Storage: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB Case: Fractal Design Define R6 Blackout PSU: Sea Sonic Focus Plus Plat 550W Latest BIOS update applied (1.80). However, I am experiencing two major issues: 1.) None of the USB ports provided by the PCH work - including the two Gen1 ports on the back as well as all front USB ones. Only the single Gen2 Type A (don't have a device to test the type C one) port from the AsMedia chip works. While I suspect that the PCH may be having a problem, the integrated graphics work just fine (as long as I interpreted Intel's specification correctly and it isn't just a straight pass through from the CPU). I don't believe it's a software problem either, as the ports don't even turn on during boot time, e.g. I can't even enter the BIOS when I plug in a keyboard into one of the "broken" ones. Once I finally managed to install Windows, a "USB xHCI Compliant Host Controller" pops up which is stuck in state 10 - driver uninstallation / rebooting does not help. Tried switching xHCI hand-off on and off, modified various power saving features, but it didn't change much. All the solutions I could find on the AsRock forums (regarding my board) did not work either. 2.) My system never manages to power off completly. When I shut it down in Windows (using the start menu), all the fans just keep on spinning and the monitor, albeit black, stays on (receives a signal). Mouse and keyboard are properly disabled. I already tried messing around with the deep sleep setting, to no success. For the first problem - the two ports on the motherboard worked properly when I did a try run on the motherboard's box outside the case. Even if the board got somehow damaged while placing it into the case, I am still confused how the IGPU works. Can anything be done or do I have a physically faulty board?