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And what about the power consumption? How many this setup draw on idle? And under load? The server probably will sit in idle most of the time, so it wouldn't be nice to use hundreds of watts in idle. The new i3-i5 Coffe Lake processors idles around 5-9W. Also someone recommended me the Dell R710 server, its pretty similar what you wrote, but I'm a bit afraid to use such old components. Probably they were used 24/7 for many many years. ?

Good point. I'm plan to use Linux and I want to create a Docker image for every one of the services. Usually I use Windows, but as a programmer I often use Linux as well, so I'm familiar with the console window and dockerization.

Hi guys. I decided to build a home server in the near future. In the past few years I used a Banana pi (2 core, 1GB ram) for experimenting, but now I want something more powerful. The budget is around 500 Euro. The server will server around 5-7 person, me my family, maybe my gf and some of my friends. So we are not talking about many users. I plan to use the server for: Plex media server (max. few concurrent 1080p stream) Torrent server NextCloud NAS Backup for about 3-4 PC VPN (?) Other small dev services for own purposes (Web server, Gitlab Runner, etc.) Currently I have a 120GB SSD which I plan to use as the drive for the OS. Right now I only have a 750GB HDD what is not too much. I think at the beginning a 2-3TB Red or Ironwolf HDD will be enough, I can buy more later if it is necessary. What build do you guys recommend? The biggest dilemma for me is the CPU and Motherboard combo. The i3 8100 and the Ryzen 5 2600 looks great, but I am not sure which one would be the right choice. Also it needs to be silent, because it will be placed in my room. So a quite power supply and cooler would be nice.