Need Help with Back-end programming build

[gtx1060=value]

Hello everyone, 

I have spent about a month slaving over a new build for my home office. The build currently in my bio is one my company paid for and i can't take it home. Working from an older thinkpad t400 at home is slowing me down and i need something more beefy. 

Minimum requirements:

at least 4 cores, 

at least 32 gigs of ram

ssd needed - 256gb or less is fine

need a 1 tb hard drive

nice windowed case (prefer a black and white build)

gpu for aesthetics only - make sure it doesn't affect overall system performance

cable mods for 8 pin and 24 pin and gpu pcie ports.

 

budget - 1500 dollars CAD - you can go to the maximum of 200 dollars more - I will not be doing gaming on this, i need something that can handle up to 4 vms or heavy automation and server redundancy testing

 

btw - the psu has to be AT LEAST tier 2 from @STRMfrmXMN 's list

 

im wondering if i could just plug in my old hdd with windows 7 on it into the mobo and boot from that. would i need to install the drivers for the new hardware before hand or can i just plug it in, boot for the first time and then install and uninstall new and old drivers later????

[Energycore]

Look at that, square on $1500. Sales tax not included.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V5 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($359.99 @ Newegg Canada)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($94.98 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($215.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($91.99 @ PC Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($86.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 470 4GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($249.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($106.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $1496.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-27 18:29 EDT-0400

 

47 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

im wondering if i could just plug in my old hdd with windows 7 on it into the mobo and boot from that. would i need to install the drivers for the new hardware before hand or can i just plug it in, boot for the first time and then install and uninstall new and old drivers later????

You should have no problem plugging that HDD and running the computer, then letting Windows install drivers (install the GPU drivers manually though).