This was my first ever build of a pc of any kind. My wife bought me a Synology last Christmas, and I quickly became addicted to Data hoarding, among other projects. So, I started out on a journey to build a cheap, rack-mount, unRAID server with my kids. That plan quickly morphed into the RGB filled beast you see now, but I couldn’t be happier with it!

Edit: Full Spec list

Case: Fractal Define 7 XL w/ light tempered glass

MoBo: Asrock Fatal1ty X399 Prpfessional Gaming

CPU: 24 core Threadripper 2970wx

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 to FTW3 11GB

2nd GPU: MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 4G

RAM: 64GBG.Skill Trident Z RGB)

Storage:

3 x 512GB Samsung SM951 m.2 NVME drives for VMs and Docker.

2 x 14TB Seagate Exos x16 as parity disk

6 x 8TB Seagate Exos 7E8 plus 2 x 10 TB Seagate IronWolf as main volume.

6 x 1TB Seagate IronWolf 125 SSDs in an Icy Dock 6 x 2.5 SSD hot swap cage in the second 5.25 drive bay, as second cache pool for plex, downloads, and everything else.

Optical drive: ASUS BW-16D1HT from Cloner Alliance.

Cooling:

360mm NZXT Kraken Z73

4 x Deepcool RF120m RGB fans.

4 x Coolermaster MF 140R Fans