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I came here to make a similar comment.

The best server I have ever purchased or built is the 710 I bought 4 years ago for $400-500. It's been rock solid, unlike every machine I have ever built from scratch that always had weird issues (most not occurring with any regularity, but annoying enough when they occured).

even if one can save a few pennies by building a server like this themselves, I'd always strongly recommend they go with a similarly specced off lease server.