5 port unmanaged switch for $9.99

https://www.amazon.com/Tenda-Gigabit-Ethernet-Desktop-SG105/dp/B01K1JUE1E/ref=mp_s_a_1_15?

I only lost $100 last weekend. I realized recently that the NVMe that I thought was in my server was actually a 2.5” SSD. Not sure how I forgot about that…. Then I upped my Ram from 16 to 32 (maxed out) to allow room for additional VMs.

Your server build lacks storage or power supply.

Your general use lacks storage. I would also recommend adjusting to i5/16GB for general use. If you end up gaming then you could have an excuse to bump it to 32GB along with of course a video card.

Use Proxmox as your hypervisor then you can run as many and how many different types operating system you want on top of it all at the same time.

UDM-PRO, USW-Aggregation, USW-Enterprise-24-POE, U6-LR… build a server with i5/32GB NVMe boot drive, then some RAID drives… I took out a loan in this scenario as $1,000 wouldn’t cover my entire rack getting blown up.

What a blast from the past! I still have my 74GB floating around somewhere.