I'm starting my home server journey using an old rig. My main goals are to stream 4K video to 2, 3 devices (max) and host game servers (mostly Minecraft, ARK, and Source games) for fewer than 15 players.
For storage, I'm thinking of starting with a single drive to test things out before investing in additional drives for RAID or a NAS setup. I’m currently torn between a few options: WD Red HDDs, Red SN700 NVMe SSDs, or WD Black SSDs.
One idea I'm considering is starting with a smaller WD Black SSD for the OS and game servers, and then adding a WD Red HDD later on for media storage, but the relatively low endurace on the WD Blacks concerns me.
The rest of the setup:
- CPU: Intel i5-12600K
- Motherboard: ASRock Z690 Pro RS (8 sata ports!!!)
- RAM: 32 GB DDR4 (2400 MHz)