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Unfortunately you can’t even get the RAM for $400 anymore.

I was able to find 2 x 16GB DDR4 for $150...

Building a budget AM4 system for roughly $500 would be within the realm of reason. ($150 mobo, $100 cpu, $150 RAM, that leaves $100 for storage, still likely need power and case.)

https://www.amazon.com/Timetec-Premium-PC4-19200-Unbuffered-...

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-MAG-B550-TOMAHAWK-Motherboard/dp/...

For a server that's replacing a 12 year old system, you don't need DDR5 and other bleeding edge hardware.

I don't think 32GB is going to be enough lol

Also, you would want ECC for something this important.

I seriously wonder if doing the same build twice by two people in two locations wouldn't provide the same benefit and others for less money.

(I might be spoiled by sane reproducible build systems. Maybe F-droid isn't.)

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