What’s the sweet spot for price/performance for a new SuperMicro Motherboard with Intel CPU? Must have IPMI and support ECC RAM. I like the simplicity of and onboard SATA controller to handle 4 storage drives and a pair of mirrored boot drives.
I bought four 12TB WD Red Plus (WD120EFGX) on sale which I need to put to work. I plan to run them in RAIDZ2 and have no need to plan for future expansion.
I will run TrueNAS on bare-metal. Top priories are reliability and data protection. It’s a home use machine and my family will not demand much of it. Storage, Plex, Nextcloud, Pi-hole and some other lightweight apps are the main uses but running a Virtual Machine for Windows on occasion could be useful.
Are 2x16GB ECC memory sticks running in dual-channel the right way to go? I’d welcome suggestions on brands and guidance on how to ensure a match with the MB/CPU.
I will do a rackmount case even though my rack is actually a 23”. The price was right! No need for hot swap. Rack space is not an issue.
It seems that whatever I get for system/boot drives will be overkill and I’m open to suggestions and it’ll be safer than my current USB boot drives. 
I suspect that most MB/CPU combos will be overkill for my use but considering the costs in HDs, RAM and the rest, I’m willing to pay a slight premium for more performance than I’ll need. I’m looking for price/performance balance. I don’t want to mess with used. I’m in the US and welcome suggestions on where to buy. My last system was bought through newegg but that was 11 years ago.
My current Free/TrueNAS Core system has been running non-stop with no issues since September 2014. I am super happy with it but I’m ready to add a new TrueNAS Scale. Current hardware in signature.
I apologize for yet another build recommendation thread. I thought I’d be able to figure it out myself but I realize in need help.