My current server is 10 years old. I'm self-hosting since ages. I do know what are my needs.

But I also have stopped being hardware enthusiast. I have no idea of actual good brands, models and price range.

I'm not looking help to know what my needs are but to know what can fulfill them in a non money-throwing way.

Hi ! I already have a 6+2 setup so i need at least 8 SATA

Hi ! Minimum 1Gb/s. 2.5Gb/s is cool

Genuine question, why "non-x" (4th paragraph) CPU ? Is there incompatibility issue with EEC or it's just because they are kinda high-end CPU ?

Do you have good brand for RAM in mind ?

Thank you for your detailed answers !