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Thanks for the reassurance. I only need a motherboard, RAM, and a GPU. I still have rest of the components.

Thanks for your input. Personally I never had an issue with UGreen products, Personally, I never had an issue with UGreen products; however, you’re right about the proprietary software. You’re locked in a box; you can’t do anything other than what they provide you with.

What are your thoughts on pre-build home servers from eBay?

I have the same case. I still have the drives; however, I sold the rest of the hardware.

That makes sense. I usually like GUI OSes. Other than TrueNas what else do you recommend? Is there any OS that gives you free SSL certificate?