Ok my server is going through the initial hard drive setup, so I have about 20 hours to kill, so since some of you wanted to know what I did here is a quick brain dump with some pictures!
That list is pretty much all my parts, I dropped the CPU fan for something a local shop had since it was too large so if you are going to duplicate the build find a medium profile CPU fan.
The motherboard had a small issue with where the memory was located so Natucha is out with their general wide design.
Now if you want to do a set it and forget it for trans-coding (e.g. video file that you can watch on your phone without any pre-planning) a good graphic card is a must. I went with the P2000 card for the fact that it is unlocked from the jump, had a TON of community support and testing to validate that it was able to get the job done, and the single slot allows me to rewire some cables so it all fits without any interference. Not bad for a max of a 23 simultaneous stream support.
The SSDs were a pain to get them installed, sure I could have velcroed them to the case and called it a day but I wanted something a little more secure and not as bodgy. Enter the small laptop parts a supply store had for spare, thankfully the holes in the case lined up perfectly for two of them to be installed in case I wanted to do a dual Cache (not planning on it but future proofed it to make sure the option was there).
Now the fans I thought could have been replaced due to noise, thankfully they are great. I heard quieter and louder, the slight hum I get is something that would blend in with my computer. Once I find its permanent home under my desk, should not be an issue. Also I bought an internal USB cable to stick a memory stick there due to Unraid wanting to boot from the device. As long as it is inside the case no chance it will be accidentally pulled out and crash the array.
The main reason for this case: hot swap-able drives. Yes you can upgrade bays to be hot swap-able but at $20 bucks a bay I chose to get the built in option. Also 12 bays should be more than enough. Grand total for the box is 12 HDD+2 SSD+1 NVME+1 USB = 16 hard drives. Also the hard drive is a shucked drive from a WD EZ Store External Hard drive. Its a brand that goes on sale fairly often and the communities validated it. Got 2 12 TB and one 4 TB for now.
I had another 10 TB that died due to a power failure on my PSU’s cable, since I was a tad foolish on my first shuck I was unable to RMA the drive, so if you are going down this route, shuck it carefully and keep the parts in the closet for a moment like this. Thankfully my 3 2 TB drives I got earlier was able to be RMAed and waiting to get them back.
That is pretty much it, still setting up Unraid by re-watching all of Spaceinvader One’s tutorials, most of them still holds up but a few have some outdated information since they were posted a few years ago.
In case you did not see it here is the one Wendel did with Gamers’ Nexus.
Thank you all for your help in the process, I wanted to pass along the end result in case someone else was thinking of doing this project and sharing notes so you do not take 5 months of research on what to actually get.