Thanks for the detailed answer. I had been thinking about this for so long that I've forgetten the actual reason I even wanted to build a desktop. It was to get

Thanks for the detailed answer. I had been thinking about this for so long that I've forgetten the actual reason I even wanted to build a desktop. It was to get the experience selecting and putting the pieces together, having control over the hardware. As for remote connection, I can setup a way to connect to it from the internet as I manage my own VPN on a cheap server. I definitely want to build a PC and my laptop is going nowhere.