> The buildout did not list a CPU. It did, or does now anyway, the RYZEN 3 1200 for $95. EDIT: Although the better option is the 3200G so that you can actuall

> The buildout did not list a CPU. It did, or does now anyway, the RYZEN 3 1200 for $95. EDIT: Although the better option is the 3200G so that you can actually get a display output from the thing. Same price, so it doesn't really change anything, but it does cut the CPU core count down a bit if that matters at all. That said the buildout still doesn't work because you can't actually plug the "sata splitter" cable they linked into the motherboard. Because the splitter was actually a 4-lane SAS SFF-8087 breakout cable, and there's no consumer motherboard with 8x of those connectors on it. Good luck finding even 1 or 2 of those connectors on a consumer board, and it sure as hell won't be at dirt cheap prices. So you either need 4x the computers they calculated, or you need to budget for add-in SATA/SAS controller cards. Which, because they aren't used in consumer land, are not cheap. You could go used, but that's still going to increase the bottom line (and won't be a reliable source of parts) They also aren't factoring in assembly time nor budgeting for that. Building these isn't going to go very quickly.