Building NAS based on NAS Killer 5.0 - Lenovo ThinkStation E32 any good?

Builds [LGA1150] NAS Killer 5.0
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Hi all!

Recently been beefing up my home network and have decided that I want to add a NAS which can hopefully run Unraid/Plex/VMs

I read NAS Killer 4.0 and 5.0 fairly thoroughly but prices and parts in Australia are a bit all over the place and availability of similar hardware varies along with the price

I’ve been offered a Lenovo ThinkStation E32 with the following specs in a tower case
*Xeon E3-1280 V3 3.6GHz
*32GB ram
*240GB SSD

this comes to a total of $600 AUD which is roughly $430 USD

I will be adding sata drives for NAS purposes and believe I can run Unraid Cache, VM’s and Plex Meta Data off SSD? Happy to add larger SSD if need be

Ideally would like not too much of a power draw

I guess I just want confirmation or any suggestions whether this is a good deal and that I’m on the right path?

I’m completely new at this so any recommendations are appreciated!

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You absolutely can run cache, VM and Plex Meta Data off SSDs. Personally, I would like an i5 but that’ll do what you want I expect, as long as you don’t have a ton of VMs/dockers.

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You’re constantly going to be fighting for space with that small of an SSD. I would recommend at least 5 00 if not a 1 TB if you can afford it