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I think you would probably be fine with 16GB of RAM. Since you aren't running a whole lot of different games, I would probably just go with a couple SSD's in RAID0. You will get very high performance, and help eliminate that bottleneck. Then just grab a couple storage drives for your NAS purposes.

If you aren't overclocking, the i7-4770 or XEON E3 is the CPU you want instead, no need to get a K with a motherboard that can't overclock.

I would probably go with something along these lines, even one SSD would work well:

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1245 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£206.21 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte...
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What kind of games are you going to be hosting? And for how many people?

32GB of RAM seems kind of overkill, and what is your plan for the HDD?

I might recommend something faster like a WD Caviar Black for your games, and then go with a pair of WD Red drives in RAID1 for data. Also you don't need the "K" edition i7 if you aren't overclocking. I assume since you have the H87 motherboard that you aren't overclocking.
 
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1. Arma 2 or 3 Mainly aswell as a teamspeak server, maybe other games as well. some where from 10-50 people, i want to have the extra space in case i do get a popular server

2. i wouldn't mind cutting down to 16GB if it meant equal performance, and ofcourse the 4 hdd in some sort of raid configuration

 
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I think you would probably be fine with 16GB of RAM. Since you aren't running a whole lot of different games, I would probably just go with a couple SSD's in RAID0. You will get very high performance, and help eliminate that bottleneck. Then just grab a couple storage drives for your NAS purposes.

If you aren't overclocking, the i7-4770 or XEON E3 is the CPU you want instead, no need to get a K with a motherboard that can't overclock.

I would probably go with something along these lines, even one SSD would work well:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1245 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£206.21 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.24 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£136.07 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£102.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£102.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Silverstone SG02B-F-USB3.0 (Black) MicroATX Desktop Case (£51.62 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.94 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £812.06
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 18:39 BST+0100)
 
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