Building a reliable xeon e3 system for media server

[Paladinus]

Hey folks, I am looking for some opinions on the system I want to build.

So far I chose:
Gigabyte X170 Extreme ECC
Quad Core Xeon E3-1275 v5
32 GB ECC Memory (2x 16GB Kingston DDR4 ECC 2133Mhz)
512 GB Raid-0 SSD Storage (2x 256GB m.2 Samsung Pro 950)
MSI GTX1060 Armor 6GB Graphics Card

The computer will be primarily used as a media server to play HD Videos, do some real time effects and video mapping. For now, I don't need more than HD videos, but in future I am looking into doing more 4K work. I also want to use several video outputs at the same time.

Any hints or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[ScrewySqrl]

for a media server the 1225 would probably do.

Raid'ing SSD's is pointless, especially Raid-0, save a bit of money and just get a 512 GB SSD. will cost less than your two 256s. add a 2TB (or 3 or 4) HDD for storage of movies

 

[King Dranzer]

For a $100 more here is a highly up-gradable option for you:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 V4 2.1GHz 8-Core Processor ($407.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Intel BXRTS2011AC CPU Cooler ($18.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z10PE-D16 WS SSI EEB Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($469.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($157.30 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Dual Video Card ($219.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1426.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-08 22:39 EDT-0400

You can add another CPU and more RAM in future to get even better performance.