Reddit mentions of Crucial Technology 8GB 288-Pin EUDIMM DDR4 (PC4-19200) Server Memory Module, CL=17, Unbuffered, 2400 MT/S Speed, ECC, 1.2V, Single Rank, x8 Based, 1024Meg x 72

I get that you're on a budget, but I think you'd still be quite disappointed with that 8350 because it's still pretty dated. You can't really look at core count and determine the overall strength of the CPU. Efficiency and how much performance per core is more important. For your needs, you really need to start with something like a Ryzen or recent i5 or i7 to give you good performance with room to grow. That's why the T30 is such a smoking deal because you're getting a very strong CPU, PLUS a case, motherboard, PSU, HDD, room for expansion and 8GB of ECC RAM. It "lists" for $800 or so, so you're really getting fantastic performance.

Now, you CAN probably shoehorn Windows 8 on it. And I'm sure even Windows 10 would run just fine, but you'll encounter an issue or two with drivers, maybe, but I don't think you'd be dead in the water. It would work. You'd just have no audio, for example. It is a server board, after all.

You could just download the trial or evaluation edition of Windows Server 2016 or 2019 and install that. It gives you 180 days to test it out and it's no secret you can issue a simple PowerShell command to rearm the trial 2 more times to give you more than a year of running the OS at no cost. Then you can decide if you want to buy a license. I'd recommend Server Essentials since it's the lowest cost SKU for Server and comes with 25 free CALs, which is a great deal.

OR, run Linux.

I'm going to send you a PM which I think will help you in terms of your OS options.

This is the ECC ram that I bought for my server.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017UGKMOK/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It drifts in and out of stock, but you can find similar ECC sticks easily. And prices are pretty reasonable these days.

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