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That will be a great starter rig. I would recommend you spend time to read about your new system hardware.Owners manual: https://dl.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-r710_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdfSome technical Guides: https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Business_solutions_engineering-Docs_Documents/en/poweredge-r710-technical-guidebook.pdfhttps://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/business/solutions/engineering-docs/en/Documents/server-poweredge-r710-tech-guidebook.pdf11th gen has options to boot from PCIe SATA cards such as OWC Accelsior S PCIe Adapter for 2.5-inch SATA 6G Expansion Card: https://www.amazon.com/OWC-Accelsior-PCIe-Adapter-Drives/dp/B00WUZPMHE?th=1I ran X5680's with Proxmox ver 7.xStill have both SFF and LFF R710's and they have served me well over the years.Good Luck ... most of all just have Fun!!!