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As someone who is also looking at building a server for different things then you( mainly nextcloud and a few other self hosted services). if you don't need more then 2tb of storage look into a used HP mini office PC.
They are cheap at less then £200 for an older model or even sub £100
They are a lot more powerful then an SBC like a raspberry pi but without being an electricity consumption monster like a lot of servers
Some have a 60W PSU so they are dirt cheap to run
Newer ones have a 2.5 SATA slot and a M.2 slot( including the 60W model I'm looking at getting used). So you can have dual drives for a fast main drive and a backup drive or RAID depending on how you set it up
They are small and don't take up much room in your house like a raspberry pi
If you need more space and it doesn't have to be super fast you could get a USB NAS for it
So overall they are a really good option if you want something small and you don't have a ton of money for hardware or electricity but a raspberry pi doesn't fulfil your performance needs.