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Terminate all your cables in a central location where you can install the modem/router and switch. If you have more than just a few drops, I'd recommend you install a patch panel. Terminate all the drops in the house with wall plates.
Any appropriate modem/router/switch would be fine, I don't have any specific recommendations. Just make sure the switch has enough ports for all drops, and Gigabit ports would be a plus.
If you do want to use a SSD for OS/apps, I probably would use 2 of them in RAID 1 for redundancy, you can run them on most motherboard controllers. However, for your data array, I'd use RAID 5 or better along with a hotspare. You would need a premium controller for that.
With that in mind, I'd look at building a server. You could run it headless and use it with some type of remote desktop. You could put all the hardware in a closet out of the way.
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