A couple of things I have found for my dedicated music server running JRiver. I would try the 3 different streaming methods kernel streaming, ASIO streaming and WASAPI streaming. I found kernel streaming sounds the best with my AMR777 DAC. I started with 8 gig and dropped down to 4 gig. I never used the extra memory as my server only plays music and has no other function. Another thing to test is playback from memory. I preferred not use playback from memory. It seemed like on delicate passages the music seemed more mechanical and lacked emotion when using memory playback. So I would test and decide for yourself.
I actually run Windows server 2012 with AudioPhil Optimizer on a home built server motherboard. It seems better than my old Windows 64 pro version.
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