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  1. Ok i bought this board too a few months back and now got everything installed. i was SUPER excited about IPMI as this is one of my biggest headaches... my server is somewhat out of reach and when there was issues i would have to get a keyboard out and a small rasp-pi screen to trouble shoot... BUT, as i read here there are some real issues on this board... either board or how it plays with unraid... I have it along side a i5-14400 with the iGPU... But when you use the IPMI card, the setting in BIOS for IGPU/Multi monitor are not there... and of course when you go to unraid the Intel GPU plugin wont detect it... meaning you cant use it for Plex trans coding... the whole point was to get rid of my P2000 GPU... I noticed when using the IPMI card the HDMI output doesn't work correctly either... there is only PCIe and one other in the BIOS... no iGPU... But... remove the IPMI card... then everything works... Has anyone figured this out? there most be a way to use the iGPU and the IPMI card... There most be some way... dummie HDMI, setting in the IMPI?? thanks for the help.
  2. Look I understand it’s still in its infancy and I really respect and admire all the testing and work around people are doing…. Especially because in practice this/these cards show big promise to us… but looking at the data given I still see it’s far from a viable option. I run the Quadro P2000…. It idles at 6w and about 18++w when transcoding… I’ll max have 4-6 users transcoding Plex at a time… I run it along side a i7-7700. I of course want quality and I care about power… that’s also why I didn’t upgrade to 13th gen and just use the iGPU ad if that’s running it’ll use even more power than the p2000… and at the end of the day the p2000 just works…. whats your experience for the others that run/ran the quadro? Have you switched to IGPU or the ARC gpu? Results? Feelings?
  3. i just got a new z790 and same issue... i actually did return it... fan control based on hhd temp is important for my setup... i really want a new 13 gen but not willing if ita not supported completely yet... how did you build turn out?
  4. Hello Kopernikus, just to keep a bit of life in your question. I am looking to upgrade my Gaming PC to an 11700k.... i dont want to make the same mistake i made before so this time i want my gaming PC should have a Motherboard that can later be used when i upgrade my Unraid server.... (today i have a WS ASrock with a i7-6700) i too am trying to fine a good mobo and came across the same one as you... The Gigabyte W480... What i REALLY like about it... besides the 8 sata, the internal USB connector (for unraid) and the PCI lanes, is that it looks like you can nearly populate the whole board... all PCI, SATA, and m.2 with there only being 1 conflict... the m2m (second m.2) and PCI x4 is on the same lane.... but almost all consumer boards... (that i see in the z570 or z590) have so many compromises... meaning you cant fully utilize the board... (for unraid) Let me know what you ended up doing.... but it looks like a GREAT board. But the sort answer is... what do you really need... i have a lot of disks... and i need... at least 1 GPU for docker (plex mostly) - Quadro P2000 1 GPU for casual mining - old 1080ti 1 LSI card to expand 8 SATA (plus the 8 on the board) 2 m.2 in raid 1 for plex Cache 4 SSD for general DL cache and general cache (in raid 10) MEANING... this seems to me the only board that can do that.... (or at least i cant find another board Z590... that can do that) PS As far as i read the 11th gen works fine on this board. A fellow unraider.
  5. Thanks for the work... It's was up and running together with the other nicehash rig in a matter of minutes. That being said... This unraid server is my media server and I just want to run my Nvidia p2000 at like 50% in the background.... But it's running at 65/75w with about 80°c which I don't want... Did anyone find how to limit the card? I tried nvidia-smi -pl 50 (since my card is 75w) But gets returned "50w is not a valid power limit which should be between 75 and 75w" Any ideas ( sorry guys... I know this might be an easy fix) Thanks
  6. Thanks man... Like it was posted before, it's hard to find the answer... And sometimes it's good to just try stuff out on unraid and other times it's good to ask that stupid question.... "There is no such thing as stupid questions, unless you ask it twice" Confirmed 1 GPU can be used for multiple dockers.
  7. Hello Gents, Sorry to come in again on this but i still was not sure... My use case is i have a Nvidia P2000 assigned to plex but i now would like to ALSO use Emby... can i assign both plex and emby on the same GPU? and they would both be able to trans-code at the same time?> Thanks
  8. Hello Fellow Unraiders & future Unraid peps, Back in April when the COVID pandemic started, and staying home more often was mandatory, i decided that after all the years of dreaming of having my own server rig, the time had come... So where do you start... google... and you find words like OpenMediaVault, FreeNas, Unraid... Luckily i had a VERY old computer from work to just test all the different software... and i did... unfortunately i started with Freenas...then OMV, then Amahi... honestly at this point i already thought i had stepped into too deep water... i mean FreeNas... you basically need to purchase your entire array of disks at the beginning & be a networking ACE... BUT luckily i didnt give up and i came across Unraid... and frankly... i came across this blog and all you great people in here... Unraid was a breath of fresh air... I mean i'm no PRO network guy but I'm also not an amateur... i have done many gaming rig builds.... but Unraid was perfect... simple but soooo powerful... the software grows as you grow... you want 1 disk nas and thats it... unraid... 2 weeks later want a media server... no problem... want 10 more disks... want a VM... want an integrated server modem...unraid... BUT, the real reason i am on here is both to thank Unraid, the community, guys like spaceinvader... all such a big help... BUT BUT... there were some things i wish i knew from the beginning... My first build. Now i dont want to say money was or wasnt an issue, but if stuff can be bought second hand... then thats the way i go... Today my build is: ASRock mobo C236M WS (NEW-newegg) (i really wanted the 6th/7th Gen CPU/mobo because it was the last generation where XEON mobo could be used by the i3-i7 CPU's.... and why do you ask? You can use a server/workstation grade Mobo with a easy to find second hand 6th/7th gen CPU... Intel i7-6700 CPU (Second Hand) (8000 passmark score) 2 x 16 GB RAM (32GB) (Second Hand) 6 x Ironwolf NAS 6TB drives (new-whereever it was cheapest) (1 is Parity) - obviously i started with just two drives Nvidia Quadro P2000 GPU (Second Hand) (only purpose is transcoding for Plex) - (i bought the i7 + 32gb ram + p2000 GPU for 300 USD from the yellow pages - some autocad guy sold it too cheap - great find) LSI card for 8 more SATA connections ((Second Hand) - ebay) (Guys get these from Ebay and just write "freenas LSI" this way they are ready to be used in unraid... dont ask if you dont get it with the preflashed version.... i used about a week on this) 4 x SSD Samsung 860EVO 500GB in RAID10 for CACHE (Second Hand - refurbished)) (total 1 TB)- Now i know many of you will ask...why...WHY .... after doing a LOTTTT of research on this topic... --1 SSD Cache in is great... but if you have data on it then its always at risk in case it is lost/damage/corruption... --2 SSD Cache in RAID0 is AMAZING... you get the full space of both disks with double speed (kind off)... read up on it... its hard to explain... but its faster... BUT you still have the issue its not protected... --2 SSD Cache in RAID1 is perfect then? - you data is protected... but... you loose the speed benefit... --4 SSD Cahce in Raid10 - best of both worlds (nearly) - but again...why The cache is there to (among other things) to store most recent DATA... so lets say a new episode of some legally downloaded TV show... If you share that library over plex... the file will most likely be used the most in the first few days/weeks... meaning you dont need to have your disks in use/spin up.. And why 1TB - well then i dont need to scheduled a mover more than once per month... (and for that entire month... its protected) Case GAMEMAX with 8 HDD Bays and 3 x 5.25 ( this was actually my second case, i started with the Fractal Design Node 304... but realized after 2 months it was too small.... first big costly mistake i made..) but the Gamemax with 8 HHD and 3x 5.25 ( i used a HDD cage and got 4 more HDD bays out of it) its great... Also its the only case i found with a Push/pull fan system for the HDD's (why? because its better, cooler; metaphorically and actually, and quieter) Samsung 32GB flash for Unraid boot - Guys... buy a good one (another mistake i made) (spaceinvader to the rescue again,again..again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjkaidlZmgs Well...here it is: to save some space i bought 2 x 2 SSD PCI Brakets (its just a braket... doesnt connect to mobo) - bought from aliexpress) The Fan there is to give the SSD and GPU some more air... i lowered the SSD's from 50C+ to 35C with just 300RPM fan... The push pull fan system is great because i spit them in zones Parity + disk 1 + disk 2 - are controlled by fan 1 (push) and fan 2 (pull) and only read these disk temps and disk 3,4,5,6 in zone 2. 4 SSD cache in zone 3 I also bought a 4 HDD cage for my 5.25 slot but they are empty... i am so tired of opening my case and scared to screw something up every time i need a new disk... this way the next 4 disks just need to be popped in So my 5 cents of free advice... Everyone says plan ahead... what do you need the server for.?.. how much load?... passmark!...transcodes!...VM's!... But honestly if you were in the same situation like me and building your first server... you have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what you want... because you haven't discovered all the possibilities yet of an unraid server. I though i needed a small media server to play some media on... 8 months later: I have a fully automated Media server (that auto downloads the latest legal content), a website, proxy server, PFsense modem, a Teamspeak server (to game chat), i am currently working on a satellite dish on my roof and trying to integrate it to Emby or plex... My friends were tired of paying for dropbox so they pitched in an bought another 6TB drive where i host a dropbox solution for them now (NEXTCLOUD).... So the advice... unraid is the way to go if you want to start small and simple... if you want to grow its so simple... if you want to make it more complex... there is so much help from everyone... and dont worry, just start and enjoy every little success and advance you get. This was my first build in April 2020 and i had to replace the Case and mobo (same ASROCK MBO just the ATX version and not the ITX) within 3 months Its been a HELL of a pleasure (and a bit of pain) going though this experience... learning something new almost everyday... Thanks guys and if you have ANY questions please ask (remember the stupid questions can very often help you the most) A fellow.
  9. ok thanks for the help... i just though 50C+ when the GPU is idle is far to high... i mean its doing nothing... But regarding the comment on the power connectors... i would say i am an advanced user but still new to the unraid world... did i misunderstand.... should i not connect the power connectors on the GPU... is the PCI power enough? (sorry i know its a possible stupid question) and with regards to the x265... 99% of all my content is 264 which means the 970 is fine.
  10. Hello Gents, I have been looking around and cant seem to find an answer/ solution? if at all its a problem... I have the Nvidia app installed on the Unraid 6.8.2. i have a GTX970 doing the transcoding for plex and thats all... no VM's nothing else... In Idle (meaning no transcoding.) this is what i get: +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 440.44 Driver Version: 440.44 CUDA Version: 10.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce GTX 970 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A | | 0% 50C P0 45W / 200W | 11MiB / 4042MiB | 0% Default | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: GPU Memory | | GPU PID Type Process name Usage | |=============================================================================| | No running processes found | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ What worries me is Temperature is 50C?? why... and fan is 0% and its using 45w... for me thats crazy in idle... Any one know why this is happening? FYI if i run a Transcode this is what i get: Sat Feb 29 15:53:45 2020 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 440.44 Driver Version: 440.44 CUDA Version: 10.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce GTX 970 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A | | 0% 59C P2 61W / 200W | 214MiB / 4042MiB | 0% Default | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: GPU Memory | | GPU PID Type Process name Usage | |=============================================================================| | 0 17818 C /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Transcoder 202MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Fan speed is still 0??? strange.