Hello everyone,
I am new here, so please have a little bit of understanding that my technical knowledge is a bit limited. I am coming from the synology world... and I have 3 days of experience with UNRAID 🙂
I am looking for some advice with regards a possible setup for my server.
Hardware:
- Intel Core i7 6700K 4GHz LGA 1151 - Skylake
- Motherboard ASUS Z170-K
- Onboard graphics Intel HD 530
- 16Gb DDR4
- Multiple hard drives, but not relevant right now.
- optional: Very old GPU Asus 6600 LE - might not support passthrough
Here is what I am trying to achieve:
- Have unraid run a Windows (preferred) or MacOS for my daily tasks - with dual monitors - extended desktop mode.
- On the VM: No gaming, no video/photo editing - just normal MS Office stuff, MS Teams, Web browsing, youtube, etc.
- On Unraid: Docker with Radarr, Sonarr, Transmission, Plex (light - no 4k, max 1 steam at a time), nextcloud, hassio.
What I tried so far:
- install the old GPU (6600LE) - set bios settings to consider this the main GPU - for unraid
- install a Windows VM - tried to get the intel 530 passthrough using some of the instructions on this forum. I did manage to get it working but only with one monitor on DVI - HDMI and VGA are not sending any signal to the second monitor.
- try to install the intel 530 drivers -> DVI also stops working.
- in this process, i also noticed some Kernel errors when connecting the monitor to the old card.
So, what I have in mind is to give up on trying to:
- passthrough the intel onboard graphics card - too complicated for me
- use the old 6600 GPU
and instead to buy a cheap GPU which allows me to be easily passthough for a windows VM.
What I had in mind was this:
- buy a GT 710 https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/product/B07489XSJP/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A8KICS1PHF7ZO&psc=1
- have it configured to passthrough for my dual monitor win10 vm
- use the intel onboard graphics for plex and the rest of the docker containers until the current GPU supply chain crisis is passing
- later on (when I will have money) add an NVIDIA Quadro to take over the PLEX workload.
My concerns:
- will the onboard GPU be enough to take care of some Plex streaming without huge performance issues?
- will I be able to make the dual monitor setup in win10 VM work with a GT 710?
Many thanks