[unRaid overkill for my needs?]

15 hours ago, phbigred said:

2nd slot is PCI-E 2.0

Just for curiosity, they are no PCI-E 2.0 GPUs?

Couldn't I tell unraid to use the 2.0 PCI and the first 3.0 for win VM?

 

I've been out from the PC components world for a looong time.

[unRaid overkill for my needs?]

For what I have read more I would need at least 8Gbs more of RAM and more storage, also a second GPU (the Asrock AB350M Pro4 has 2 PCIe slots). I think for now I will go with Windows Bare Metal and a Linux VM with Atomic Toolkit and once I buy more RAM, storage and a second cheap GPU I will then move to unRAID.

 

@tdallen  @phbigred thank you both for your answers!

 

[unRaid overkill for my needs?]

Hi, tomorrow I will receive my first build and searching through internet I found about unRaid.

The purpose of the build is to serve as a gaming machine (mostly Fortnite 1080p 60FPS and Monsster Hunter World) and a Torrent + Plex Server Machine (I'm the only user so 1 stream at most and never at the same time as gaming. I want to access from local network or from outside).

My initial idea was to install Win10 as host and an Ubuntu VM with Atomic Toolkit, but then I came accross UnRaid and I think it would help.

What else do I need? Second SSD or HDD? more RAM?

This is my build:

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Type	Item
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard	ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage	Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card
Case	Fractal Design - Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
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