GTX970 / i5 4590 - NAS - Gaming - Question

[byseven]

Hello

 

I have my server up for few months, basically I have Plex and a NAS working

Now I add a Video card to rum a VM , I  can not make it work , so I need some help

That is what I have

Z97 Mate

i5 4590

Gtx 970

4 3T HD WD

1 250M SSD

16 G Memory DDR3 1600

 

 

I can get the LibreElec and OpenElec to work properly.

all the other vm will crashs or not even display.

 

Should I get a different video card ? what are my options to make my Plex/NAS a Gaming machine also ?

 

Thanks

 

[ashman70]

Your CPU has only four cores so right there you are a little limited. What OS are you trying to setup in your VM? How are you configuring the hardware in the VM? You don't want to dedicate more then 2 cores to the VM, leaving the other two to run unRAID and plex and openelec/libreElec, if you do, that may explain why its crashing. Your video card is sufficient, what kind of games were you wanting to play? Are you installing the the VM onto the SSD?

[byseven]

It was supposed to be just a big NAS and I was trying to add more on the same machine .

 

My son plays Steam ( Garrys mod ) I try the SteamOS ,It install but does not show anything after reboot

I try windows 10 with steam and it install , update drives , install steam , the games and when I try to open the games it goes to a black screen .