gjkthx Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I'm looking at doing an unraid build really soon and was wondering if I should get a NVIDIA Quadro P2000 or just build a new system for unraid? I currently have an intel 6700k with 32gig of ram that I would be using with the P2000, but am unsure if this would be enough power for my use cases or if this would work. The new build would just be built around an AMD 3600 or 3700. I ideally would like to have this be primarily a plex server for at least 4 people to stream simultaneously at once maybe at most 2 more and 1 or 2 VMs. Thanks Quote Link to comment
severalboxes Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Hard to go wrong with the P2000. It makes short work of transcoding while only using about 20 watts. Quote Link to comment
Decto Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) On 10/13/2020 at 12:51 AM, gjkthx said: I'm looking at doing an unraid build really soon and was wondering if I should get a NVIDIA Quadro P2000 or just build a new system for unraid? I currently have an intel 6700k with 32gig of ram that I would be using with the P2000, but am unsure if this would be enough power for my use cases or if this would work. The new build would just be built around an AMD 3600 or 3700. I ideally would like to have this be primarily a plex server for at least 4 people to stream simultaneously at once maybe at most 2 more and 1 or 2 VMs. Thanks The iGPU in the 6700k will be fine for most uses unless you are trying to transcode a very modern format. If you are doing a new build primarily for media, a modern iGPU from intel would be my preference over the P2000 and cheaper than a Ryzen + P2000. If you need lots of cores for other workloads or server levels of PCI-E lanes then a P2000 is a good option however this is in the 12+ cores / mass PCI-E rather than a mid range Ryzen. Edited October 14, 2020 by Decto Quote Link to comment
gjkthx Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 thank you both. Quote Link to comment
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