Reddit mentions of ZOTAC GeForce GT 730 Zone Edition 4GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 (x8 lanes) Graphics Card (ZT-71115-20L)

Hey replace the GT 610 with this:
https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-Profile-Graphics-ZT-71115-20L/dp/B00R5UW038

Zotac GT 730 with 4GB VRAM, passive cooled - no noise at all! And you also save $ 15 ;-)

And maybe get a 450W PSU, just to be safe!

Just to give you an idea, I grabbed one of these single slot 710’s.

It actually struggles a bit with 3 1080p displays running Netflix and a bunch of tabs, so a 730 might have been better.

Keep in mind this card is about the same as the newer 1030 you might see - they don’t change the architecture of the low end cards much.

Thanks so much for the response. I've found a few low pro cards, but finding the power requirements is a little more challenging.

This one seems to tick all your boxes but I can't see where the PSU requirements are listed, although one of the comments mentions it being good for machines with under 300w.

Here's the Zotac I mentioned in my OP

Edit: the Zotac is listed on the manufacturer's site as being 49w, but min PSU of 300. Are they playing it safe? I would rather have 4GB than 2GB unless GDDR5 is substantially better than GDDR3

Edit Edit: GDDR5 is obviously much better than 3. So as long as that EVGA card I found is the correct spec I think it's my best choice.

Okay I get it, Thanks!

Sorry for pestering you about this so much but what are you opinions on the GT 1030 2gb?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GeForce-Profile-Express-Graphics/dp/B071HPN262/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1520154536&sr=8-4&keywords=gtx+750

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-PH-GT1030-O2G-GeForce-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B0727WGG3F/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1520155002&sr=1-3&keywords=gt+1030

Or the GT 730 4gb?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ZOTAC-ZT-71115-20L-GeForce-Graphics-Card/dp/B00R5UW038/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520155123&sr=8-1&keywords=gt+730+4gb

Its a little bit more my budget and I could afford to get an SSD alongside it, where as if I go with the 1050 I'll probably wait 2 or 3 months before I get the SSD

Hey danke sehr für die Hinweise! Das mit dem Adapter und vor allem genügend Power auf der 12V Schiene habe und [](http://www.cpusolutions.com/store/pc/Asus-GeForce-GT730-2048MB-GDDR3-PCI-Express-2-0-p3886.htm)hätte ich nie heraus gefunden.

-Gigabyte GA-870A USB3 Motherboard

-soweit ich weiß ist das ein älterer AMD Phenom II X4 840 CPU und

-nur eine low prolife GraKa GT 730 DDR3, 64-bit

-450W Netzteil

Meinste du das reicht? Danke im Vorraus. Weiß das alles sehr zu schätzen.

https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-Express-Graphics-ZT-71115-20L/dp/B00R5UW038/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1518294190&sr=1-1&keywords=graphics+card&refinements=p_36%3A1253505011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A6066316011

Thanks, this is great info. A few things:

>1 - CPU pinning, which is what you are doing, is not dedicating cores to the VM. The Linux scheduler (UnRAID), is free to run other tasks on those cores if it needs to, but, it will only run the VM processes on those 2 cores. If you truly wanted to dedicate those 2 cores to the VM, you would isolate them, then pin the VM to those cores. RAM is treated like any other processes RAM on Linux, and as long as there is space, it wont page it out to disk.

Sounds like then there is no real disadvantage for me to up the cores. Because if the VM isn't under lead (which is won't be since I'm using it to remote into for desktop tasks, not long lived hard core jobs or intense gaming), the cores are available for the server to use for other things outside the VM. Do i have that right?

>3 - I would start with adding a cheap GPU and passing it through. You may need a dongle to trick it into thinking there is a monitor connected if you are purely going Remote Desktop though.

I have a Supermicro X10SLm-F which has 3 PCI slots: One PCIe 2.0 x8, One PCIe 3.0 x8 and One PCIe 3.0 x16.

In the PCIe 2.0 x8, I have an LSI 9201 sata card.

In the PCIe 3.0 x18, I have the Nvidia P4000 GPU for Plex hardware transcoding.

So this leads the PCIe 3.0 x8. Any suggestions for what kind of GPU to get? Quick look on amazon came up with these:

MSI Geforce ZT 710 2GB ($45): https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT-710-2GD3H-LP/dp/B01AZHOX5K/r

Zotac Geforce ZT 710 2GB ($80): https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-Express-Graphics-ZT-71115-20L/dp/B00R5UW038/

Gigabyte Geforce ZT 710 4GB ($55): https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-Graphic-Interface-GV-N710D5-2GL/dp/B073SWN4ZM/

>From there I would look at a new CPU/Motherboard. If you are wanting more VM's, now is a great time with AMD. You could triple your core count with a Ryzen 3900x, wait for the 3950x and quadruple it, or wait even a bit longer and get 24+ cores with Threadripper 3 that is expected soon.

I'll start w/ GPU first like you suggested and go from there. I considered the Ryzen originally when i did some work to upgrade my server recently, but opted to stay with my current mainboard as I read there were issues with Ryzen motherboard BIOS and unraid. Is this resolved?

Your best bet is likely something like the Quadro K1200 or the FirePro W4300/W4100. Nothing else is going to fit and be really beefy enough.

Or maybe the Zotac GT 730. I've got the PCIE x1 version of the card and while the heatsink is a bit big, it should fit in the case.