Unraid NAS - GPU or not?

[Aelred89]

I've recently switched from a windows desktop to a Mac Studio so I'm looking to cannibalise my old rig.

Would my Unraid NAS server benefit from a RTX 3080 for hardware decoding or is the Intel 10400 CPU enough for that task?

Is there any other benefit of chucking the GPU in the server?

Thanks!

 

[Steveocee]

I've recently switched from a windows desktop to a Mac Studio so I'm looking to cannibalise my old rig.

Would my Unraid NAS server benefit from a RTX 3080 for hardware decoding or is the Intel 10400 CPU enough for that task?

Is there any other benefit of chucking the GPU in the server?

Thanks!

Unless it's going to get some mega hard usage. Stick with the built in Intel. It's fine.