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Graphics performance won't matter at all for most nas tasks, get the cheapest gpu that will work. Something like a 5450 is plenty.

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I am wokring on maing a NAS using older parts of my plast PC. But I need a graphics card to output the system. Would it be worth just getting one of those $50 cheap graphics cards just so I can have an output and start making it, or wait for the graphics card market to calm down. Don't know how much graphics card performce would affect a NAS, but I don't want to make a stupid purchase. Thanks for the help.

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GPU performance for a simple NAS makes literally no difference at all. The cheapest card you can find will work, even if it has the performance of a potato. As long as you can get the system to boot you'll be fine. 

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Whats the rest of the build?

 

Graphics performance won't matter at all for most nas tasks, get the cheapest gpu that will work. Something like a 5450 is plenty.

I have an older Asrock motherboard running a intel i7 2700 and a 80+ gold 800 watt power supply. I don;t know why the motherbaord won't accept the intergated graphics. Tried bios update, reset cmos, different cables, etc., so to get a graphics card is the next best option

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1 minute ago, MagNovax said:

I have an older Asrock motherboard running a intel i7 2700 and a 80+ gold 800 watt power supply. I don;t know why the motherbaord won't accept the intergated graphics. Tried bios update, reset cmos, different cables, etc., so to get a graphics card is the next best option

16 gb of ddr3 ram

 

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12 minutes ago, MagNovax said:

I have an older Asrock motherboard running a intel i7 2700 and a 80+ gold 800 watt power supply. I don;t know why the motherbaord won't accept the intergated graphics. Tried bios update, reset cmos, different cables, etc., so to get a graphics card is the next best option

Yea then just get the cheapest gpu that will work then.

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