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Looking for Good cheap gpu for plex (unraid docker)

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Looking for something that can transcode or just offload the processing from the cpu, at most 2 streams will be active and 99% of things will be 720/1080 60. Will be the odd thing here and there at 4k but nothing more than that, I was thinking maybe a gt710 or similar but considering it's for an unraid docker instance would another card be better suited or should I put in the effort to have a dedicated vm for it?

 

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you can easilly get a GTX 1660S or RX 6600 for around 300-400 USD, fairly cheap, pretty good. i dont know exactly what is needed for plex despite having a plex server in my house myself. all i know is these have at least double if not quadruple the ammount of DRAM, and i believe would be better for most systems and applications, Plex i believe would mainly rely on the cpu as i believe you said but you dont want a gpu that will bottleneck it.

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The cheapest GPU with the latest NVENC encoder (Turing) is the 1650 Super. 

 

Keep in mind that GPU transcoding requires a Plex Pass subscription. 

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HD 785077870s (anything above a 7750 really)  will do this and you can get those for like $50 on eBay.

I edit the shit out of my posts.  Refresh before you respond.

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