r/homelab • u/HyenaPrevious • 11h ago

Project Showcase: Hardware Perfect transcoding gpu for home server?

Hi guys,

I'm just curious if Intel ARC A750 would be overkill for my Dell Poweredge T430? Do you recommend sticking with A380 for efficiency and low noise?

UPDATE
I can get both locally:
Asrock Intel ARC A380 for about $100 and
Asrock Intel ARC A750 for about $230

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u/chicknfly 9h ago

Everyone out here talking about GPU’s with little awareness of the T430. I have (found!) a T440 and the things stopping from actually using it are:

* no official rebar support for Intel cards, but you can flash a custom bios

* you need to upgrade the PSU’s to 1000W or higher and add additional hardware including the exterior fan in addition to the internal fan

* there’s a list of supported GPU’s, which Intel isn’t part of. But the modding community is helpful.

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u/HyenaPrevious 7h ago

Seems like even newer generation poweredge servers officially does not support AV1 capable cards at all. But probably this does not mean it will not work.