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Different issue, but related to video: if you build a server around high-end Ryzen chips, there is no onboard video. I could not find a no-gpu card that was a g

Different issue, but related to video: if you build a server around high-end Ryzen chips, there is no onboard video. I could not find a no-gpu card that was a good fit for this scenario. There may be a market for a low-feature, low-tdp PCIe graphics card.

wheybags 5y ago
Sure, they exist, I believe you can still buy a geforce GT 710 for about 50 quid. I have a ryzen server at home, my old one had a 710 in it, but I upgraded to an asrock rack mobo that has an integrated IP kvm / ipmi bmc, which is a pretty good option for a real server (mine is just for home though).
- cturner 5y ago
  Funnily enough, I have a GT 710 kicking around for this purpose. But my point - a hardware firm should be able to retail a no-feature, no-gpu PCIe VGA card with no passive power draw for a good deal less than 50 quid. Those asrock rack units look like quality, and do have onboard video and IPMI. But they cost a lot more than a B450m pro4. Part of the magic of Ryzen is that you can now get ECC-capable systems at consumer prices, apart from the cost of the RAM itself. This has not been the case since the 486 era.
  - detaro 5y ago
    This would be quite a niche item, which gets in the way of it being a cheap commodity. Might be some chinese manufacturer that does one around an aspeed chip (or a clone of it) or something, but even there it seems like old mainstream chipsets are more common in the cheap offerings. And a low-end GPU that's not doing anything is also quite power-efficient nowadays, so you don't save much in that regard.
- Anarch157a 5y ago
  ASrock sells an m.2 graphics card witha a Silicon Motion VGA chip with only 16MB VRAM[0], this should be enough for your needs. [0]https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asrock-m2-graphics-card https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asrock-m2-graphics-card
theandrewbailey 5y ago
I bought a pair of passively cooled Geforce 210 cards about a decade ago. I put one in my basement server (the other one went to my parents PC). On the rare occasion I'm in front of it, it puts text and GUIs on a CRT, and if I want to push it, video.
zokier 5y ago
That's why Nvidia just launched GT 1010: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gt-1010-released https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gt-1010-released 30w TDP, probably lot less idle consumption, can fit to low profile designs, can be cooled passively, and costs probably around $50.

wheybags 5y ago

Sure, they exist, I believe you can still buy a geforce GT 710 for about 50 quid. I have a ryzen server at home, my old one had a 710 in it, but I upgraded to an asrock rack mobo that has an integrated IP kvm / ipmi bmc, which is a pretty good option for a real server (mine is just for home though).

cturner 5y ago
Funnily enough, I have a GT 710 kicking around for this purpose. But my point - a hardware firm should be able to retail a no-feature, no-gpu PCIe VGA card with no passive power draw for a good deal less than 50 quid. Those asrock rack units look like quality, and do have onboard video and IPMI. But they cost a lot more than a B450m pro4. Part of the magic of Ryzen is that you can now get ECC-capable systems at consumer prices, apart from the cost of the RAM itself. This has not been the case since the 486 era.
- detaro 5y ago
  This would be quite a niche item, which gets in the way of it being a cheap commodity. Might be some chinese manufacturer that does one around an aspeed chip (or a clone of it) or something, but even there it seems like old mainstream chipsets are more common in the cheap offerings. And a low-end GPU that's not doing anything is also quite power-efficient nowadays, so you don't save much in that regard.
Anarch157a 5y ago
ASrock sells an m.2 graphics card witha a Silicon Motion VGA chip with only 16MB VRAM[0], this should be enough for your needs. [0]https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asrock-m2-graphics-card https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asrock-m2-graphics-card

theandrewbailey 5y ago

I bought a pair of passively cooled Geforce 210 cards about a decade ago. I put one in my basement server (the other one went to my parents PC). On the rare occasion I'm in front of it, it puts text and GUIs on a CRT, and if I want to push it, video.

zokier 5y ago

That's why Nvidia just launched GT 1010: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gt-1010-released https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gt-1010-released 30w TDP, probably lot less idle consumption, can fit to low profile designs, can be cooled passively, and costs probably around $50.