What scenarios does a home server need a GPU? - eviltoast

I want to host security cameras and a plex server. Does this mean that my server needs a GPU? (Or would benefit from one). I heard plex does fine with just a CPU

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    1 year ago

    Yes, GPU for transcoding is reason enough, but object detection using frigate, or AI stuff is nice also. Buy a nvidia.