Advise on virtual server and gaming

[keithbucknall]

Hey all,

Just wondered what you thought on the spec below to run a number of virtual machines and then be enough to play BF3?

Thanks



Here is your chosen specification...

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-3930K (3.2GHz) 12MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79 PRO: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011

Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(8 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti 448 CORE (BETTER THAN 2GB VERSION!)
Free Item
Free Item
FREE Battlefield 3 with Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 CORE!

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

SSD CACHE DRIVE
20GB INTEL® SSD 311 SERIES - CACHE DRIVE FOR SYSTEM / 1st HDD

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)

Processor Cooling
INTEL CERTIFIED LIQUID CPU COOLER FOR SOCKET LG2011

Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
Bigfoot Killer 2100 PCI-E Gigabit LAN Card - Max Gaming (£59)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity 1

 

[jonny123]

Ill leave most of the advice for other people as i dont know much about what your computer is going to be used for but i think (Someone correct me if im wrong)The ssd is most effective in the first hdd slot fr the operating system etc then the 2ND HDD for storage.

 

[Phoenix]

Yeah that will be fine

 

[Rakk]

Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(8 x 4GB KIT)

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Win7 Home Premium can use a maximum of 16GB of RAM, so to use 32GB you will need Win7 Professional or higher.
32GB of RAM is an awful lot, do you need that much (I'm asking cos I just don't know how much RAM you will need)?

(Someone correct me if im wrong)The ssd is most effective in the first hdd slot fr the operating system etc then the 2ND HDD for storage.

That is correct, however, he has chosen an SSD cache drive for the 1st HDD, rather than selected an SSD as the 2nd drive, so it's perfectly fine