Recent content by dauntless101

That's good but I don't want to have to go buy all new 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 ECC memory. I already have a brand new kit of Corsair XMS3 that I would like to keep using. I have read that some Asrock boards have VT-d such as this, although I will probably still need to patch the network drivers Giga...

What Intel Haswell motherboards have the best out of the box compatibility with ESXi 5.5? I recently built a host going the AMD route with a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 and FX-8320 CPU and it works great, but I really want to virtualize a Mac OS server and the AMD-ported versions are buggy to say the...

Ah that's right. Well maybe I don't need a Mac OS server... I was just going to use it for experimentation and to set up a Time Machine backup server (AFP).

Thanks, yeah I did the same thing in VMware Workstation to test it out so I think it should work. I just need to pick a motherboard. I think I'm going to go the AMD route since it's considerably cheaper than going with Intel and this is just for testing/experimentation.

Thanks for the info, that's very helpful! I'll probably read through some other people's builds and see what motherboards they used and pick one from there. I want to get one with the best compatibility so that I don't have to replace it as soon as I need a feature.

I want to build an ESXi whitebox at home to do some testing on. I am open to any recommendations. I have read through some other people's hardware on here--I just want to make sure that I will have compatible hardware for pass-through after I buy everything. I will be running a Windows 2012...