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Hi all,

I have a little dilemma

Currently i have my desktop PC, which is showing its age and playing games is somewhat frustrating

E8500, 8GB, 320GB Sata, 4870 1GB, Windows 7 X64

My single ESXI 5 machine is as follows

i7 920, EX58-UD5, 12B (6x2GB), 1x Intel PCI-E x1 for management, 1x Intel Quad Port GB PCI-E and then both onboard nics

Storage is local, Dell Perc 5i with 512mb and BBU with 4x1TB Raid 10

I was thinking of having just one machine, the i7 and using virtualbox instead (£170 for vmware workstation 9 is a little steep), however it would make the Perc 5i setup redundant as i was thinking of the following

i7 920
EX58-UD5
24GB (6x4GB)
256GB Crucial M4 (already purchased) (VM OS's)
180GB Intel 520 (already purchased) OS/Games
1TB WD Black (Already Purchased) - Data drives / games

that leaves me with the perc 5i, 4x1tb and the intel nics spare

however i do like the performance of a dedicated ESXI box, im just trying to find the most cost effective solution

Any suggestions are gratefully received
 
How much RAM can you put in the desktop PC? If you can stuff more RAM in your old desktop, swap 'em. Slower CPU wouldn't much affect most VM workloads (YMMV). Looks like the E8500 can do VT-x and VT-d, so you're good there.
 
Good point, however DDR2 is almost non existent now, the P5Q Deluxe supports 16GB

Anywhere online in the UK have a reasonable price for 4GB DDR2 modules?
 
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