Alphashepard

I don't know why i never stumbled across the LTT video "2 gaming rig, 1 tower" that does look like a really close working example from what I'm looking for. I'll try to follow what's being done in the video, as I don't think I need to change a lot. From my testing yesterday, the headless machine will just need the GPU, a small ssd and 2 cores. Is there any concern/advantage when splitting physical cores to two VM (1 thread each) ? or is it a non issue ? I know that Unraid doesn't know about threads, but I'm not familiar with AMD latest architecture to know if I should bother making sure thread pairing is respected. Thanks for the heads up on the Error 43, googling it oppens up a huge investigation nightmare, Hopefully it'll be easier with unraid.

Hello everyone, To get some context, here's the hardware and detailed on my plan for the next month trying to upgrade my current machine : Be aware that I didn't try anything yet, and all this work is just preemptive research to see if my goal is achievable. To summarise, I'm going to be upgrading my GPU from a 1070 to a 2070s. Since I won't be needing the 1070 anymore (plan is to use the old stuff like cpu, ram and mb for an HTPC) I'd like to investigate the possibility of creating a headless VM with GPU passthrough to the 1070 so that my friend can play remotely on it while I'm still using the computer. I've done some initial homework and here's the checklist that I'm keeping : Even if there's some hack associated with it, Parsec (the gaming remote software I'll be using for the VM) does support headless machine The platform I'll be upgrading to (AMD ryzen 3rd gen and the MSI x570 motherboard) support AMD-V for hardware virtualisation I'm going from 16 to 32Gb of ram to account for the VM overhead and having two systems at the same time My storage solution might need some revision, but I think I might get away with what I have considering the headless VM will be used to play a verry limited amount of game (<100GB of game + OS) My Current PSU of 600W might be enough, but I'll be upgrading to something else to avoid getting poor power efficiency, especially with the Bronze one I have atm. I do have access to 2 different key of windows 10 I got access to a cheap laptop if I ever have to setup or use an hypervisor My desktop machine is wired to simplify the setup Nothing will be plugged into the 1070 in normal use, but I do have access to a old tv that I can use for debugging or setup purposes I also have some requirement on what I want to achieve : I want both my main OS and the headless one to starts whenever the computer is switched on I want to be able to game on both system at the same time, so discrete audio and video output I want my system to support Wake-on-lan as it's part of my house automation (my pc case being out of reach to actually use the power button daily) I got a few question on how to conceptually do it, I'm curious and got an IT background, so I'm fairly certain that the technicality will not be a problem here Is it more sensible to have 2 VM both running out of a bare-bone host like unraid ? or should I just try to host the headless machine through my main windows system (and is this solution even possible) What would be the overhead difference between the two solution ? Would getting a separate network card help in anyway ? I know a few things around networking, but it isn't my strong suite I'm afraid. Is there any solution that would let me edit the amount of allocated CPU cores at run time without having to restart VMs ? The idea being that the headless VM would be used just a couple of hours a day, and when it's not, getting the cores allocated to my main OS would be idea not a huge issue, but if it's not really practical, I'll go for a 3900x instead of the 3800x. Because my needs or probably unusual, I'm not expecting anyone to have an already made tutorial or anything, Virtualisation looks really deep and wide as a subject, so if anyone has any idea on which technology might be better to use, that would actually be really helpful. I'm currently looking at videos and skimming old forum posts, but I wouldn't want to ignore a quick and easy solution to my problem. Feel free to correct me on any assumption that would be wrong, and again, any input, even small ones, pointing me in the right direction are appreciated. Thanks

Hello everyone, My post is more of an upgrade and enhance than a proper build, Here's the current setup : CPU : 4690k@4.5GHz MB : Msi z97 pcmate RAM : ddr3 kingston hyperx furry 4x4Go @1866MHz PSU : Be quiet Pure power 600W GPU : Gigabyte 1070 Gaming G1 8Go Cooler : Be Quiet shadow rock 2 Storage HDD : 1Tb & 2Tb Seagate Storage SSD : Kingston 120Go(OS) & Samsung Evo 500Go(Game) Dual Screen : 1080p @60Hz & 1080p @144Hz Apart from the GPU upgrade and storage improvement 2 years ago this system has been serving me very well for the last 4.5years. Next goal would be to get the same 3 to 4 year future proofing in terms of CPU & RAM. My Current usage is 1080p gaming, always trying to push towards 144Hz at High settings, but I don't mind ultra at a lower frame rate. I do tend to watch videos and streams when I'm playing. I also do a lot of game dev with Unity and OpenGL and sometime do 3d modelling at the same time, Although I'm not a power user and just casually learning stuff. What I was planing to buy for this upgrade : CPU : 3800X (I don't mind the extra ££ from the 3700x as my budget is not tight by any mean) MB : MSI X570 A-PRO RAM : 2x16Go Corsair vengence 3200MHz C16 SSD : 1TB M.2 Nvme SSD PSU : Corsair RM750X GPU : Gigabyte 2070 Super Gaming OC 8G All of that being in the neighbourhood of £1370, I do want the budget to stay in-between &1000 to &1500. I won't need a new cooler as I just received an AM4 mounting bracket adaptor for my shadowrock2 from be quiet last week. I'm still going to have the same workflow when I upgrade, and I don't plan on getting to 2560 or 4k in the near future. In adition to all of that, I'd like to add and configure a headless virtual machine that would use the old GPU and a few of the 3800x cores. The goal being that my friend who's got a old laptop (and don't plan on getting a gaming one) can use it to play games remotely, probably using parsec. I've yet to properly investigate how I would go about setting everything up. and I know there's probably going to be a few hacks and caveats along the way, Although it's not the main point of this post, if anyone with knowledge on that part wants to drop me a message with a few tip, that would be cool. I'm planing on reusing the old hardware (CPU, RAM, MB, sandinsk SSD and PSU) to build a small HTPC that would be used to also remote into said VM, access my movie library and streaming services. The cpu will go back at stock with the intel cooler, and I don't think I'll need a dedicated gpu for this build, especially if I want to go with a small form-factor enclosure. Apart from the obvious "Am I going in the right direction in terms of component ?", I got a few questions : - Would the PSU choice be enough to drive the two GPU at the same time ? - Considering the virtualisation, would it make sense to think about the 3900x for more headroom ? - A 2080 would probably be more future proof, but it does seems to be an overkill choice for a 1080 setup, am I right ? - Do I need any extra hardware stuff to get the virtualisation going ? I'm thinking networking, sound card, but I don't know yet if it's going to be required. - If the VM stuff isn't possible, Could I stick with the old Be quiet PSU in my main build and get a cheaper SFX one in the HTPC ? (going down to 2x8Gb of ram would also make sense I guess) Thanks everyone.