2 Desktops, 1 CPU - unRAID or roll my own Linux/KVM/QEMU setup?

[dexbot]

2 Desktops, 1 CPU

I'm not a baller like Linus is, so I'm not doing anything crazy like setting up 5+ gaming rigs in one box, but I do want to use Linux more and still be able to game at full-tilt without rebooting. I'm planning a Ryzen system (at least 6 core/12 thread and at least 32 GB RAM), and I want to use Linux as my primary OS. I am not an entirely boring person, though, and I want to game in a VM either hosted by a Linux OS or have a primary Linux VM and a Windows VM hosted by unRAID. I'm planning on passing through SSD storage and a graphics card to the Windows system while using another graphics card and SSD with my Linux OS.

I have some Linux experience, and I'm willing to learn how to set this all up on, say, a Fedora host, but I also want something stable that won't take forever to get working correctly.

 

I'd like to use Linux as my OS mainly, but I'd also like to easily switch into my Windows VM when I want to game and then exit back to my Linux guest for regular desktop usage.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Id probably just use fedora. Id just about as esay to use a unraid for vms. Just install virt-manager and enable iommu.