Ryzen 2 Gaming Rigs, 1 Tower

[NHE1803]

Maybe Linus can build 2 Gaming Rigs, 1 Tower by using Ryzen Processor. If really can, try to use the Radeon GPU and use some Red, RGB as decoration to prove the real team red. I hope the video is sponsored by AMD. Please don't take this silly idea too seriously. Most people will see this post topic twice because I post on the wrong topic.

[8-Bit Ninja]

1 minute ago, IAmLastPrime said:

Maybe Linus can build 2 Gaming Rigs, 1 Tower by using Ryzen Processor. If really can, try to use the Radeon GPU and use some Red, RGB as decoration to prove the real team red. I hope the video is sponsored by AMD. Please don't take this silly idea too seriously. Most people will see this post topic twice because I post on the wrong topic.

why, all that would achieve is 2 gamer's 1 cpu but with amd instead of intel, effectively the same video 

[LogicalDrm]

I think some new weird build idea is 100x better than redoing same idea with different hardware. Besides, they already upped it with 7 gamers, 1 CPU.

[Drak3]

If they're going to revisit the idea, it's to overdo it (again). If anything, it'd be 16 (or 32, if they want to mimic dual cores) gamers, 2 CPUs with a Naples system consisting of dual 32 core chips.

[LogicalDrm]

8 hours ago, Drak3 said:

If they're going to revisit the idea, it's to overdo it (again). If anything, it'd be 16 (or 32, if they want to mimic dual cores) gamers, 2 CPUs with a Naples system consisting of dual 32 core chips.

I'm pretty sure CPUs won't become limitations so why go overboard with it? I was under the impression PCIe lanes and GPUs were the limitation since every gamer needs their own.

[Drak3]

50 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

I'm pretty sure CPUs won't become limitations so why go overboard with it? I was under the impression PCIe lanes and GPUs were the limitation since every gamer needs their own.

Overdoing it was what they did when they did the 7 gamers, 1 CPU video. And quite honestly, there would be zero reason for them to revisit the idea, it's just a matter of scale and they've demonstrated that.

[yathis]

Already been done, the computer won something somewhere.

[alexcheetah]

Maybe instead a 4 games one cpu and have all gamers play a cs:go lan party on a single cpu.

[LogicalDrm]

6 hours ago, alexcheetah said:

Maybe instead a 4 games one cpu and have all gamers play a cs:go lan party on a single cpu.

Have you watched videos we are talking about?

[Beef Boss]

Smallest builds with amd. How bout that?

[DirtyDel]

I have been lurking here for years, had to make a profile to get in on this convo.

 

I definitely think it would draw interest to revisit 2 gaming rigs 1 tower with AMD vs Intel. Most people love 2 gaming rigs 1 tower but never found it affordable. Showcasing AMD as a cheaper, yet capable, alternative would be pretty awesome.

 

Personally, I have been planning a Limetech-virtualized build for a while. I wanted to wait on Ryzen's performance/cost, and see if Intel's 6900 came down in price. I have searched the internet everyday since Ryzen released to see if anyone anywhere completed a virtualized build with Ryzen (utilizing Limetech); however I have yet to see it. I really just want to know if Ryzen can utilize Limetech like Linus did in the original video. That alone interests me- a lot.

 

I'll cross my fingers, hoping more of you guys want to see it as well.

[sazrocks]

On 3/16/2017 at 10:32 AM, DirtyDel said:

I have been lurking here for years, had to make a profile to get in on this convo.

 

I definitely think it would draw interest to revisit 2 gaming rigs 1 tower with AMD vs Intel. Most people love 2 gaming rigs 1 tower but never found it affordable. Showcasing AMD as a cheaper, yet capable, alternative would be pretty awesome.

 

Personally, I have been planning a Limetech-virtualized build for a while. I wanted to wait on Ryzen's performance/cost, and see if Intel's 6900 came down in price. I have searched the internet everyday since Ryzen released to see if anyone anywhere completed a virtualized build with Ryzen (utilizing Limetech); however I have yet to see it. I really just want to know if Ryzen can utilize Limetech like Linus did in the original video. That alone interests me- a lot.

 

I'll cross my fingers, hoping more of you guys want to see it as well.

The problem is that right now very few Linux kernels actually support ryzen, and those who have tried unRAID(LimeTech is the company, not the product) with ryzen have reported crashes, and iommu groups are a mess right now, so don't expect anything proper right now. Though, AFAIK one person managed to stop the crashes, but I doubt he tried VMs. I would encourage you to go make a post on the LimeTech forums, the people over there know that they're doing. 

 

Also know that this is not plug and play stuff, and takes quite a bit of time (I recently built a 2 gamers 1 CPU build but with lesser powered hardware - took 6+ hours before I actually got the second vm kinda working and many more before properly getting it working, and I still don't have audio on the second vm), especially since ryzen is bleeding edge. 

 

Oh and VAC hates VMs and will actively kick you out of VAC servers for using one (rip my plans  for me and my friend to both play csgo on my computer...), and if you dare suggest that they fix that, be prepared for the hostility.

 

But as for the OP: 

Ryzen is too bleeding edge right now and isn't supported properly by unRAID, so a build like this probably won't come out for a while.

 

Though, it would be nice to see a "2-3 gamers one CPU on a budget" build.

[DirtyDel]

On 3/18/2017 at 1:31 AM, sazrocks said:

The problem is that right now very few Linux kernels actually support ryzen, and those who have tried unRAID(LimeTech is the company, not the product) with ryzen have reported crashes, and iommu groups are a mess right now, so don't expect anything proper right now. Though, AFAIK one person managed to stop the crashes, but I doubt he tried VMs. I would encourage you to go make a post on the LimeTech forums, the people over there know that they're doing. 

 

Also know that this is not plug and play stuff, and takes quite a bit of time (I recently built a 2 gamers 1 CPU build but with lesser powered hardware - took 6+ hours before I actually got the second vm kinda working and many more before properly getting it working, and I still don't have audio on the second vm), especially since ryzen is bleeding edge. 

 

Oh and VAC hates VMs and will actively kick you out of VAC servers for using one (rip my plans  for me and my friend to both play csgo on my computer...), and if you dare suggest that they fix that, be prepared for the hostility.

 

But as for the OP: 

Ryzen is too bleeding edge right now and isn't supported properly by unRAID, so a build like this probably won't come out for a while.

 

Though, it would be nice to see a "2-3 gamers one CPU on a budget" build.

Thanks for the term clarification. 

 

Also, I had no idea about VAC on Steam, that's huge to a lot of people thinking about an unraid vm.

 

I still plan on doing the build, since I don't think I play any VAC secure games.

 

Solid post. Thanks for the info

[NHE1803]

On 3/17/2017 at 1:32 AM, DirtyDel said:

I have been lurking here for years, had to make a profile to get in on this convo.

 

I definitely think it would draw interest to revisit 2 gaming rigs 1 tower with AMD vs Intel. Most people love 2 gaming rigs 1 tower but never found it affordable. Showcasing AMD as a cheaper, yet capable, alternative would be pretty awesome.

 

Personally, I have been planning a Limetech-virtualized build for a while. I wanted to wait on Ryzen's performance/cost, and see if Intel's 6900 came down in price. I have searched the internet everyday since Ryzen released to see if anyone anywhere completed a virtualized build with Ryzen (utilizing Limetech); however I have yet to see it. I really just want to know if Ryzen can utilize Limetech like Linus did in the original video. That alone interests me- a lot.

 

I'll cross my fingers, hoping more of you guys want to see it as well.

Finally, you share the same idea with me.

[CtrlAltELITE]

WHe not a budget 2 gamers 1 CPU? Try to build a 2 gamers rig that is less than double the price of your average i5 6600k + gtx970 combo. Make an actual meaningful consumer video out of it including explanation of means of distributing i/o.

[NHE1803]

On 3/24/2017 at 10:41 PM, CtrlAltELITE said:

WHe not a budget 2 gamers 1 CPU? Try to build a 2 gamers rig that is less than double the price of your average i5 6600k + gtx970 combo. Make an actual meaningful consumer video out of it including explanation of means of distributing i/o.

I like your answer with great explanation.