virtulization Virtulization Server Help

[RobertS]

Hi all,

 

I am planning on making a virtulization server which i will RDP into  The OS the server will run is going to be a headless Hyper-V.  It will consist of a Home Theater PC and a Windows Development PC (Visual Studio, Unity etc). 

So far, i know i will be using a tower case and Hyper-V OS.

 

I do not want it to be as loud as some of the rack mounted servers used by enterprises, but also dont want to be spending more than £700 / $950.

I am still not sure on what parts to include.

 

Any tips and parts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[samcool55]

A 2700x, 32 gigs of ram (or 16 if you think that's enough), add a decent CPU cooler in a decent case and you are good to go!

The reason why rack mounted systems are so loud is because the fans have to be small, you can't fit a 120mm fan as you would in a normal desktop.

Small fans mean smaller area to move air, to compensate for that the fan speed goes up. And fast spinning fans are also loud.

[Viper9]

For your budget I think Ryzen is the way to go. RAM depends of your usage, but I would say at least 16GB. 

 

You can install Hyper-V Server on a USB stick so you won't waste any disk space for your hypervisor. Then you could use two SSD or HDD (depends of your budget) in RAID 1. 

[RobertS]

Completely different question, i currently have a GTX1060, so might make a gaming vm.  What is RDP like over ethernet?  Would gaming over rdp be a bad idea?