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Recomended CPU for gaming virtualization

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Hello everyone! I would like to preface this by saying that I have limited experience with servers, but I DO have my own rack with a couple old Poweredge R420's which have served me well. My objective in this is to replace the various desktops within my home with a single server containing 2 or 4 Xeon CPU's with all the dedicated GPU's from throughout my machines  (kind of like what Linus has done recently with his and his wife's machine and his VR build) I have sorted out what chassis I will use but I am stuck on motherboard and CPU's. I am open to using used hardware, mainly I want each CPU to cost less than ~$150 each and the total machine to have 24+ cores for all my VM's. I want similar single-thread performance to my i7-8700 (In my main gaming rig) Also, I am looking for an OS to manage VM's with and I have semi-decided on UNraid, although I am open to suggestions if anyone has objections (It must have GPU passthrough, obv) Thanks!

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I think a good bet might be a high clock-speed X79 Xeon, like from Linus's recent video. Lots of decommissioned server boards and CPUs on that platform

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