Need motherboard that supports virtualization for '2 gamers 1 tower' setup

[acondie13]

I'm doing something similar to linus's 2 gamers 1 tower setup and I need a motherboard that supports virtualization for this. I have a skylake i5 6500, and 16 gb ddr4. I would prefer it to cost under $100 but it's open for a little wiggle room.

[The_Denks]

6 minutes ago, acondie13 said:

I'm doing something similar to linus's 2 gamers 1 tower setup and I need a motherboard that supports virtualization for this. I have a skylake i5 6500, and 16 gb ddr4. I would prefer it to cost under $100 but it's open for a little wiggle room.

Jeez.

With a 6500, each VM will only have 2 cores. That's a serious problem, especially if you are going to be gaming.

 

Pretty much every motherboard will support VM's.

That is because software controls the VM's, not hardware.

 

I would still recommend using an X99 system, as you will have more cores per VM.

[The_Denks]

9 minutes ago, acondie13 said:

I'm doing something similar to linus's 2 gamers 1 tower setup and I need a motherboard that supports virtualization for this. I have a skylake i5 6500, and 16 gb ddr4. I would prefer it to cost under $100 but it's open for a little wiggle room.

Sorry, to answer your question, just go to PCPP, motherboards, z170 chipset (filter), and find the one you want for the price you want

 

One you might like

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/jQqbt6/asus-motherboard-z170med3

 

2 things:

Asus has the best support for VM's on their motherboards.

For $100, you will HAVE to get mATX or smaller

[KSores]

I'd go for more cores because 2 per VM is just not enough

[TheRandomness]

29 minutes ago, UberGamerKing said:

Jeez.

With a 6500, each VM will only have 2 cores. That's a serious problem, especially if you are going to be gaming.

 

Pretty much every motherboard will support VM's.

That is because software controls the VM's, not hardware.

 

I would still recommend using an X99 system, as you will have more cores per VM.

Or.. you know... Xeon E3-1231v3 says hi.

[The_Denks]

4 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

Or.. you know... Xeon E3-1231v3 says hi.

Doesn't that run on the 2011 V3 socket?

[Sintezza]

1 hour ago, UberGamerKing said:

Doesn't that run on the 2011 V3 socket?

No 1150

[SLAYR]

6 hours ago, KSores said:

I'd go for more cores because 2 per VM is just not enough

I think that you have to also set aside cores for unraid so it isn't exactly split in half.

[The_Denks]

2 hours ago, Sintezza said:

No 1150

Hmm. I thought all Xeons ran on 2011 V3

[TheRandomness]

3 hours ago, UberGamerKing said:

Hmm. I thought all Xeons ran on 2011 V3

Well, no. Quite a lot run on the 1150 socket, quite a lot run on the 1151 and ofc there are previous gen sockets.

[legopc]

13 hours ago, UberGamerKing said:

Jeez.

With a 6500, each VM will only have 2 cores. That's a serious problem, especially if you are going to be gaming.

 

Pretty much every motherboard will support VM's.

That is because software controls the VM's, not hardware.

 

I would still recommend using an X99 system, as you will have more cores per VM.

Wow man never knew that... So you dont need technologies like vt-x and vt-d to be enabled?.... There is lots of hardware that will work just fine but also lots that wont, its not because "the software controlles the vm's" you dont need the hardware to support it.

[Sintezza]

2 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

Well, no. Quite a lot run on the 1150 socket, quite a lot run on the 1151 and ofc there are previous gen sockets.

 

Yeah the Skylake Xeon E3-xxxx-V5´s dont work on consumer grade boards anymore.

But only on C-series chipsetboards.

However there are a couple of socket 1151 C232 and C236 boards, that are made for consumer grade.

On which some of the C236 boards support Sli.

[TheRandomness]

1 hour ago, Sintezza said:

 

Yeah the Skylake Xeon E3-xxxx-V5´s dont work on consumer grade boards anymore.

But only on C-series chipsetboards.

However there are a couple of socket 1151 C232 and C236 boards, that are made for consumer grade.

On which some of the C236 boards support Sli.

And some of those board are able to overclock. Also, it's still socket 1151

[Sintezza]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

And some of those board are able to overclock. Also, it's still socket 1151

As far as i know, there is no overclockability on C-series chipset boards.

[TheRandomness]

1 hour ago, Sintezza said:

As far as i know, there is no overclockability on C-series chipset boards.

BCLK* Overclock I meant. 

[NumLock21]

Can't get anything for 100. CPU itself is at least 250. Then you need a new board for them xeons. Get a core i7 or just build a 2nd new gaming pc.