Cheapest CPU for virtualization?

[gerard707]

Hi,

Me and my brother want to share 1 tower, virtualize for gaming. I want to know whats the cheapest i can go for a CPU. I was planning to use a 6700k or 6800k. If thats not enough then whats other option?

 

Sorry, english is not my language.

[Imakuni]

Don't you think 2 systems are just better? You see, you'll need 2 GPUs, a high end CPU, mobo that requires SLI support (for the x8 lanes), lot's of RAM, beefier PSU... You'd be better off building 2 computers.

 

But to answer your question, a 5960x / 6900k would be the most adequate.

[Lehti]

An i7 is probably good enough for virtualization, but mind that you and your brother will share all resources in your tower, including the graphics card. Are you sure you will still get acceptable performance in games sharing a single card?

[007agentHP]

a xeon e5 2670 with matching x79 motherboard 

 

8 cores 16 threads on sandybridge architechture(?)

 

the cpu costs $70 used

 

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-E5-2670-2-60Ghz-8-Core-Processor/dp/B007H29FRS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1469817939&sr=8-3&keywords=xeon+e5+2670

 

 

 

basically leaving you both with a core i7 2600k which is still very good

[ace_cheaply]

4 minutes ago, gerard707 said:

Hi,

Me and my brother want to share 1 tower, virtualize for gaming. I want to know whats the cheapest i can go for a CPU. I was planning to use a 6700k or 6800k. If thats not enough then whats other option?

 

Sorry, english is not my language.

6700K would basically give you each an overclocked i3. 

[porina]

7 minutes ago, gerard707 said:

Me and my brother want to share 1 tower, virtualize for gaming. I want to know whats the cheapest i can go for a CPU. I was planning to use a 6700k or 6800k. If thats not enough then whats other option?

What else is the system going to have? As others have suggested, it is quite likely that building two lower spec systems would still be better overall.

2 minutes ago, 007agentHP said:

a xeon e5 2670 with matching x79 motherboard 

 

8 cores 16 threads on sandybridge architechture(?)

 

the cpu costs $70 used

Depends where in the world you are, but mobos are hard to find and extremely expensive where I am. E5 v3 ES Xeons aren't much more, and with easy to find X99 mobo makes more sense.

[gerard707]

11 minutes ago, ace_cheaply said:

6700K would basically give you each an overclocked i3. 

What would give us a oc i5?

[arch_linuxos]

2 minutes ago, gerard707 said:

What would give us a oc i5?

You would need a true 8-core for that, so something like 5960X or the 6900k. It's really cheaper to build two computers :).

[SLAYR]

36 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

You would need a true 8-core for that, so something like 5960X or the 6900k. It's really cheaper to build two computers :).

You could probbably do it with a 5820k and it would be split int two hyperthreaded triple core cpus which would be a bit better performance then an i5.

 

but I would have agree that two systems is so much better, and possibly cheaper, then just one system. Then you don't have to worry about paying for an unraid license, and constant troubleshooting. Two i5 6400s is pretty much the same price as a 6800k, and h110 motherboards are about half the price as well. The only thing you are saving money on is a case, and power supply.