Need advice with a build to maximize VMs.

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theeloguy

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Hello,

I want to build a "desktop computer" that exclusively runs VMs and runs as many VMs as possible. I use VM Workstation 10, i run Windows7 VMs and each VM plays a game called League of Legends.

What is the best cost-effective setup? should i use i7 or XEON? dual socket? what OS to boost performance?


This computer will run 24/7 and it has to be stable. Each VM needs 1 GB RAM and 3-4 GB of disk space.


The computer im running atm can handle stable 30 VMs and unstable 36 VMs:
i7-4930k
64GB RAM
SabertoothX79
128+256GB SSD (one with Windows7 OS and the other for the VMs)
GTX 660 3GB




What you guys think about this, it should handle 60+ VMs.:

Asus Z9PE-D8WS
2 x (Intel Xeon E5-2630 2.30Ghz or Intel Xeon E5-2620 2.0Ghz)
80gbram
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 With Boost 3GB GDDR5
250 SSD x2






I need advice with the xeons, there is a big difference in price between the 2 but im not sure if the difference would matter for my purposes. 8 cores xeon brings more VMs but is not cost-effective. Im also not sure if 1 GPU is enough or i would need 2. Maybe i can drop a couple more GPUs and do some GPU mining since the PC will be powered anyways?



Any advice is welcome (even basic/obvious stuff).


Thanks a lot.
 
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