Posts by Fooxz

Quote:Originally Posted by Lt.JD Saved myself $200 by getting this motherboard and case. I was wondering what you thought was the best storage option for hosting the OS and the guest OS's. I know you mentioned SSD's but I'm worried...

Quote:Originally Posted by Lt.JD Thanks for the link. I will try to seperate the motherboard, RAM, and PSU.yeah just look for other options. It could be the best choice, but more than likely you could probably save enough to add an...

Save some money and get two of these instead of a dual nic: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033 no point since you have plenty of slots, and saves nearly $100. I know they work in ESXi, I have 3 of them...

Quote:Originally Posted by Lt.JD Thanks ZFedora, Fooxz, and Turbo Turtle. Specifically at Fooxz have you seen this: http://blog.davidwarburton.net/2010/10/25/rdm-mapping-of-local-sata-storage-for-esxi/ would I be able to pass a HBA...

Quote:Originally Posted by TurboTurtle EDIT: Fooxz, I was under the impression VMWare could pass the physical block device on Intel platforms if the processor supports VT-d, which the Xeons do. Is that not correct, or is there more...

Quote:Originally Posted by ZFedora ESXi in itself isnt RAM hungry, only when you're running VMs that use the RAM This. I built a vsphere test server for my job, with a single i7 3820, 4*8GB ram, 3 NICs and a bunch of HDDs, and it...

Quote:Originally Posted by ComradeNF http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-intel-3rd-generation-mobile-processors-ct-95_51_399.html Pick one. With your budget I'd either get a NP9150/9170, GT60/70, or any of the new...

That only applies if you are trying to OC, if you are not overclocking, having all four slots DOES NOT SLOW DOWN YOUR COMPUTER. Filling all four slots can make it harder to get a higher cpu OC or overclocking the memory.

You do realize you can only have 2 monitors on the 670? unless you're putting the third on the onboard? Also you could build an mATX and save some money to put elsewhere, ie better monitors or whatever. Do you plan on overclocking it?...

Quote:Originally Posted by Shadow of Intent I think they should use a different shape, its taken 1 reply and we've already had an apple comparison. Perhaps a hexagon or a traingle or even the shape of their chrome logo. OMG ITS A...