tim_s Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi Everyone @ Neowin, Today I am posting my first "build post" and I will try to be as detailed as possible - let's start The wife told me 9 computers is slightly excessive and told me she would really like me cut this down. So - I did what any IT man would do and bought a bigger better machine than the 9 lol. # # TASK # To build a headless Hypervisor to run VMs (onboard) so the wife does not kill me. # # TOOLS TO BE USED # Above: Chemical Energy Above: Tool set to get things done # # CASE # Above: So it turns out taking a picture of a box this big with a glossy outside is not that easy, p.s. to preempt the question: Correct I was too impatient to wait for the new Obsidian being launched in 2 weeks lol. # # MOTHER BOARD # Above: Perhaps not the best Mother board for this build but I have always used these boards for work and I have never had a problem. # # CPU # Above: No need to 'K' as I am not over-clocking and this was a good deal and supports virtualization. - Yeah yeah yeah it's Ivy Bridge lol # # RAM # Above: Since we are not over-clocking this will be enough ;) # # HYPERVISOR STORAGE # Above: Oh what's this? 2 Samsung Pros? Raid 1 - Not recommended you say? Oh man I am going to prove to you it works. lol # # NAS STORAGE # Above: Some nice storage, p.s. I have 4 now. # # OPTICAL DRIVE # Above: Yawn! Will be removing it later. # # POWER SUPPLY UNIT # Above: Yeeeeaaah! Maybe I am a fan of Corsair. # # HEADSET # Above: So my wife is concerned once I get this new computer that it will cut into our social time - problem solved LOL, I am just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 What's the optical drive for? Also, what VM's are you going to run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_s Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 What's the optical drive for? It's not really needed - luxury LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 What's the optical drive for? I still buy as many games on optical media as I can, purely for the speed compared to download and a physical copy! Might be the same with the OP :) teknix360 and +hedleigh 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcdotme Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Nice build. Looking forward to seeing it in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I still buy as many games on optical media as I can, purely for the speed compared to download and a physical copy! Might be the same with the OP :) Oh right, I thought he was building it to run as VM's. Makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Oh right, I thought he was building it to run as VM's. Makes sense now. Well I thought that too, but when I saw the headset, I thought maybe it was for both purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YounGMessiah Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Is this machine strictly only going to be VMs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_s Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Everyone hates the optical drive LOL - I have not installed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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