[SOLVED] Pc for running multiple VM's

[Blueraven29]

Hey guys, kind of new around the forums so please bear with me in case I accidentally post in the wrong place, so my question is as follows;

I plan on building a PC that's capable of running 2 to 3 VM, two of which must be able to handle a variety of multiplayer, online games (LoL, WoW, HoTs, etc) for when the friends comes over. And lastly, a basic usage one for my mom, she likes to play the windows preinstalled games, do facebook browsing, check her email, you get the idea.

So here are my list of possible components, I feel that I may need to expand my budget a bit more but I would honestly try to keep under $1'500

Ryzen 5 2400G
Biostar B350GT5
AMD Radeon RX 470 ASUS
2 Blackpcs DDR4 2400GHz 16GB

What do you guys suggest? Would this rig be able to run at least 2 or maybe 3 VM decently enough?

Thanks in advance guys

 

[TerryLaze]

I plan on building a PC that's capable of running 2 to 3 VM, two of which must be able to handle a variety of multiplayer, online games (LoL, WoW, HoTs, etc) for when the friends comes over.

If you want one PC to run two instances of these games at once you need a much much beefier CPU and setting it all up will be a nightmare,are you planning on two displays of 1080 or one display and windowed gaming? for two displays at 1080 you will need a much better GPU as well unless low quality and low FPS is acceptable.

 

[Blueraven29]

I honestly dont mind tinkering and setting things up. I rather pay a bit extra and make sure that none of my guests or mom, breaks the pc. Seen this happen more than once.

Anyways, I was planning on separate displays for the VMs and additionally to that one had to be remote, as for graphics goes I'd say medium-low is acceptable the one thing that'd be important to me and there of my guest, is to have a decent amount of fps. Looks can be sacrificed, performance? No. So I had thought about getting two Radeon RX 470 or two 1080s.

That was my most immediate option but here's the other,
Ryzen Threadripper 2920X
Radeon RX VEGA 64
And 32gbs of ram, maybe make it 64 but I dont think that built would require that massive amount of ram.

 

[USAFRet]

Multiple simultaneous VM's are easy.
Games is an issue, because you have to be able to manage multiple input devices and GPUs.

The term you're looking for is multiseat, not just "VM".

Multi-Seat gaming: HowTo

This objective of this thread is to summarize my personal experience with Multi-Seat gaming. It is not intended to promote any particular hardware or software. What is Multi-Seat Gaming? The point is very simple: let a number of users share the same computer at the same time. This can stop lots...

forums.tomshardware.com

Is multiseat gaming a good option? And should I consider doing it?

Yo LTT forums its mega. I recently watched linus' video about 2 players on 1 pc. I have looked into it before, and my old elementary school used a multi seat setup with 4 monitors for 1 pc, which was fine because it was 2008 and anything done on them was internet explorer or Kids' Pix. Oh god tha...

linustechtips.com

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/85rcjn/do_you_guys_have_any_experience_with_multiseat/

https://martin-ueding.de/articles/windows-multiseat/index.html

And of course, a video from Linus:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuJYMCbIbPk


And if you want to get silly with it:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXOaCkbt4lI

 

[ElectrO_90]

This is beyond my knowledge, but how can you compare an Rx 470 with a 1080 - they are a world apart as well as being quite old

 

[USAFRet]

This is much easier, and probably no more expensive, with individual systems.
Especially if you're also looking for a low end system for Mom.

 

[Blueraven29]

This is much easier, and probably no more expensive, with individual systems.
Especially if you're also looking for a low end system for Mom.

Exactly! More importantly, the Mom wont be doing any maintenance, cleaning or upgrading drivers on the pc. It'll also not only be 'cheaper but it will also help save space, this house is tiny so I am trying to make the most of it for a reasonable budget of 1500 to 2000 bucks.

With that knowledge what kind of hardware are we speaking of here? Obviously my mid end original idea wont do, and if it does it's only for 1 low end and a mid range in 1 pc in 1 rig.

Any suggestions?

 

[USAFRet]

Exactly! More importantly, the Mom wont be doing any maintenance, cleaning or upgrading drivers on the pc. It'll also not only be 'cheaper but it will also help save space, this house is tiny so I am trying to make the most of it for a reasonable budget of 1500 to 2000 bucks.

With that knowledge what kind of hardware are we speaking of here? Obviously my mid end original idea wont do, and if it does it's only for 1 low end and a mid range in 1 pc in 1 rig.

Any suggestions?

I think you misread my statement, or I misstated.

This needs several individual systems, rather than one large one trying to do everything.
Mom gets by with a low to medium grade laptop.

The actual gaming systems..1 for each user.

 

[TerryLaze]

Mom gets by with a low to medium grade laptop.

Mom would be ok with a smart phone or a tablet at the most,you can even play the windows games from web browsers and you can connect the devices to your TV and even add a normal keyboard and mouse to it if she is used to that and can't handle the touch screen.