Need Build advice for running a VM (linux within windows)

4737Joker

4737Joker

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Hi,

My company needs a computer to run a Linux based software on a VM within windows.

I have no idea on where to begin speccing for this but i know he doesnt want to spend a lot of money on it as it will be something we use now and then so it doesn't have to be the fastest possible but it needs to be able to run smoothly when it is used.

I have installed the software on my machine (see sig) but i put it on an old mech drive just to see if i could get it running at first. Seems a bit sluggish but that could be the hdd.

The PC will be running Win7 and i will be using VMware to run the software (arahnedrape). It's a Linux based program and it is for texture mapping.

So as a starting point i put this together, but i could do with it coming down in price. Maybe there is an AMD alternative?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX16C9K2/16X) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £62.99
Total : £641.30 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Edit:

I have a 760 sat about i can use unless you think its pointless.

I don't need a case/OS/cpu cooler/peripherals/extra storage/monitor
 
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Thanks for the specs.

It would just be the 1 VM and im unsure of the size, but there will not be much work done on it so i think a 120gb would be ok. If it wasn't id just take the evo and put a 250gb ssd in anyway :)

I think i will go the ivy route to save some money as suggested.

Do you think theres a need for gfx card in this spec? im not sure if a 760 will be overkill and if say a £20-£30 card would suffice or even onboard gfx.

I specced a k chip incase i decide it needs a bit more grunt so i can just overclock as opposed to buying another chip.

Is the antec psu any better than the corsair? i specced corsair as i have allways used them and found them to be reliable. But if the antec is better then ill go with that.
 
could someone spec me an amd machine with no gfx card, im hopless whne it comes to amd specs.

120gb SSD
8gb ram

the above are my only requirements, cpu usage is 10% on my 3570k @ 4.5ghz so i don't think it needs to be a high spec for what im doing.
 
Yeah it's a lot less demanding than i imagined, i laughed when i saw the cpu usage.

I don't mind buying second hand but i won't buy from that popular auction site and i don't have access to the MM yet (taken me 9 years to get 600 posts). So a cheap trinity build might do the job, unless i talk my boss in to buying my 3570k so i can drop a 3770k in to my rig for bf4 :)
 
The pc will only be used for light email duties and probably browsing ocuk when its not running the VM.

Also we will only be using the VM say once a month to texture map some products (sofa's etc). This isn't going to be a 24/7 thing, and were talking like 10 products max hence not needing much storage or wanting to dual boot.

I will not bother with a k chip based on what you guys have said, this will also keep the costs down :)
 
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