Spec check - virtualisation platform.

hotchpotch · 5 Sep 2011 at 04:21

Please could some of you give this a once over before I commit? I've got two old PCI-E NVidia 7300 graphics cards that I'll be using for multiple monitors, which should be sufficient as I don't do any gaming. The machine will be pretty much only be used for running a number of virtual machines (VMWare workstation, not ESXi). I highly doubt I'll be doing any overclocking. Will the power supply be adequate?

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1075T 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
OcUK Battle 750W Dual Rail High Efficiency Modular Power Supply
2 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
Samsung SH-S222AB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail

Total : £469.91

Regards

hotchpotch · 6 Sep 2011 at 09:20

Thanks for this. An Intel processor is certainly something to think about, as it's probably better supported by the various virtualisation products.

Both of these new specs mention a 500w PSU - will this be adequate for a system with two SATA HDDs (essential - they'll be set up as RAID1), two graphics cards, 16GBs RAM, etc?

hotchpotch · 12 Sep 2011 at 20:38

Not sure about the policy about this, but I'm bumping this up.

I'm hoping to buy this in the next week or so, but I'm still unsure about the PSU. Will 500w be adequate for this specification?

Thank you

hotchpotch · 12 Sep 2011 at 21:38

An Nvidia GeForce 7300 and an 8300. Only used for multiple monitors.