Rig for VmwareLab

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1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans:
Purposes:
Main Purpose is to run a lab using VMware Workstation and 7 VMs running concurrently of Windows 2008 R2 Standard
Watching HD Movies @ 1080p


2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: Max 50-60K INR

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:NO

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:Windows 7 Ultimate

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 1 TB

6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.
Ans:Yes, 24 inches Full HD 1980*1020

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: No Plan of reusage of existing system

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Within a Month

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans:Assembler

10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans:Bangalore and I am open to buy both in local shops and online

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans:NO

 

[harshilsharma63]

FX 8350 (13000)
Gigabyte 970A DS3P (5800)
CM hype 101 (1500)
WD Blue 1 TB (3800)
G.Skill RipjawsX 1600 MHz 4 GB x4 (10800)
Dell S2240L (9000)
Logitech MK200 (800)
Seasonic S12II 430W (3800)
Zotac GT 610 (3200)
Antec V1 (3050)

total: 54,750

 

[bssunilreddy]

Intel Core i7 4770 -19000,

Gigabyte B85M-D3H -5500,

CM Hyper 101 -1500,

WD Caviar Blue 1 TB -3800,

Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz 16GB (4GBx4) -10800,

Dell S2240L LED IPS 22" -8200,

Logitech MK200 -800,

Seasonic S12II 430w -3800,

Zotac GT 610 -3200,

Antec V1 -3050.

TOTAL -59,650.

 

[gagan_kumar]

Intel Core i7 4770 -19000,

Gigabyte B85M-D3H -5500,

CM Hyper 101 -1500,

WD Caviar Blue 1 TB -3800,

Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz 16GB (4GBx4) -10800,

Dell S2240L LED IPS 22" -8200,

Logitech MK200 -800,

Seasonic S12II 430w -3800,

Zotac GT 610 -3200,

Antec V1 -3050.

TOTAL -59,650.

not even a H87 mobo??

 

[rapidcomp]

Thank you all for the replies.

 

[harshilsharma63]

Thank you all for the replies.

What have you decided?

 

[avinandan012]

Before jumping directly into decision first tell this:
what kind of servers are you gonna use

• very light resource requirements, such as web, file and print servers
• medium to heavy resource requirements, such as SQL and Exchange servers

RAM : atleast 32GB (as you will be using server OS in VMs)
DISC : Get at least 4 seperate discs so that u can span 2 VMs/disc. Other wise the performance of the vms will be very slow, unless you are directly doing Network IO

Network : If you are using network bound operations invest in a 4-port gigabit network card

if you are planning to run long hours per day you can look at the cheaper E3 Xeons available around Rs.17000

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CPU : FX 8350 is bare minimum you should look for such a system