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vsphere home lab hardware--CPU discussion

oliver_gao — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 08:27:29 GMT

Hi all ITers,

i am looking for a new intel platform hardware to play some vmware home labs at home.

currently, my home workstation hardware configurations are: intel Xeon E3-1230v3 with 32 GB DDR memory(non-ecc), because of motherboard limit, i can only run 32G memory, so i decide to upgrade my workstation.

my question is, i have checked intel desktop CPU specifications on intel website, and i found that the new intel i7 gen 9 CPUs are all non-hyperthreading supported, at the same time, because of budget, i don't want to purchase an i9 CPU, what i am concerning is about the non-hyperthreading feature.

in my home lab environment, i will run about 8~12 VMs, so the very non-hyperthreading will limit my lab environment buildup???

Re: vsphere home lab hardware--CPU discussion

scott28tt — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 09:14:51 GMT

Moderator: Moved to Nested Virtualization

Re: vsphere home lab hardware--CPU discussion

oliver_gao — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 10:10:00 GMT

can any vmware experts or professionals give me any suggestions????

Re: vsphere home lab hardware--CPU discussion

rm_bk — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 23:00:38 GMT

Oliver, which CPU did you go with?

Re: vsphere home lab hardware--CPU discussion

williamwbishop — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 21:09:30 GMT

Why not buy a used 7820 on ebay, throw a couple hundred gigs of ram at it, you can get dual gold xeons on it if you like...and they're cheap

Re: vsphere home lab hardware--CPU discussion

williambishop — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 21:37:21 GMT

okay, thats weird