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Nested lab hardware configuration AMD FX

Hi All


I plan on setting up a nested ESXI 5.5 home lab on top of VMware Workstation 10. What I want to do is practice with ESXI 5.5, 2012 server and setup a few other VM's.

What you thing about below configuration (I'd like to choose AMD because is much cheaper  )

AMD FX8-8320 Black Edition Vishera 8 Core AM3+ 3.5GHz 16MB 125W

Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AM3+ AMD 760G DDR3 mATX

Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL11 XMS3 Performance Desktop Memory Kit

I have already :

3x SSD 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 SATA2

1x SSD 128GB Samsung SATA2

In future I could expand memory to 32GB

Should I consider mobo with SATA3 controller (all SSD dives are SATA3 now) or SATA2 should be enough for VCP 5.5 certification and Windows server 2012?

I have goggled and looks like I should be able to run 64bit OS inside this nested lab. Please correct me if I'm not right.

Thanks

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