Cheapest home computer hardware for ESX 3i

[gourry]

Hello,

I was just wondering: what could be the cheapest hardware supported to run ESX 3i on a home computer? Which kind of motherboard, CPU and controllers?

I think that the biggest issue is the sata controller, I see that Intel ICH-7 controllers are supported in ESX 3.5 but it's not clear to me if they are supported also in ESX 3i.

Thanks a lot!

Marco

[khughes]

You might want to check out theses websites - and

• Kyle

[stephorn]

Here is what I have built for my home PC to test ESX.

Hope this helps,

A. Bradley