How to build a system purely for Virtualization / Android Emulation (VMWare-based)

INTAMD · Nov 20, 2015

Hello,

Im basically here to ask for some advice on what components would be best to build a system which performs well at Virtualization?

I am currently running a:

Z97-K
i5 4670k (clocked to 4ghz)
32 GB Ram
M.2 SSD 256gb

I can easily 'load' around 12 emulators without a problem, but when i actually try to load apps in them or perform tasks in each one is when they just end up lagging. Looking at the system monitor it is the CPU which is making them lag as it is basically on 99% majority of the time.

In regards to the actual emulation itself i am running a bare windows 10 with a VMWare based android emulator.

My options are to either start from scratch and build an entirely new system or to see if i can improve on the existing system. and to be honest i dont even know which route would be best

e.g. i could look to build an 8 core AMD, Quad-Core intel with HT, or even buy an old 2nd hand dual xeon (quadcore) workstation from ebay. There are too many options and i'm not sure what would be best suited to my needs.

Any advice appreciated

getochkn · Nov 20, 2015

Nature of emulation. It takes a lot more power to emulate something than is needed. PC's can just emulate PS2 now, even though our PC's are many, many, many times faster and we have like 100x the RAM of thing original system. Some old school 25 year arcade video games still can't be emulated properly.

Android emulation just isn't there.

Can I ask why you want to load 12 different emulators and run them at once? What are you trying to do?

INTAMD · Nov 20, 2015

Ah right i kind of understand what you mean. I basically run everything off Android apps and i can basically resize and fit around 10 app (emulation windows) into one of my large monitors. so technically i can have 10 different apps running concurrently at the same time and i dont have to switch between them, i can see them all in one glance without having to close one and open the other etc when i run about 6 instances it works pretty smoothly so to get 12 to do the same i assume it would be possible with some upgrades or a more 'multi-core' based system since there are more physical cores to be used?

getochkn · Nov 20, 2015

Get one of these when they come out with RemixOS

http://www.jide.com/en/mini

Full android OS made like windows, resizeable, dragable, etc. I would rather do that than spend $1000 on a 6 or 8 core intel CPU (AMD's aren't going to help at all here, per core performance is slow compared to intel).

EDIT: Could even buy a used Nexus 10 tablet, it has HDMI output on it, get a bluetooth KB/mouse and run RemixOS on there.

http://www.jide.com/en/remixos/devices/nexus10

I would wait for the Remix device though. Made it for, and basically a full miniPC running Android made to work and act like Windows.

INTAMD · Nov 20, 2015

Ah thanks, i was never aware of remixOS.

In gaming instances though, do you think it would let me run more than 1 instance of the same app? the benefit of the emulators is that you can run more than 1 instance of the same app but in a different window, to handle multiple accounts etc

itech · Nov 20, 2015

Unfortunately your motherboard does not support any 6 core CPU's so you would need to purchase a motherboard as well as a CPU, quite an expensive upgrade. An i7 5820k would be a significant upgrade or better still a i7 5930k.

getochkn · Nov 20, 2015

I don't know, just the only option I could think of. Maybe quad 6-core Xenons would give you more power, but spending 50k on Android Emu to play 12 candy crush or whatever at once seems a bit excessive.

INTAMD · Nov 20, 2015

Thanks for your help guys, i was thinking exactly the same thing in regard to the dual xeons. I wouldnt actually build that from new i would just buy a used workstation from ebay which works out significantly cheaper.

I found one which is around £750 ($1,000) and it seems pretty powerful.

2 x Xeon X5680 3.4ghz (6 cores + 12 threads per cpu) = 12 cores + 24 threads
48GB DDR3

So i guess for what i am after it might work out the same price as getting a new mobo + cpu to match the same type of power, as you would at least need a top of the range i7 (£300+) in order to get anywhere close to 2 x xeons.

Haha playing candy crush x 12 does seem extremely excessive for workstation purposes

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