Looking for a desktop for hosting 6-8 virtual machines for pentesting

Prasa3

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Dec 10, 2015
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I'm planning to buy a desktop for hosting 6-8 virtual machines with 1-2 gb Ram using server 2012 Hyper V or Vmware Esxi. Budget is 800 $.

Kindly suggest
 
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With the amount of ram you intend to use, for each one, it doesn't sound like they will be very big VM's, so a single 960gb SSD should do the trick.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($249.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R5 230 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower...

logainofhades

Titan
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With the amount of ram you intend to use, for each one, it doesn't sound like they will be very big VM's, so a single 960gb SSD should do the trick.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($249.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R5 230 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.16 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $775.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-10 09:41 EST-0500
 
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