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Pestindahouse

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Hello. I want to use my pc as a gaming pc and also as a home virtual server. That means, i sometimes play games, but also want to run 2 virtual machines on my laptops simultaneously.

The hardware allows me to do this (i think) and i would want some advice on how to get this started and working and what should i use.

Pc Specs:
I7 4790K
32Gb ram
Amd r9 390x (i want to share this too)
12tb of storage plus 240ssd

Basically, i want to make 2 virtual pc's that share my hardware.
 
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basroil
Your hardware does allow it, but you cannot share the GPU without losing the ability to game while people are logged in. Virtualbox is NOT a viable option if you want vGPU.

What you need is Windows 10 Pro or Server 2012R2 (or 2016 preview, OSes as old as 2008 will work, but licenses are harder to come by) as the base OS and then Windows 10 Pro as the VM OS (you'll need licenses for each VM). Simply install/enable Hyper-V (client) and set up your virtual machines, making sure to enable the RemoteFX option they added in 1511 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyperv_on_windows/windows_welcome
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Your hardware does allow it, but you cannot share the GPU without losing the ability to game while people are logged in. Virtualbox is NOT a viable option if you want vGPU.

What you need is Windows 10 Pro or Server 2012R2 (or 2016 preview, OSes as old as 2008 will work, but licenses are harder to come by) as the base OS and then Windows 10 Pro as the VM OS (you'll need licenses for each VM). Simply install/enable Hyper-V (client) and set up your virtual machines, making sure to enable the RemoteFX option they added in 1511 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyperv_on_windows/windows_welcome
 
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basroil

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The other PCs aren't an issue, you will get GPU acceleration in any Windows 10 flavor including Home. The issue is the "server" and it's guest OSs, which must be Pro or Server to get them to work properly.
 
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