Advice: Vm host and light gaming pc under $1k

chubert

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As title says Im looking into building a pc to host vm's(3 or 4) for development/school purposes and light gaming.

From my understanding the main thing needed is plenty of Ram and CPU cores to go around for each vm, vtd, and plenty of ssd storage.

Is there anything else that I should consider when selecting my parts, or other resources a VM needs?
If you can, could you also post a pc build?

Thank you! Sorry for nooby questions
 

Ryan_78

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1225 V5 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($216.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.99)
Motherboard: Asus E3 PRO GAMING V5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($103.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($61.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $968.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-30 17:27 EDT-0400

try this. also keep in mind that you can change to a 240GB SSD and get a separate NAS or WD Black or something like that. or a WD Red

*unintentially sort of themed.
 
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