Currently, I have my CCNA and am working on the CCNA Collaboration. I plan to venture forward however and get my CCNP and CCIE at some point in time. I am aiming to build a PC that can handle all of my labbing needs at each level without having to upgrade a whole lot down the line.
I have been able to lab so far with fairly minimum PC requirements using GNS3 and VMware, most of my virtuals are Linux boxes with fairly low requirements with the need for an occasional Windows box to act as an end user. I am not all that familiar with Cisco's VIRL however, but have heard that it can be resource intensive.
My question is, would it be feasible to lab for the CCIE using the Skylake build below?:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DnY8Ps
Or would it make more sense to spend the extra cash on the Broadwell build?:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mN3jvV
I am also planning to throw a GPU in there at some point in the near future and make it a gaming rig as well, I don't plan to SLI but would like for it to be an option down the line.
Thanks!
I have been able to lab so far with fairly minimum PC requirements using GNS3 and VMware, most of my virtuals are Linux boxes with fairly low requirements with the need for an occasional Windows box to act as an end user. I am not all that familiar with Cisco's VIRL however, but have heard that it can be resource intensive.
My question is, would it be feasible to lab for the CCIE using the Skylake build below?:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DnY8Ps
Or would it make more sense to spend the extra cash on the Broadwell build?:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mN3jvV
I am also planning to throw a GPU in there at some point in the near future and make it a gaming rig as well, I don't plan to SLI but would like for it to be an option down the line.
Thanks!
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