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so maybe a mac mini + a beefy 77 vm box.. pondering. =)

DBP - Thanks for chiming in.. btw.. my good vs bad BSOD post was all in good humor. ;) 1. I have access to ESXi 2. I have access to Workstation9 3. I dont have the personal budget for 2 PC's lol My objective was to build out a beefy workstation @ work and have it as a tax write off lol. In...

some of the Cisco VM's eat up about 8 gigs of ram. I need all the ram i can get.

wow.. thats major. if thats the case then there goes my hackintosh project again. dang.

please explain, i thought the only problem was power related support not working. Thought the mobo was good otherwise?

6 core / 64 gig ..really comes in handy when running a 5-7 vm sessions.

bump, y u no reply? =)

vs the bad blue screen... duh.

Keep this simple//- i dont plan on doing video editing or gaming. This build will be used for VM testing (cisco, windows,) and my primary workstation @ work. 1. Sabertooth x79 2. i7-3930k 3. Corsair 64 gig ram 4. H80i 5. EVGA 640 GT 6. SeaSonic SS-660XP 660W 7. harddrives = mmmmmmm...

1. you can still go corsair if you change to H80i cooler. this will also allow you to OC to your desire 2. split the 512 drives in a raid volume and get 2 x 256 drives. it will be super fast! 3. enjoy it.

Thanks for the info..at some point i will prob dip into more than 32 gigs of ram. Appears x79 will be the way to go.. hopefully power problems will be worked out in the future.

The goal is to get the best bang for the buck and at the same time make a smart choice. 1. The purpose of this machine is for leisure but at the same time be a powerful workstation. 2. Workstation duties includes virtualizing Cisco telephony products (cucm/unity/etc) and Windows. 3. Graphics...