tdegroot96

Unfortunately I cannot try unRAID VMs yet, because I have the 3770k, which doesn't have vt-d support. Because of that, I want to build a new PC. My current PC was built in 2013, so there are a few things that I would like do different now. The things I want to do with unRAID are: Windows 10 (for gaming) Fedora Workstation (software development) NAS VPN Creation of linux servers for whatever I'd like to do. My question now is, what CPU is the best to use? My budget for the CPU is about €500. I looked into Xeon, but they are quite pricey and the sockets are pretty inconvenient too (for motherboard selection). My go-to Intel desktop CPU would be the Intel i7 8700K. It's a 6 core processor with hyperthreading, resulting in 12 threads. What also interests me, is to go for a cheaper alternative: Ryzen Threadripper (v1) with 8 cores and 16 threads. So again, what CPU is the best to use? What are your experiences? What do you suggest?

Thanks for that! I might try that. In my question above, I asked about sharing the mouse/keyboard while keeping both running. How about not keeping them running at the same time, but for example shut down Windows 10 and boot Fedora Workstation?

Currently I'm not using unraid, but I'm curious if it could work the way I want it to. Is it possible to install 2 desktop OS's, for example Fedora Workstation and Windows 10, sharing the same mouse and keyboard? Using 2 different drives, I do my programming work/personal stuff on Fedora Workstation and I play games on Windows 10. I would love it to be able to switch OS throughout, while keeping both operating systems running. I'd say that's possible, but I'm wondering how that would work when you have only 1 keyboard and mouse.