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Hello all, I just wanted to give an update Regarding where I am: VM 01 GTX 1080 with BIOS Dumpped Slot 1 8GB RAM 32 Cores Running Furmark and CPU at 100% VM 02 GTX 1060 Slot 2 8GB RAM 32 Cores Running Furmark and CPU at 100% Ran both systems for 12 hours, no issue at all. The above is just a test scenario. Obviously there's a lot more consideration needs to be done regarding the CPUs, and a variety of other things. Today I should receive another GTX1060 where I can test all three video cards at the same time. I have not done any tweaking as such, however John's recommendation of resetting the BIOS really helped when the VM's were fairly slow and sluggish. Without UNRAID, I have overclocked the CPU to 3.6 GHz on all cores stable. However after resetting the BIOS to optimal defaults, and changing the CPU ratio from auto to 36. All the VMs become sluggish again. I am not sure why this is the case. Any Insights are more than welcomed. Next steps: Figure out the USB configuration, which USB controllers should be passed through. Maybe use of a HUB Tester video capture card, and see if it is viable Pin down the appropriate cause to the appropriate VM's benchmark systems accordingly and compare VM to bare metal performance Thank you all for your support. It is really appreciated!

Thank you for the input.

Hello John, As you have become somewhat of an expert on this matter and we have the same hardware I would like to ask you a question please if I may. PCI Slot 1 - GTX 1080Ti PCI Slot 2 - GTX 1080Ti PCI Slot 3 - GTX 1080Ti PCI Slot 4 - Elgato 4k 60 Pro Capture Card PCI Slot 5 - Black Magic Deck Link Duo 2 Do you think it is viable to have the following? VM 1 - Gaming (GTX 1080Ti) 8 Cores VM 2 - Video Editing (GTX 1080Ti) 24 Cores VM 3 - Streaming Machine (GTX 1080Ti, Elgato 4k 60 Pro Capture Card,Black Magic Deck Link Duo 2) 24 Cores VM 4 - * - Small automation Tasks ( The rest of the cores) The reason I am asking this is that, I know that a lot of time will be needed to set this kind of system up. So that is why am curious to see if this is viable from your prospective? If it is not viable, can you suggest a better setup, or should I just have two separate machines. Thank you very much.

FYI, with VM with VNC / Lates BIOS

Well that means also getting a new motherboard. Because of the new memory configuration in the CPU, a new board will be required. :((

Fixed it. I had the OLD bios. LOL... Thanks

Hello John, I should give you an update what's happened with my install. Unfortunately I had some water damage so I had to go through the insurance company and buy a new motherboard and memory. I have a few questions for you if I may: What version by us are you running. I have installed the latest one. Version 2001 when installing a VM, it is installing incredibly slow. What are your settings regarding the BIOS and any other special settings. Please note I am using only a SSD at the moment. And I would like to get it working first before I try using the MVMe I am not using a second video card just yet. But when installing Windows 10 it is incredibly slow, so I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much for the information... I will keep you fully updated. I do appreciate your response...

Thank you very much for the information. Well let's realistically say 6 VMS Main VM / Video Editing (Own Video Card) Gaming (Special settings) (Own Video Card) Streaming Machine (Own Video Card) Image automation watch folders I understand your advice regarding the 2TB drives. But how would I set up NVME + SSD with speed and protection in mind.... Thank you very much.

Hello, I have the following: ROG Zenith Alpha Motherboard 2990WX Thread ripper 2 x 1TB NVMEs 3 x 250GB SSD 4 x 2TB HDD I will be setting up UNRAID whereby I can have multiple Machines with a dedicated video card for video editing and playing games And in some cases streaming. I would like to know what would be the best configuration regarding the storage as I am not familiar on how to set up the appropriate array. It is worth noting that I will be running quite a few VM's 10+ sum for video editing, others for playing games, and the remaining ones for automated tasks. Hence the 64 core CPU. Can someone please advise me on what would be the best way to set up everything. I can always add a few more SSD's if necessary. But I'm pretty much stuck with the NVMEs Thank you

Hello all, The ROG ZA has 2 NICs. 1. 1GBit 2. 10Gbit If I use the 1 Gb Everything starts perfectly and I am assigned an IP address. The moment I plug in a cable to the 10 Gb LAN port. The system panics. I am not sure what is going on, I have the latest version of UNRAID And the latest BIOS. Thank you very much

Hello all, This post is about how to configure the ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha X399 + 2990WX. Now of course this is ONE HUGE learning curve fro me. However, there are something I have picked up along the way and some problems. Key facts (Good News) I have the ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha X399 + 2990WX working with unraid on it. I have dumped the BIOS for an EVGA GTX 1080 and it is passed through to a VM on PICE 1 I am presently ONLY using 3 SSD drives I have ran Intel Burn Test and FurMark, 62 cores at 100% load for over 24 hours. No problem at all. Key Fact (Bad News) I have tried adding a GTX 650TI, GTX 680 OC, 7600GT and pass them through to a VM on all PCI port except. Nothing. I cannot get it working Questions When I setup the UBS with UNRAID, I used UEFI mode. Could this effect the UNRAID / GPU Pass through? Objectives To make this post a good guide for those who are in the same boat as me To have 2 or 3 VM with their own GPUs Guide I am making that now.

I switched the cards and now it is working. It does not like the 650 TI boost... I will keep you all updated. Thank you