Putting this thing together is going to take some time so in-between updates on the ESXBox i will be posting other material, relative to virtualization and sometimes on other topics completely.
So the main goal was to create a VM Host on the cheap, throw ESXi 6.5 on it and start exploring.
Luckily I already have a case (Corsair Air 540) and a power-supply (Corsair CX 750W) so what is left is a CPU, RAM and a Motherboard.
The Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 board arrived yesterday and the rest will arrive over the next few weeks.
I am torn between the AMD FX 8350 and the AMD FX 6300 and will have to make a decision next week on whether the extra 2 cores are worth 50 dollars.
The board will support a maximum of 32GB of DDR3 memory and because of this build being purely experimental with no heavy technical requirements, the cheapest batch from amazon should do just fine.
I think I will keep this entry fairly short as a basic outline for the project. Any follow up on the VM Host will come once more parts arrive.
The next journal entry will be a guide on creating a Raspberry Pi AP, and If i have time I may organize the entire thing into an easily executable bash script for the convenience of others.
Until then!
M0nkey out.
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