Materials for workstation boards

Hello

I am new to the community and have already searched for this but haven't found the info I need, so apologies if this is a common question.

I'm about to build a new PC to run Workstation on. I will use it to execute nested ESXi/Hyper-V hosts and a lot of lab for VMware View etc laboratories.

Currently, I have several old PCs/servers, but would only turn on a PC for my Labs, as my little Home Office becomes so hot.

Is it worth the wait for the new Ivy Bridge coming processors - any day now - or a current i7 will be fine, if so, what is the best i7 and chipset to use?

I've read great post of Sammy (http://boerlowie.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/building-the-ultimate-vsphere-lab-part-2-the-hardware/) but I want 32 GB of minimum RAM really because I will be hammering with lots of virtual machines at one time or another.

Already, I have some SSD and SATA drives more ready, but I was wondering if there is a HCL or similar to nested hosts ESXi/Hpyer-V?

Does anyone have any other recommendations?

So, I can't really go wrong when choosing material then?

Nothing I could think. If the material is supported by the operating system, VMware Workstation should work fine.

What is the i7 - 2600K or i7 - 2600S?

It's an i7-2600 3.40 GHz CPU (without "S" or "K"). I currently have a domain controller Windows 2008R2 and vCenter Server (including iSCSI target) and ESXi two hosts 5.0U1 lit in VMware Workstation and the processor is almost empty. (No VM nested under tension).

Virtualization technology for Directed i/o (VT-d) Intel is important?

No, what is important is that 'VT - x' and 'Execute Disable Bit' are both enabled in the BIOS and that the processor supports EFA.

André

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