Hey /g/ what did you think of Linus's 7 gamers 1 PC project?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXOaCkbt4lI
Why do you presume I watch that drivel?
>>52224362
I don't, if you don't like it you can just the hide thread if you're that triggered
stupid idea, he should make videos how vm's can be used properly
>>52224353
Was slightly confused about what it was he built. Wasn't a PC. It was a computer for 7 people? By virtual machines or something...?
Can someone explain in retard terms how this thing works exactly.
>>52224372
Or you can not post talentless Canadian hacks.
>>52224398
>STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE
/g/ isn't your hugbox you autist
>7 Gamers, 1 CPU
>1 CPU
Can Linus not count?
>>52224382
Dark magic and shit
Seriously though, go eatch the other video about two machines in one, he goes into detail on the hows and whys
>>52224353
>mfw 7 PCs would be cheaper
>>52224353
>28 monitor surround setup
7x4? Nah, 5x5 would be much better
>>52224427
good looking case is expensive m8
>>52224418
>Liking Mr. Shilltips
I want to know the actual 3D performance in those VMs
>unraid
>butter fs
Someone give that thing to Wendell so it can be done properly.
>>52224472
Sorry, I'll only try to post things which you like Mr. autist.
>>52224478
THREE WEEKS AGO DUDE
90% of 4chan was spoiled before the movie came out.
>>52224472
>get to see cool tech being used
>rage over shill for products that are actually decent
the horror
>>52224495
>butter fs
>Wendell
Putting butter on something just means Wendell will eat it up.
>>52224423
> 1 CPU
> 1 Central Processing Unit
is it processing something? yes
is it 1 unit? yes
is it central? yes
>ufw its actually legit
stay mad
>>52224557
>is it central? yes
no it's not.
>>52224580
is it the central of 7 collection of peripherials? feel free to decide on your own
>>52224427
Would 7 equally powered PCs, including monitors, be cheaper?
Including power consumption?
Sure the thing draws 1500W under full load, but I bet you would struggle to get the 7 individual PCs under 300W each at full load, and that's still 2100W.
>>52224618
Is a Pi2 cluster one CPU?
>>52224398
his name is linus
he already has more geek cred than you
>>52224353
I don't watch his vids, but does he normally do that much product placement?
>>52224641
Of course
Are you stupid?
>>52224684
When the company fucking sponsors the build, yes.
>>52224684
>product placement
if you mean showing all the gear he's working with, yes.
>>52224353
>monitors
>surround sound
>sound
>>52224661
I'm german, I have loads of greek cred
>>52224716
where does it say sound?
How many parts will he destroy this time?
>>52224727
Zero so far. Probably all the R9 Nano's before it gets to CES.
>>52224495
Those programs are all he talks about as of late. It's getting annoying at this point. We get it, he's a fan/they're sponsoring this content. Move along.
Why wouldn't you just get an upscale projector at that point?
>>52224398
Coulda went with talentless hack but you had to make it personal by putting Canadian in there. What the fuck is wrong with being canadian you piece of shit.
>>52224759
Any Canadian with a moderate amount of talent lives in America. Ask them what's so shit about Canada.
>>52224353
>>52224424
Go to bed Luke.
>>52224787
too socialist. that free healthcare is really scary communist stuff
>>52224795
OP here, not Luke. I'm an aussie m8
>>52224810
>free healthcare
NEET who's never paid taxes detected
>>52224635
That thing is literally the same thing as 7 pcs in terms of power consumption if you want the same performance as 1/7th of that pc...
>>52224635
Yes.
i5-6500
32GB DDR4 RAM
Fury Nano
EKWB for all parts
500W PSU
Some NZXT case.
Well under 2000.
>>52224847
Darn I hate sharing the burden to make the whole place a bit better. I wish my government didn't have taxes so private companies did everything like manage the infrastructure, people's education and laws.
>>52224353
is he gay why does he talk like that
>>52224353
>fake Linus
>not the Great Linus Torvalds
Impostor.
>>52224863
This is why talented Canadians flee, their share of the burden far outweighs your share.
>>52224353
why he get all the free shit?
>>52224717
>>52224661
>geek cred
Both of you should kill yourselves.
For real.
>>52224870
are you gay? why do you write like that?
>>52224881
Because he used the name "Linus" by posing as Linus Torvalds' family.
>>52224889
are you gay why do you reply like that
This guy has been an inspiration to me. He's the only reason why I took up computer science.
>>52224881
thats what you do with sponsors? offer them front and center in a vid with a mill views if they give him the product for free. literally no money spent, just income for linus
>>52224904
probably getting trolled here but
>linus is your inspiration
>taking up computer science
if he's your inspiration you belong in the cable monkey team of desktop support mate
>>52224888
you should learn to read.
>>52224460
>>52224427
He's right thou...
30k / 7 = 4285$.
Pretty sure you can get a better rig than a nano + a quadcore for 4k
This is without considering you need to have 7 keyboards and mouses for this to actually work. Take in consideration the numbers of USB port available on this motherboard + the numbers of USB hubs you will need. A real mess.
Also how do you play online ? Do these 7 VMs share the same Ethernet port ?
>>52224635
Power consumption maybe the only aspect where this build actually wins.
>>52224928
I did, you were both implying that 'geek cred' is not only a thing, but something that would aspire to and argue over who has the most.
Which means both of you should in fact, kill yourselves as the world would be better without you.
>>52224941
>not including monitors
>posts price including monitors
Can linus read?
>>52224956
>I did
No you didn't, read again dumbass.
What company in their right mind would sponsor this fucking thing? NOBODY is going to go out and buy any single one of these components because of this video, let alone try to build it themselves. No one is going to buy 3000 dollar xeons, no one is going to buy R9 Nanos, mainly because Linus shills nvidia so hard. No one will buy shitty Kinston SSDs or fucking 32GB dimms.
All this video did was allow any one watching to know that their company exist.
Sunken cost right there. No one's getting that cash back. It's all Linus' now.
Polite sage because I don't want to bump Linus threads.
>>52224941
The point is though to keep the monitor in the build.
Sure, you could make it cheaper, and he could have made it cheaper by going for $300 monitors instead of $1600.
You could make it cheaper by going for a smaller SSD.
You wouldn't need such an extensive (or any at all) water cooling system if you had individual computers, but then his R9 Nanos were running better than with the stock cooler so if you wanted the same performance you would be adding on custom cooling for it.
I would imagine that for an equivalent machine it would be pretty close to 1/7th the price.
But then this isn't REALLY about making a cost effective multi person gaming PC, it's about showing off the tech.
>>52224921
You do realize he's been a hardware expert long before he started his YouTube channel, right?
Just because you don't like him doesn't change the fact that he's an experienced engineer. So what if his focus is on gaming?
>>52224998
Because Kingston are going to stick it at their booth during CES where people will play it and go "hey, Kingston are pretty cool dudes".
Improving peoples' perception of you can boost your sales as much as producing a good product, maybe even more.
>>52224998
>no one is going to buy any that shit
1. That's not actually the point, the point was cheap advertising.
2. You're continuing the free advertising by continuing to discuss the matter
3. People will in fact buy components because of this video, you don't understand marketing in the slightest.
>>52225052
i am more than happy if people go ham and buy more amd... they really need every little help
>>52224998
Its already gotten 1.1 million views and is going upwards.
Its advertising, for $30,000 worth of equipment its pretty good value for money in terms of dollar per views.
>>52224998
Are you an idiot?
Imagine being Kingston and giving $30,000 to some dude on the internet for him to promote their company to over 1 million people and create discussion on multiple websites (not just 4chan, reddit, but also tech news sites).
That is really cheap, effective advertising. Do you know how much it would cost to otherwise advertise to that many people? $30,000 is fucking pennies for what they get in return.
>>52224685
To think, someone let that thing give them head and take pictures of it.
>>52225052
This, a fool and his money are soon parted. Just because you wouldn't buy a product as a result of product placement doesn't mean someone else won't.
>>52225077
Not to mention they also get a centerpiece for their booth at CES. Really dollars to return 30k for all that was a steal.
>>52224353
completely, utterly, mind-bogglingly useless
is it a cool idea? sure. Is it practical? fuck no.
Can you make 7 better PCs for less cash? yes.
I'm just lost on why the fuck he's going through all this just to make it, is it for the novelty? the video? showing it off? Assuming it wouldn't constantly have issues and shit. Sure, the companies slap their names on there but who gives a shit, it's not like anyone else is going to build this abomination
>>52225103
He's doing it because he gets paid to do it.
That's it.
>>52225099
Yeah but Linus primarily makes money off people who aren't knowledgable on technology in the first place and hence no ad blockers.
I think its his personality which gets him the views, his actual IT knowledge is fairly poor.
>>52225128
But learnt so much about the Dacia Sandero.
>>52225128
They watch him to pretend like they're educated on tech while not actually knowing anything remotely useful
>>52225128
Top Gear is actually funny.
>>52224716
>implying no sound over HDMI
>>52224503
I went to the Australian midnight screening. Meaning I saw it before almost anyone else in the world. Didn't get spoiled. It was great.
>>52225188
>Australian midnight screening
Of course all the people posting spoilers were Australian. Why would I expect anything else?
>>52225211
>implying that's Australia's fault.
Are you seriously telling me that the Americunts or Euros wouldn't act in the exact same manner?
>>52224717
Underrated post.
>>52225219
aussies are natural born shitposters
even [who] said that
>>52225273
>australia is the only country that shitposts
Fuck off with your shilling. Do you get fucking paid for spamming his stupid videos here?
>>52225290
you're treating it like shitposting can be set to either 1 or 0
it's like a slider, where australians max it out, while other countries barely reach 2 or 3 percent
>>52225219
CONFIRMED
Australian shitposters coming through again
Aussies confirmed for leaking SW spoilers
>>52225188
I still haven't seen it.
I'll probably watch it when it comes out on BD.
wow the ultra wide monitor actually looks p. sexy. i might consider switching to a single 3440x1440p monitor.
>>52225310
I'll be honest with you. Wanna know why Australians shitpost? Because Australia is fucking awesome. That's why we wanna make everyone hate us so they won't try and come here and fuck up the good thing we've got going for us.
>>52225111
That's exactly the point though, someone who knows jack shit about tech but watches Linus build a computer the size of a small car is going to want to build a computer of his own and who's going to come to mind when they want to buy RAM and storage? Kingston! After all if it's good enough for the super gamecube it's good enough for Johnny McDipshit's dota and cod machine.
>>52224353
Im kinda jelly.
>>52225376
>inbred sons and daughters of criminals and convicts
>awesome
don't you have some gasoline to sniff?
>>52225390
Kingston's face when dumbasses buy high end Xeons and ECC memory for Dota machines
>>52224881
because he makes YouTube videos that get shitloads of views. I am sure that Corsair spends far more in advertising that gets less visibility than the cost of giving this guy a bunch of free merch to put in his vids.
>>52224759
Everything, faggot.
>>52225430
>Build this machine for 4-6 people
>Build your own MOBA team
Some faggot might actually do this shit.
>>52225416
Yep, working perfectly.
>>52224557
>tfw he used two cpu's
>>52225430
Honestly intel could conceivably sell xeons to normies if they wanted to just like they make them covet the i7 despite them not knowing the difference besides the higher number. The fact that consumer boards that accept them are starting to be made might actually cause this to happen.
>>52224398
u maed
>>52224353
It surely wouldn't be Shitnux who could do that LMAO
Freetards BTFO
Sage because thread about inferior linus.
>>52225463
>tfw u are too stupid to realise i was referring to the whole pc
>>52224353
This video made me want to buy a Kingston™ SSD, thank you!
>>52224353
Linus Cucktips aside, it's a real shame the concept of efficient hotseat gaming isn't explored more. Must be because even on /g/ 60% people are consumer babbys not recognizing the important stuff and the leftover 40% are asocial masterbaiters and professional shitposters.
>>52224717
These threads pull in the most retarded people on this entire god damn board.
>people complaining about the price and usefulness
Honestly I think a machine like this is quite possibly the future if home computing.
Have a single powerful tower in a house and terminal low power machines connecting to it for heavy lifting. Of course a consumer version might be a bit more conservative maybe limited to 5 users with 8-16 GB of ram and 2 CPU cores each at 1080p.
>>52225928
It's actually cheaper just to have everything connect to the cloud.
i've done it
people get pissed that they don't 'have their own computer'
microsoft wins again
>>52225958
Yeah, but we're wary of the cloud, I quite like the idea of a personal cloud though.
For both storage and computing
>>52225580
Then he should call the video 7 gamers 1 PC
>>52225928
well you can do that now, just connect 7 computers like laptops or tablets over a router and it'll work the same way.
Its a neat thing like this to have 7 OS's on one computer operating and running all at the same time but the actual implication is that this is 7 different computers all on one set of hardware
>>52224382
Those seven instances of Windows are virtual machines that are directly assigned one of the GPUs each.
>>52225983
read back to the original reply.
tl;dr: a PC can be considered a "CPU" in the non-meta meaning
>>52226024
>tl;dr: a PC can be considered a "CPU" in the non-meta meaning
but thats highly erroneous and obfuscating
>>52226038
>>52226024
>>52225983
It's also a callback to the original video/concept of 2 Gamers 1 CPU
>>52226112
Could have still just said 7 Gamers 2 CPUs. Or 1 PC.
>>52224941
You're saying that like this is in any way intended to be a practical build. This was through and through a "because we can" build. There are issues and quirks that Linus didn't cover in the video, and possibly some he didn't cover at all. I'd imagine the DPC latency being rather shit.
Hell, I only have one VM with a graphics card assigned on my desktop. Still had to jump through hoops (read: recompile host kernel for minimum latency, mess with Linux process scheduling) to get acceptable DPC latency on it.
>Also how do you play online ? Do these 7 VMs share the same Ethernet port ?
If he was willing to run one less virtual machine, Intel makes Ethernet NICs that can be directly assigned to many virtual machines (it's called SR-IOV).
>>52226119
Could have. But he didn't.
Not really worth worrying about.
>>52225376
Don't forget that revel in other peoples stereotypes.
If you tar us with a brush, we'll continue tarring ourselves just to make it look normal.
If you say we're shitposters, we're going to shitpost.
If you think Kangaroos are on every street corner, we're going to release a mob of the bastards right when some dignitary fucks from another nation are getting off a plane at sydney airport.
Fuckin' STRAYLA m8.
>>52226024
I bet you call a tower/case a"CPU"
>>52225983
>Then he should call the video 7 gamers 1 PC
He did, the video is called '$30,000 Gaming PC, 7 gamers on one rig'
Only your autistic ass parsed that as CPU.
>>52225482
Yes, I know this is bait, but fuck it.
UnRAID is a Linux distro. It basically throws a friendly web ui over standard linux RAID and virtualisation shit.
Only the Linux KVM, Xen and VMWare hypervisors can do what Linus is doing in the video (directly passing through a PCI-e device to a virtual machine, specifically video cards)
Last time I checked, Hyper-V is stilll a piece of shit with PCI passthrough support at all.
>>52226218
not really. but a server with terminal clients or vm's could be considered a CPU if you twist the original cpu meaning a lot. imo.
but i would also you a fag so what do i know right?
>>52226268
Hyper-V supports PCI-e passthrough, but it doesn't have any hacks for VGA support.
ESXi is also pretty flaky with VGA passthrough.
Luckily both Xen and KVM are champs at it.
Look at the lag when he plays Crysis. What a fag.
>>52226308
>meaning
The irony is that Sony advertised the PS4 as being able to do 4k gaming
>>52226308
>not understanding jokes
>>52226316
4K gaming with 10FPS is still 4K actually
>>52226339
the PS4 lacks ports able to play anything at 4k it physically can't put out 4k
hell it only has Sata2 and is cooling its hardrive, memory, chipset, and APU all in one shitty 80mm radial fan
>>52226316
>Sony lies
Hold the presses!
did you forget Sony advertised the PS3 as being able to drive 2 1080p displays at 60fps?
>>52226364
doesn't it have a HDMI 1.4 ? because that should be able to deliver 4k is it not?
>>52226378
At up to 30Hz.
>>52226378
It can playback 4k at 30fps but it can't put out games at all.
It physically lacks the capacity to play games at 4k but you can watch videos and movies at 4k downsampled to 1080p :^)
Someone needs to stop this guy from doing anything to do with networking or data storage.
>>52226407
What would you have done?
>>52226422
just use dropbox lmao
>>52226392
>>52226398
so it does not " lacks ports" to "physically can't put out 4k"
it has the ports, it can put out 4k.
If you cant play games at 4k that's other components fault. Highly doubt that any gpu that can play a movie in 4k can not display a game in 4k.
Will it be enjoyable? nope.
Is it 4k gaming in marketing terms? Sadly
>>52226407
check out the live gaming rig build on twitch.
tfw he opens the gtxes omg
>>52226407
Don't be so hard on him.
For one thing, all the data was there and they got it all back.
Secondly, they were in the process of organizing backup solutions already but it just wasn't ready when this happened, which was also relatively soon after moving into their new building.
>>52226316
No they didn't, they said 4K gaming will never be possible, but they said 4K video playback will be a thing with firmware updates.
>>52224353
wasted potential
they could have done other things with that fire power.
>>52224353
>Hey /g/ what did you think of Linus's 7 gamers 1 PC project?
I've done the same thing with my own hard-earned cash. And I didn't use any unraid-noob shit setting it up.
I'm currently running a linux pc with dual cpu xeon with 32 cores and few gpus with vt-d passthrough for windows guests.
>>52226431
well games aren't movies, to play a movie is effortless for a GPU
to play a game and actually have to compute all that shit for a game, its a whole lot tougher
>>52226407
>three raid-5s on separate cards
>striped together in windows
I have no words for this stupidity.
>>52226265
"7 Gamers, 1 CPU - Ultimate Virtualized Gaming Build Log"
>>52226407
>Someone needs to stop this guy from doing anything to do with networking or data storage.
Haha what a fucking faggot this linus guy is. It's really information technology 101 to make proper backups. Not raid. Not zfs raidz. But duplicate copy to physically different location.
Why someone is interested in what this guy has to say when he clearly doesn't know how to make backups and only way he can make a vt-d vms is with paid unraid. Oh wow. Oh wow.
>>52226524
That's the youtube title, it should probably be changed, but Linux doesn't set the youtube video names all videos go to Vessel first, the title on vessel is correct.
>>52224353
>Watching "tech tubers"
What are you, 12?
>>52226510
And on the top of that this faggot makes a video to prove how incompetent he is.
I don't watch his videos so I didn't know how he lost all the files, but I did take a look his unraid project earlier. He used a paid OS to accomplish what could have been done for free with better performance.
He appears to be a 1337 scriptkiddie trying to grow up.
I'm a bit jealous how he can only make videos on youtube for a living and get free shit along the way, though.
>>52226597
>He used a paid OS to accomplish what could have been done for free with better performance.
Do explain.
>>52226567
>tfw people don't know the difference between Linus tech tips, Linus Torvalds and linux
I guess it explains a lot how he gets so much views.
>>52226597
>>I'm a bit jealous how he can only make videos on youtube for a living and get free shit along the way, though.
you've got that right.
Manufacturers just rain SSDs, server hardware and GPUs down on him.
He actually complained the one time in years that he had to buy a GPU to review because the manufacturer was taking longer to ship him one for free.
How does an r9 nano get 90+ fps in crysis 3 1440p? it should be like 60
>>52226670
wasn't that just the FPS counter on the monitor?
Current FPS =/= average FPS
He didn't benchmark the game, he was just getting 90fps+ in that enclosed area while talking.
>>52224353
>7 gamers 1 cpu
>only 1 guy playing 1 game in a computer with 2 cpu
>>52226686
yeah this was pretty stupid.
$30,000 and all that work to prove a point and then he didn't actually do it.
Even just having the team play Battlefront or even fucking CSGO for a couple of seconds would have rapped it up nicely.
>>52226681
I guess it was the least busy area you could have
Wondering if it actually performs as a separate r9 nano computer
>>52226686
>with 6 instances of unigine running concurrently
>>52226626
By a quick glance at their website, unraid has linux kernel 4.0.x. I'm running my kvm qemu vms with 4.1x.xx, so I have newer kernel.
I'm betting their OVMF isn't bleeding edge, either.
Unraid seems have some sort of a arbitrary limit for devices, I have none.
They support only three filesystems, I have support for tens if not hundred, I'm not interested in counting but here's a list https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html
I have few machines I'm running with vt-d passthrough for gpus. I'm not going to pay for inferior product when there's better option for free.
>>52226316
They advertised it as 4k capable for movies, but not for games.
>>52226707
its going to a booth where im sure 7 people will play on it
there's this new thing called the FUCKING INTERNET where you can multiplay games too!
what a useless build.
but linus is a cool guy i like his vids and hardware pr0n
>>52226707
They probably don't really have an area to set it up properly for all the terminals to get played on, and that isn't the point anyway. The machine is going to CES where it will be on display at the Kingston booth where people will be able to play on it.
>>52226770
who cares if its useless its cool
>>52226770
>what a useless build.
It might not be useful for gaming but I'm sure there's certain areas where people would want a small computer with that much raw power.
>>52226735
The only limit for devices I found was in the trial. It's also common not to use bleeding edge in production builds because you're awaiting stability testing.
And, hell, unraid is undoubtedly sponsoring them too.
I should really hope that anyone who is thinking of doing this sort of shit who doesn't want to pay for unraid but likes the idea would look into the same path you went.
>>52226770
Yeah, but they would have <1ms ping for local multiplayer.
>>52226828
>implying u can tell between 1ms and 80ms
>>52226934
At least be believable and compare <1ms to 20ms.
>>52226821
>It's also common not to use bleeding edge in production builds because you're awaiting stability testing.
Yeah, I have multiple servers running 3.16 or something kernels, but thing is that with vga-passthrough you want newer kernel. Old stable ones don't offer for example pci-vfio support, you have to play around with pci stubs which aren't adequate fix anymore when there's pci vfio. There's multiple similar things more
>>52226821
As far as I can tell, unRAID is a Linux distro with a friendly web UI added that allows you to easily configure standard Linux stuff (kvm, btrfs, bcache, etc.) without touching the CLI.
If you really didn't care about the finer points or the added limitations or the fact you are literally paying $59-$129 for what is literally a WebUI and want something that "just werks", then it would probably be a good investment.
That being said, I think the kinds of people who would do this kind of stuff won't be interested in "just werks" stuff like unRAID.
>>52226995
There's another factor. Support.
If you DIY it with a Linux distro you are on your own. Google can be your friend, forums can be your friend, but you can also run into dead solution links.
With unraid you get support from people who at least know the shit.
>>52224557
Some one with a brain i was dissapointed by the comment section on that vid
>>52225151
Top Gear is shite bruv
Couple of questions here.
If he just ran a single instance of a game, would it actually be at a stupidlly high framerate? I figure you would get rapidly diminishing returns with 7 cards linked together, same for have 20 cores or whatever the fuck in the cpu's. How about rendering and other very intensive processes, would this right by in any feasible, or is it just a "because we can" type thing?
The PSU is rated for 1600 and under load it appears to hover around 1530. Aren't you supposed to have a fair bit of headroom on a pSU? With only 70 does that put the system at a real risk of damaging itself?
Even with a custom block and two pumps, would watercooling still be giving him really high temps? he didn't include the temps because they were glitched or something, but I feel like that's bullshit. That much heat would probably still have everything running at 80+ at least right?
>>52224353
waste of money for 30k... just to support 7 players.
Just pointing out to whiners that the RETAIL value of the machine is 32k or whatever. It's not even like they paid him 32k because I'm sure those samples cost a lot less provide.
Lost profit =/= cost
>>52227105
1) The GPU performance will more or less be the same. The cards aren't linked together and are assigned to one virtual machine each. Theoretically, they would each run at more or less the same speed as in a conventional setup unless limited by a bottleneck somewhere on the motherboard or CPUs.
2) The headroom is for best efficiency. You can have less headroom and not fuck your PSU, but it will be less efficent.
3) If Linus actually showed us the temps, we could probably get an idea of how hot the cards run in the setup.
>>52227105
>If he just ran a single instance of a game, would it actually be at a stupidlly high framerate?
No. There are literally 7 VMs running on that machine and each VM sees just one physical graphics card, just four physical cores and just 32GB of RAM.
>>52227105
>Aren't you supposed to have a fair bit of headroom on a pSU?
Yes, but it is also stated in the video that it is rated for 1600 continuous draw.
This is just a showpiece machine anyway, it doesn't need a long live expectancy.
>>52227105
>Even with a custom block and two pumps, would watercooling still be giving him really high temps?
No. Not really. There are two massive rads in there so it should have no problem dissipating the heat just fine, the main problem was just getting the water flowing well.
How hard is this to do? I seriously intrigued. If I can setup this pass through shit and only ever virtualize Windows to play the occasional game I think I'd honestly give up on Windows forever.
>>52227234
It's already been done. I'm running one right now. There was a PCI passthrough thread a week ago but nobody was interested.
>>52227264
I'm honestly not very good with Linux. Is this easy enough to do that I could follow a guide?
I've got enough spare hardware that I'm willing to at least try this shit. I assume since Linus used Radeons that Linux's unfriendliness with them is irrelevant for this task.
>>52227264
AMD cards are honestly better. nVidya wants you to pay for Quadros before you can do any hypervisor shit on it. You can use workarounds for Geforces that results in slightly reduced performance.
The best guide on this at the moment is the ArchLinux one, on their wiki.
I think he's fortunate to be able to put together stuff like this because he has a large following on youtube. It's neat.
>>52227350
Meant to quote >>52227316
>>52227316
You need the CPU to support PCI passthrough. For Intel CPU's the tech is called VT-d (not to be confused with VT-x, that one only covers the cpu). For AMD it's called something else.
>>52227392
>For AMD it's called something else.
Thank you
>>52227515
glad to be of help.
No but seriously, I expect anyone who reads anything off 4chan to not take everything they read at face value and go look things up on their own.
>>52227560
Sometimes it's easier to ask another human than to consult Google with search terms you don't fully understand.
>>52227350
>The best guide on this at the moment is the ArchLinux one, on their wiki.
I like Alex Williamson's blog better http://vfio.blogspot.com
He has thorough guide which I used. But each for his own.
I'm running this setup as well on few machines, but on debian. What's best I'm running win 10 tech preview so I'm not paying for windoze, either. I'm booting it up only occasionally for games so I wouldn't be bothered buying licence anyways.
>>52227515
amd vi IIRC
different faggot
>>52227580
Well, "AMD VT-d equivalent" gave a lot of relevant results for me, and that doesn't seem too far fetched.
But apparently the feature is called AMD-Vi or IOMMU or something along those lines. To be sure you'd need to double check with AMD's official spec sheets for the CPU's you're looking at.
>>52225103
It's fun and interesting. If I had infinite money and time to blow, I sure as hell would try out all the different weird builds I could come up with. This guy actually gets to do it.
>>52226670
>>52226709
He said in the video that the cards performed better than expected, since the stock version of the card suffers from throttling, but that issue is gone due to the water cooling used.
>>52225103
His show is pretty much doing cool and experimental things with PC's now.
Its cool to watch it all happen but its completely impractical in real life. Think of it like mad science experiments but with PC's
Linus is a genious when you think about it.
He's managed to make an entire company from youtube vids, he definitely knows how to game the system and advertise to idiots who like his quirky geek guy persona.
>>52225111
>tfw be sys admin
>tfw still watch linus cause i love his personality
>tfw been watching since the beginning
>>52226422
i would of hired in some professionals that knew what they were fucking doing.
Seriously how much more is it gonna cost him till he gets his shit together? Hes not a systems engineer or sys admin. He should of spend some cash hiring some people first and got it right the first time.
I love linus's videos but this one just pisses me off. Its blatent carelessness and a clear look at his "she'll be right m8" attitude to server gear.
>>52226451
>all relatively soon
they have been there for months now. Having backups running this late is unacceptable with any major business.
Instead of fucking around on Whole Room Watercooling he should of been working on his backup sollution.
>>52226707
Yeah i was hoping to see the whole team playing on it at the end.
>>52226934
80 ms is unplayable in csgo
>>52224353
this is legitimately the best computer build i have ever seen
usually linus annoys me but holy shit that was epic
>>52224353
I love that slim GPU and cooler block.
If I had a case that would easily support a watercooling setup I'd buy it.
Also:
>hurrdurr $30k machine
>using 7x$2.5k monitors
Price inflation like that bothered me.
>>52227590
>What's best I'm running win 10 tech preview so I'm not paying for windoze, either. I'm booting it up only occasionally for games so I wouldn't be bothered buying licence anyways.
Can't you just pirate Windows 7 and watch Microsoft beg you to upgrade to Windows 10 after a few days? That's what I did.
>>52228396
>you can't play cs go with less than 120fps
>you can't play csgo with 80ms
This is what csgo fags actually believe.
>>52228451
>epic
>>52228596
Yup we believe exactly that. But I guess we all are wrong and you are right.
>>52224353
Interesting idea that 7 gpus (note amd not nvidia) work on one system, but I have no need for a $20,000 computer thanks.
>>52225600
i resent that remark
>>52224381
>implying he knows how to properly use/configure anything
topkek
>>52228629
>But I guess we all are wrong and you are right.
t. audiophiles
>>52225082
what?
>Went to un raid website
>Saw prices of software
Who in their right mind is going to pay for that that also watched Linus shill tips?
>>52228936
Don't forget he pays for a gui to ffmpeg because he's too dumb to do it himself
>>52224956
You're special.
>>52228936
unraid prices aren't that high when compared to other paid solutions
>>52229023
ok what does that have to do with price comparison between PAID software with vendor support?
>Watch video
>Only one game running
>Rest is benchmark
Why?
>Cannot plug 14 USB devices in
Topkek
Inb4 2 gamers 1 cpu scrapyard challenge
Inb4 I would watch it
>>52224863
>Darn I hate sharing the burden to make the whole place a bit better.
He said as he imported the dirty third world masses to consume his tax dollars at an ever increasing rate.
>Surely our costly social services combined with our naive outlook on immigration will never drag us into a national crisis!
>>52224787
Technically all Canadians living in Canada live in America
>>52228620
stfu
>>52224494
He kinda says it in the vid, although it is because of the water blocks. R9 fury nano no longer throttle on liquid cooling.
>>52224418
>shill
Is there anything like linusshilltips but more technical? I want to learn something.
>>52230920
wendell
>>52224423
>1 CPU
>putting in 2
He's just a massive clickbait faggot.
>>52224881
Because he advertises a shit ton of expensive gamer hardware. All his stuff is sponsored, it's like building a big NASCAR racer.
I know it is old, but this is still far more impressive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPXICaVdutc
That would be something I would buy, and I don't usually play games.
>>52228355
nothing kicks a backup system into gear like a catastrophic loss of data
My dick is so hard just by looking at this
I fucking hate that cunt, Why can't I have power like this
>>52226392
>>52226398
Technically, it could output 4K@60Hz, but without full colorspace.
You could make an amazing gaming PC for less than $2000 and this fool spent $4285 per person.
>>52225580
this is bait
>>52231228
>not a shill
>gotta return everything afterwards
well he certainly has the tween/teen market on lockdown with his goofy shit
>>52231304
>this fool spent
No
>>52224353
stop spamming your shit here, faggot
>>52231815
his job is literally to do that
Did anyone notice after they hired that Colton guy there have been more linus threads on /g/?
>>52231942
Based Colton, I think I'll increase his pay.
>>52224353
Neat proof-of-concept. Enjoyed video. Personally would do something else with that amount of funds. Interesting he lives a ferry ride away; and +1 for Canadian
>>52224381
>>52228884
This. Someone make a video that will help me get windows vm going on linux with a vcard passed through.
Also I need alot of freenas help. The permissions are fucking me over on this unix shit.
>>52224941
>>52224427
He used top of the line parts. You can do with 5% less performance and literally save 50%
top performance comes at premium prices.
>>52231773
I think he paid for the Nanos himself since AMD was stalling.
>>52226597
>He used a paid OS to accomplish what could have been done for free with better performance.
Unraid is pretty goddamn user-friendly unlike the free alternatives.
>>52232334
The average linuxtard doesn't realize that some people don't have all day to sit on google trying to figure out how to do something.
>>52228355
This occurred before they uploaded the segway jousting video which was a few weeks ago already.
Just imagine 30 x $1000 computer.
This is a waste but still an interesting concept.
>>52229058
>>Cannot plug 14 USB devices in
Why not? Each USB port can handle 127.
>>52229058
>>52232472
Because the best way to use USB devices in the VM is passing through the whole USB hub on the motherboard. I don't think it has 7 controllers so he's stuck just passing through peripherals.
