In lieu of purchasing a gaming PC for the TV in my den I decided to just spin up a Win 10 VM on my 1950X ESXi host and run extended active HDMI & USB 3.0 cables to it (about 5 meters). I passed through a GTX 1080ti and a dedicated USB3 PCIe card with no issues. I easily get 60fps when playing Doom @ 4k 60fps ultra settings, but after 15-30 minutes of gameplay the game will eventually freeze requiring me to restart the guest. GPU/CPU temps are fine as both have their own AIO coolers. The VM has 6 vCPU with low latency enabled. The case is chockablock with fans, so the VRM and all other mobo components are plenty cool. Heck, the RAID controller even has its own pair of 90mm fans blowing on it (as it liked to get toasty without it lol).
The only other VMs running are a domain controller, file server and vCenter virtual appliance. None of which are doing much of anything. The gaming VM never hits 100% CPU usage.
My assumption is that I may be coming up short in the power department. Since I want to add another GPU for a GPU accelerated terminal server I have ordered a 1200 watt 80+ platinum PSU, but wondering if there might be something else I am missing or should check in the meantime?
Hardware:
(Note that 2nd GPU is not actually in the case at the moment. That was a test-fit to make sure everything would actually work. Not putting it in production until I get the new PSU).
The only other VMs running are a domain controller, file server and vCenter virtual appliance. None of which are doing much of anything. The gaming VM never hits 100% CPU usage.
My assumption is that I may be coming up short in the power department. Since I want to add another GPU for a GPU accelerated terminal server I have ordered a 1200 watt 80+ platinum PSU, but wondering if there might be something else I am missing or should check in the meantime?
Hardware:
- AMD Threadripper 1950x
- 64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 DDR4
- Drained, cleaned and refilled Enermax Liqtech II TR4 360
- EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW 3 hybrid
- Adaptec 72405 24 channel RAID controller
- Intel X520 10Gb NIC SFP+
- 3 x NVME SSDs standalone, 4x SATA SSDs (RAID), 5x 4TB SATA 7.2k HDDs (RAID), 2x 2TB SATA 7.2k HDDs (RAID)
- 850 watt 80+ gold PSU
- ESXi 6.7 Update 3b
- vCenter 6.7 Update 3b OVA
- Windows 10 1909 VM
(Note that 2nd GPU is not actually in the case at the moment. That was a test-fit to make sure everything would actually work. Not putting it in production until I get the new PSU).