2 Gaming Rigs, 1 Tower - Virtualized Gaming Build Log

Ever thought to yourself - My computer is so powerful that it could conceivably run TWO copies of this game.. How would I do that? Well, here's the answer, friends!
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[@th3noloYT]

Petition to remake this video for 2022 edition!

[@raptor29aaa]

I agree but for 2023! Who knows maybe he'll try a build that can handle 4 players in minecraft? LoL Lan party same tower

[@alexehrhardt267]

You’re all in luck. Look up Linus 7 gamers 1 cpu

[@vrlp]

YAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSS came back in 2023 because Id love to see it. Overall with the resources the linus media group has now... It would be hardcore

[@gamehud]

​@@raptor29aaaI agree but 2024!

[@daviddjuran2710]

2024* at this point hahaha

[@LambdaObjection]

This kind of thing is why I'm subscribed to LInusTechTips

[@LambdaObjection]

Also, big fan of the Kickass torrents tab open at 9:33 ;)

[@muhk5163]

+Dirk Bogan lmao

[@xkxk7539]

+Dirk Bogan FYI hardware virtualization has been in the tech for quite sometime now. It's not something "new".

[@psygn0sis]

+Dirk Bogan Nobody's an angel. At least Linus knows Kickass is the best.

[@spacecadet2827]

+Dirk Bogan i love it when he bangs on about adblock and then uses it on the wan show. always priceless

[@ahnafmozammel1940]

That moment when a PC running 2 games at the same time still gets more frames than you

[@ucaroy]

+AceOfSpades1209 Well there's a tiny thing that all of these individual parts, retail pricing anyways, would be a little over $4000... so yeah.

[@GI3880]

+Jesse Rodriguez The W should have been capitalized... Go back to elementary school. :'^).

[@iHasCaek]

+jamd1421 "don't compare bro linus has infinite shelf's of high end PC parts." "how about you finish elementary school first, a lot is two words." you talk a lot of smack for a guy who can't even spell "shelves"

[@GI3880]

Lol

[@GI3880]

+Jesse Rodriguez **Come **Be ** xD. **You ** :3.

[@agungprastisthasurya80]

Petition to remake this video for 2021 edition!

[@MrArthean]

2 Boys 1 Case

[@TijmenJanssen]

ew....

[@qidthekid]

Kappa

[@MrArthean]

Bruh KappaPride

[@WoahWoah378]

+Monarkh Damn you beat me. :(

[@milindnaik8115]

+Monarkh ahahhahahaha ROFL XD

[@sean-tt3er]

Does the PC include with a Friend?

[@TitanOne1337]

No

[@jakenelson1366]

lmao

[@arnoldramos8613]

Lmao, I widh

[@x52m]

broken english

[@mina360lol3]

i wish but it does not :(

[@Bluexin_]

"We've got enough USB ports to choke a stallion" xD

[@nictheperson6709]

USB 2.0 ports are so much better for the job. That's why the X99 Deluxe is the right MB for the job. Oh I guess there are the Asmedia USB 3.0 ports, but whatever, no one cares about them.

[@Yolinstrun4e182]

+Infinite Zero who is "no one" ?

[@iKingyx]

+Bluexin Can Vouch, got the same Motherboard, plenty enough there to do such a thing!

[@EvanSnoswell]

+Bluexin Next video: Choking a stallion with USB ports.

[@AntAnt]

He can get this shit to work and i cant use the microwave correctly

[@mrkitty777]

You're holding it wrong ! 😋

[@hotnikq]

if you trying to do this without pay for unRaid www.se7ensins.com/forums/threads/how-to-setup-a-gaming-virtual-machine-with-gpu-passthrough-qemu-kvm-libvirt-and-vfio.1371980/

[@wil7vin]

It's not as hard as it looks, this tech has been made easier and easier... If your intrested in VM's and how this works google "VFIO", it's mainly used by Linux users that want to run windows games in a virtual machine. This kind of tech I suspect is also being used by the services that want to make 'game streaming' a thing, the games are run in VM's and the output is pumped netflix style back to the user.

[@agenttank]

This is easier than microwaves though. Fuck overcomplicated microwaves.

[@ivancamejo9057]

Petition to remake this video for 2024 edition using Freeware

[@EPICMANisEPIC1]

i watched the whole video even though im never gonna build this or anything like this

[@reket777pvl]

Same thoughts)))

[@turkidot]

*cries in the corner*

[@SmokeySmudgeStudio]

+CleanKicks Welcome to linus tech tips XD

[@deneb_tm]

Nobody except Linus ever will.

[@kinggoten]

+CleanKicks I wouldn't say I'd never do this but it would just be easier to do 2 builds :P plus then you can you know locate the 2nd pc in another room or something, would be a cool idea for roomies in college or something tho.

[@ArthurBarnhart]

Man I linked here from the 5 PC setup from a few months ago, and it's crazy to see how much the videos and Linus' hosting has improved over 7 years

[@bossmeep6467]

You need to update this one for 2019

[@alonsopaez1487]

with a 3900x!!!

[@endsemiscoming7204]

Does 3900x support virtualization?

[@ColdLunaris]

@@endsemiscoming7204 Yes, alltough AMD doesn't call it VT-d and VT-x. They call it AMD-Vi and AMD-V. I think all Ryzen CPU's support it, even the lower end ones, and Threadripper and EPYC definitely supports it. Just make sure your motherboard chipset supports it also. With AMD it's not really a question if your CPU can virtualize, but if your motherboard can. Some motherboards support only AMD-V and not AMD-Vi, meaning that you can run virtual machines, but you cannot pass through PCIe devices like a GPU to your VM, so if you're doing this for gaming, make sure both your CPU and motherboard support AMD-V, AMD-Vi and IOMMU.

[@endsemiscoming7204]

@@ColdLunaris Thanks for sharing such in depth knowledge ! . I am actually thinking to do 1 CPU 2 or 3 user build. Can you suggest some motherboard and GPUs too?. Budget isnt an issue here

[@knifekitty_ls]

make that 2020

[@UndyingGhost]

Linus still trying, still innovating. Great video!

[@HShango]

+UndyingGhost always has been

[@t8z5h3]

Except I seen this like 4 years ago from VMware

[@tatikmita76]

+Nathan saunders VMware Workstation messes up your GPUs.

[@Dracossaint]

Its not really innovation,but hey good on them for helping people realize they can do this really

[@sammymorini9748]

+Seraphim Eter don't think he means VMware Workstation but rather VMware ESXI. Workstation is for virtualization inside a host OS, while ESXI, like Lime unraid, is essentially a virtualization server.

[@KGDHMF]

'' Yes we can '' - Linus . Mmmmh.... why does that sound so familiar.. Wait a minute , thats Oba-

[@mannoesgehtnix]

+ridow300 i almost chuckled

[@hinatahideki9758]

+ridow300 no its from bob the builder

[@akapdcdaka]

+ridow300 Don't sleep on Barry O'

[@SmithOfGear92]

+ridow300 Really? No takers? Okay, I'll do it: THANKS OBAMA...

[@jaredargiriou8336]

I thought it was bob the builder? You know "bob the builder can we fix it? Bob the builder yes we can"

[@justgaming3365]

59 seconds later... 7 GAMERS 1 CPU

[@DarkSlayer-xk3fb]

No, 69 seconds later (insert lenny face here)

[@comrde_fluffy5283]

Yes

[@peachyjam9440]

69 seconds later 7 Gamers 1 Cup

[@default632]

@@peachyjam9440 wtf eww

[@TheHammerGuy94]

2 gamers 1 CPU 7 gamers 1 CPU 8/10 GAMERS 1 CPU 3 VR GAMERS 1 CPU Update: 6 8K workstations 1 CPU now that 64 core cpus are possible, i want linus to step it up: 8 x 8k editors, 8 x 4K gamers 1 CPU

[@SimonSJRS]

"We build these overpowered machines with 8 processing cores and 32gb of RAM" Oh how times have changed in 5 years

[@ronnie3626]

True, I would consider this upper midrange now. Still strong, but not overpowered. I have a Ryzen 7 3700x, 32gb ram and RX 580 8GB, still enough for me. :)

[@publicalias8172]

@@ronnie3626 Hey cutie. 32gb is plenty.

[@badnewsbruner]

You guys should do this again, but with a Ryzen 3900X!!

[@Golden_Projects]

No, with a threadripper 3970x

[@brettknibbs9351]

3990 😉

[@nororlol4life819]

@@brettknibbs9351 15 gamers 1 cpu 31 gamers 1 cpu

[@whenyouknowyouknow4877]

@@Golden_Projects What about the 3990x?

[@bubbshalub]

I would love to see a Threadripper version of this!

[@ddswh1pk0s]

Linus has Kickasstorrents open in another tab @ 11:00 - 11:15

[@annelisemeier283]

Shame on him .... PirateBay all the way !

[@spacecadet2827]

+Annelise Meier you haven't been there recently have you? it's either full of pornshite or it's offline like it is now.

[@TheSimpsonss1]

+ddswh1pk0s Where do you think he got those windows 10 .isos?

[@akalion213]

+Annelise Meier Nah kat.cr all the way for TV and movies

[@Ha19000]

+Space Cadet If you use an adblock you won't see the ads on tpb.

[@jjws600]

"You need to follow these exactly" *puts it into a timelapse* Wow linus wow xD. I don't need to know though :D

[@fgfh10004]

+Jaydon PlaysGames (jjws600) You have a pause button, do you not?

[@jjws600]

"I don't need to know though :D"

[@aidanjt]

+Zombirate That would require hitting pause on the right frame and KZbin doesn't provide frame stepping. It's a valid complaint.

[@hellsgate09]

+aidanjt There's also a speed control....

[@jjws600]

God, people took this so seriously, it was being ironic.

[@Anupam_Naik]

Make updated video

[@DirtPoorWargamer]

I kind of want to use this to set up a tower with 7 machines on it. One machine that uses everything, two that split it in half, and four that also split everything evenly. Boot the virtual machines that meet your current needs. Could you imagine being able to support 4 people on one machine for a LAN party?

[@TheKyshu]

+Wells That would 1. be a nightmare to configure, and 2. run very poorly, as essentially you have the 4 gaming VMs, plus 3 "management" operating systems. Linux doesn't have a lot of overhead, but there still is some. Not sure how well it would run, or even if it would run at all due to several VMs accessing the same graphics card, I don't think it works that way as in this video, each graphics card is passed through to a single VM, and they are not split in half. A better idea would probably be to get 4 dedicated graphics cards, run 4 VMs, assign a card to each VM and then have the onboard GPU (you can configure the BIOS to use that as output) run the management VM, in this case unRAID (?). It'd be kinda expensive though, as you need a motherboard that supports 4 graphics cards, a CPU powerful enough to run everything at acceptable speeds AND you need the 4 graphics cards. I don't know if you need 4 of the same type of card for this kind of scenario, maybe just have everyone bring their own card? Like BYOGPU? :D

[@firefoxx04]

+Wells you cannot share the GPU between multiple VMs.. and by that I mean only one VM can have a GPU passed through. That is the only way the VM will game with decent performance. regular VM graphics can be shared among the VMs but it will not have anything close to gaming caliber graphics.

[@DirtPoorWargamer]

***** You aren't running all 7 at the same time. If you're running the 4 slower Computers, the faster 3 aren't on. If you're running the fastest one, the other 6 aren't on. Yeah, you'd need 4 GPUs to do this properly, but that means the fast machine will have 4-way SLI (assuming that can be virtualized), and the 2 mid speed rigs will have 2-way. BYOGPU could work with this (SLI may be wonky though), although I don't know how many people would take apart their computer to avoid bringing the tower. I would rather have this be a permanent machine with the same card in each slot. Then you only need to worry about one tower for up to 4 people, and can make use of more of the machine's power if you have fewer.

[@DirtPoorWargamer]

Joe Sirianni The only GPU sharing going on in the configuration I'm proposing is by machines that operate on a mutually exclusive basis. The 4-way SLI machine doesn't run at the same time as the 4 single GPU machines, none of which runs at the same time as the 2 2-way SLI machines.

[@BNAU]

+Wells The one problem with that is the cpu that you need to run. You can easily find a motherboard supporting 4 way sli and 4 gpu's via pcie but you're gonna need a cpu with at least 12/16 cores if you want to game on it in any way or form. Using 3 here is a stretch already, you saw the 20% decrease in fps. But going from 3 to 2 cores per VM, you're gonna be looking at a drastic decrease in the region of 60% of the 3 core VM's performance especially running newer DX10 or 11 games. The only such cores that currently exist would be the top grade skylake processors that were recently released but i'm not sure they're compatible with this kind of unraid linux vm set up. Especially when its performance relies on hyper threading and taking only 3 cores from that kind of cpu will make things difficult at the least. Other than that you also have to consider heat management/cooling. A reference card of any sort (let's just say the 980ti that Linus threw in) runs at around 70-80 under load. Even on the best motherboards that can actually fit 4 gpu's you're gonna be putting them right against each other like in this one. Since you can't watercool in such a set up, nor use anything other than reference cards you're going to be looking at alot of heat that any amount of default case fans or cooling is just not going to cut it. I don't know about you but if i had 4 980ti's i would really REALLY hate to burn them all out. Also the server VM that Linus used in this video REQUIRES different usb peripherals or it doesn't work. I just tried to put two razer blackwidows (one for each) and its so hard to program both to work individually. If Linus can't figure out how to do it i don't think it can be done. Basically i think that as of now, the technology available to the consumer market pretty much limits us to a dual vm tower as the absolute maximum if you want to retain any kind of performance over both of them. Heat, Compatibility and Performance issues (pretty much it).

[@meshrash324]

00:14 Luke wtf is that?! go to the gym dude can't let it grow!

[@freddiewm1502]

+Mesh Rash haha sooo true

[@cheguevara2100]

+Mesh Rash Dude he's just pregnant dont hate man.

[@SnipyCS]

Lmao

[@WheremyPoptart]

lol

[@anna94k]

+Mesh Rash haha :D that's exactly what I wanted to write :D

[@TranceForLyfe]

2:27 980 ti, Linus. NOT 780 ti :P

[@RW3132000]

+TranceForLyfe yes that was bugging me

[@jasonp9459]

+TranceForLyfe they knew their mistake, look at the same frame at the bottom left.

[@AlexanderChilds]

+TranceForLyfe Was looking for the comment... and if it didn't happen, I was going to make it. How did that make it past editing? Normally doesn't. Good catch guys.

[@Enokha]

+Alexander Childs it's literally in the bottom right..

[@AlexanderChilds]

Enokha I was talking about the comment someone makes about the mistake. Apparently I wasn't the only one who missed it. Looks like it was literally in the bottom left... not the bottom right.

[@bananacraftlol]

Hey Linus, had an idea to try that with two VR headsets.

[@tiberiumihairezus417]

Wow, still using nvidia, they must have payed you a lot to promote only their stuff and not AMD's virtual GPU. Witch actually is much better as it is not software emulated as this thing but it's hardware virtualized, yes it is firepro only for now but I tried it and works great!

[@LinusTechTips]

+Tiberiu Mihai Rezus I'm using PCI device passthrough. It doesn't matter what virtualization support the card has. Also, why would I want FirePros for a gaming machine?

[@thefloppybird4205]

ROASTED

[@DerrickRG]

+Tiberiu Mihai Rezus Waaaahhhhh!

[@tiberiumihairezus417]

You could have used radeons too, gcn are very capable cards and i really don't get it why do you use only nvidia products for you builds. Star wars battlefront runs best on AMDs, you said it, so why testing it with nvidias? For me it's none sense. Yes you are right, this is not actual visualization but PCI passtrough, I actually got confused. As I said amd's virtualisation solution it's only for firepros but it's hardware based so you could use the saders of one or more gpus on many virtual machines or external devices with great scalabitily. Thats sick. Hope they will implement that on cunsumer cards. Again I hope to see more flexibility for the hardware you advertise in future, seeing you using only nvidias might make people think you are not so independent as you appear.

[@Snowy101]

+Tiberiu Mihai Rezus You have no idea what you're talking about. Please just shut the hell up.

[@princejahn8234]

rip linuses ram with all those chrome tabs open

[@htfkid2000]

+F3 he probably has 32gb of ram lol

[@thekeych]

+HTFCirno2000 He probably has Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 128gb of ram :D

[@mintzz6905]

+F3 LinusTabTips :3

[@jonathanschultz2472]

Chrome doesn't use much ram I only have 8g of ram and I had like 15 tabs open and still had 6gig left

[@ThreePhase470]

+J⃟O⃟N⃟A⃟T⃟H⃟A⃟N⃟ S⃟C⃟H⃟U⃟L⃟T⃟Z⃟ that's nothing. i have like 40 tabs open at once which obviously takes up a bit more, but i still am able to do other stuff with my 8gb of ram

[@DiEvOrHeR]

I think its really about time to get a refresh tutorial on this one. New Hardware came out and UNraid changed quite a bit.

[@Xenoray1]

you wish got granted :D

[@DiEvOrHeR]

@@Xenoray1 By whom? The new vid wasn't really a tutorial

[@PenguinSlide47]

I hit this link after the new Multi user setup. As soon as it popped up I said wow this is old. I remember when this came out, hard to believe it’s been that long. Good job Linus.

[@esk8spirit362]

Sweet video... But why does this seem like one of those procedures no matter how many times I try and do it right, it will not work at the end with some weird error messages and the uneasy feeling that I don't know what the hell I just did and how to fix it...

[@chrispham6599]

Maybe because you suck?

[@esk8spirit362]

Chris Pham maybe because you suck? Might be

[@chrispham6599]

Well you're here complaining about how you can't be able to set this up, so maybe you suck

[@esk8spirit362]

Chris Pham yeah or maybe you do...

[@chrispham6599]

Haha

[@TerenceKearns]

Oh wow. Is there a 2019 guide for this?

[@freddurst9053]

I really hope linus does a modern version of this.

[@Ghoatt]

I would love to see an updated version of this build.

[@MrCofet]

And with Aster

[@kenmorris2858]

Great video, but I agree, an updated video needs to be done. Based on the car pics in the background, which is Linus favorite...Mustang or C1 Corvette? Cheers from Halifax, Nova Scotia...

[@DonaldBowman]

I need this video, but with today’s technology!With the competitiveness of AMD, the power of both CPUs/GPUs, and the scarce supply of hardware this idea could be a good solution for couples who want to game together but don’t want to buy/build separate rigs.

[@HarryLostOne]

why would a couple want to game together but not do it in a different pc ? Its like wanting to go on the toilet at the same time, it works if the toilet is big enough, but.....why ???? It's a cool concept sure, but the ONLY one that can benefit from it, its someone who really struggles with space (which is still absurd since you can build on minitower a quite strong pc). Even if its a money issue, the fact that you will need 2+ gpus on this specific rig, it just doesnt save enough for the trouble, all the parts except gpu can be found on good prices (gamingwise). I'm pretty sure that 2 pcs are extremely better (specially long term) than do all these stuff to get ..... 1.5 pc. Not even mentioning how much of a pain in the ass would be if one pc is underperforming for whatever reason.

[@Eu.FelipeSaldanha]

@@HarryLostOne Strongly disagree. I live in brazil and we are fancing scarcity of pc components. Me and my wife own the exactly same PC, its a Ryzen 5 3600X, 16GB 3200Mhz, SSD 480GB, RTX2060, Asus A520M Plus, Corsair CX550 Bronze. But if we had to build only one PC we could have gone with a Ryzen 9 5950X, 32GB 3200Mhz, 2X 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus, 2X RTX2080 Super, MSI MEG X570S, Super Flower 1000W Platinum... We would have to add only $160 more to the build... For some freaking reason low specs components are way more expensive than it should....

[@Eu.FelipeSaldanha]

@@HarryLostOne Just a quick example, a Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2400Mhz is only $18 cheaper than a Corsair Dominator 16GB 3600Mhz right now...

[@BurnerWah]

I doubt I need to tell you what they just did

[@darthmikda]

@@christianmino4073 Performance isn't an issue if you are going to play with older games.

[@bsg2621]

I have a PNY GeForce 9500 and hes using one JUST TO BOOT HIS FUCKING PC

[@adamtobak9697]

hahahahhhaha true;)

[@Shadow_Beatz]

BSG i feel u Same here

[@tatertot9007]

BSG I honestly love my PNY GTX 950! Works good, but he used it as a throw-away... hurts man...

[@jlui0357]

Just asking, what is an nvidia nforce?

[@bsg2621]

JLui02​ GForce is the successor to the NForce series.

[@GregoryCarnegie]

Could you do 4 players with an 18 core zeon?

[@eternalflame7177]

+Gregory Carnegie dont forget he has a 36C 72T render farm :p

[@CantilEdge]

I believe you could. But you would need the onboard graphics and 4 Other gpus on the same motherboard. Though it would be a pain in the ass to configure. Probably also overclock the xeon as they usually have lower clock speeds

[@megapro125]

+Vlad Puriy couldn't you just put more than 4 gpus in your system? remember that you wouldn't be using them in sli or cf so I don't know if the limit of 4 gpus still applies without interconnecting them. there are mainboards with more than 4 pcie slots since some expansion cards other than gpus can use them too. The only thing that maybe could be a problem are the pcie lanes of the xeon then.

[@CantilEdge]

remember that for every virtual machines your going to run (in this case 4) you are going to need 1 gpu for each.

[@CantilEdge]

plus another for the main input

[@marcelberglund1829]

"Super overpowered machines with like 8 processing cores" 1:40 That aged well...Thx Amd

[@sidhantjasrotia220]

Lol,i thought the same bro

[@livedelsolar5264]

this video is like wine.

[@cam31825]

The upside down logo on the cpu cooler triggers me

[@chrispygaming9562]

lol!!!

[@shrook4209]

me to

[@christopherabelard7134]

Marlow same

[@mikev1622]

"We've got enough USB ports to choke a Stallion" Linus tech tips, 2015

[@Tucagodofmusic]

you and whoever you share this PC with could potentially split the price by going halves in the CPU, PSU, ram, MOBO, case, etc. meaning that you only pay full price for your individual graphics cards. that means you can get top of the range everything! or make a dual family computer setup. great idea budget-wise!!!

[@YassidMartinez]

That's actually a great idea

[@Andytlp]

+Wolfstorm33 very true.

[@Andytlp]

kevin G. depending on pc cost u could save anywhere from 500 bucks to a few thousand.

[@philagreig]

+Wolfstorm33 Keep in mind that he's using an 3 - 3.5 ghz 8 core cpu that costs almost 3 times as much as a 4 - 4.2 ghz 4 core 6700k. I'm not sure you would actually end up saving much. Also, the VM that he benchmarked at the end was only using 3 cores. He didn't say why but I would guess it would be due to assigning one to run the VM software. I'm not sure if you could even plug in a USB device without assigning it to 1 of the VMs. It's an interesting idea but I have my doubts about whether it would ever be worth doing.

[@Andytlp]

***** u could get away with a 6 core for 400 bucks.

[@kealanfrost6491]

WISH I COULD LIKE TWICE I love this topic I was even thinking about making one of these for a gaming room with my brother

[@kealanfrost6491]

Dang I wrote that a while ago

[@theskele]

When you blur your recommendations

[@DarkSlayer-xk3fb]

69% of his search history is porn (insert lenny face here)

[@chokumYnai]

It's 2019 and I just put this on my ToDo list so I can save some square footage in my home for my kids production area. Is there an updated video Linus? Would appreciate an updated build. Cheers.

[@ROBMACDUI]

Same here. Using today's super high core count Ryzen cpus, there should be no reason to have 2 physical pcs. Now to justify to the wife why I need a second graphics card.

[@buzzantique1158]

Or you can try some multiseat software like Aster - www.ibik.ru/ Mostly works great 👌

[@caerbanoginterrupted1833]

@@buzzantique1158 you have to pay for that monthly. meh.

[@buzzantique1158]

@@caerbanoginterrupted1833 There is also a lifetime license 👍 (I already have one)

[@caerbanoginterrupted1833]

@@buzzantique1158 i didn't see it when i checked. looking again.

[@yo-no9879]

I wanna see this with low end parts and see if it works so basically 2 gaming rigs 1 tower budget edition

[@thewaterboy2013]

Remains one of my all time fave vids LTT has ever released... holy crow this was 3 years ago???

[@GoodGuyBiker]

We just built one with 6 monitors and two keyboards LOL

[@AkiraSieghart]

+Motorcycles Vancouver Somewhere between $2-3k

[@GoodGuyBiker]

AkiraSieghart We dropped about 3k on our 6 monitor rig... check our office video

[@ledfed1912]

+Motorcycles Vancouver m8 my tv costs double that.

[@AkiraSieghart]

+Marcus Christensen my TV was $2k lol

[@GoodGuyBiker]

AkiraSieghart but is it this good ? preview.tinyurl.com/qg588zo

[@TrevorMurphy]

Yeah I know there's 7 gamers 1 "cpu" (tower) now, but to be honest this is something that is realizable for everyone. This is one of my favorite videos of all time :)

[@philipdijkstra]

Hahaha 2017 here, nice to see this blast from the past. Luke also lost about 10kg since this video :) good for you Luke!

[@flex4711]

0:27 beginning, 2:07 their hardware list 3:05 undetailed machine build 4:03 reasons for picked parts(requirements, important!)< 6:25 software steps for installation 16:00 end of information, roughly

[@_J4k0b]

Who's also here because of the 5 rigs one cpu video???

[@vebaaaz5181]

BRUH IN MY SCHOOL THERE WAS 3 PC RUNNING 22 WINDOWSES -_-

[@EirikHaug]

same on my scool but the pcs has core2quad cpus......

[@hibari42]

+Eirik Haug well, i don't know what core2quad cpus are, but i'm sure you thought it was impressive or something.

[@EirikHaug]

nightshadeFX little brother :P

[@hibari42]

Eirik Haug ah... i get it. i have one of those too. i'm not sure what they're good for, but i somehow managed to acquire one.

[@KianGurney]

+nightshadeFX A brother or Core 2 Quad?

[@Toxicity1987]

Thats cool, another Video shows a similar setup with Citrix XEN, it was some years ago, and it was far more complicated. But the Idea is cool, especially for Linux Freaks like me. Question: Could you compare different Virtual Software and Hypervisors, I would love to see witch one has the most performance, on that list: Linux KVM (that you use in this video) XEN, VirtualBox and VMWare.

[@Toxicity1987]

+Toxicity1987 Almost forgot, Fuck HyperV!

[@Xyos212]

+Toxicity1987 Im an IT systems admin and I use Virtualbox/VMWare/ and Hyper-V. Why do you say Hyper V sucks? Because its not a bare metal VM? Maybe that was the case years ago, but today if your using something like Windows Server 2012 the difference will not be noticeable.

[@Toxicity1987]

Xyos212 Windows Server 2012 is still bloatware which eats too much system resources for itself, what need it again to run without any service? 1GB of RAM? It's still load a GUI (which is bullshit on a Server) and to many services on its own. If MS don't make a dedicated HyperV server which is minimalistic so as it should be, it is and remains the worst Hypervisor on the market.

[@Xyos212]

Toxicity1987 That's silly in todays modern world, where servers have from 128gb of RAM to 1 terabyte of ram, with CPU's in servers with dozens of cores spread over multiple CPU's....

[@biltongza]

+Toxicity1987 Microsoft DID make a dedicated HyperV server :) It's called HyperV Server 2012 and it's free!

[@RRonaK]

2021 update request. UP UP UP

[@taoseefaziz7188]

They should do a 3rd gen Ryzen version of this

[@readyrepairs]

couldnt this be done without the unraid? just enable all the virtualization features - and run a second OS in in virtual box etc etc - give it half the resources... cores... ram... etc - dedicate one gpu to it... and make it run full screen on the second monitor? give it the correct USB devices and be done? yes. the answer is yes. and then you dont have to buy some useless (for this situation) copy of some linux garbage.

[@readyrepairs]

+readyrepairs also you wouldnt need to wait for unraid... and you wouldnt have to boot both machines if you didnt want to... and you wouldnt be relying on a USB drive that could be corrupted or pulled/knocked out by a child/pet... this is stupid Linus. You know this is stupid. Did Unraid pay you or something? I expect so much more of you.

[@LinusTechTips]

So you went straight from asking if your suggestion would work (it won't if you want to game with full performance) to calling me out for doing it wrong......

[@readyrepairs]

+LinusTechTips explain how the performance would be any worse? it would be better... because there wouldn't be a third os using cpu cores.

[@readyrepairs]

+LinusTechTips but i still love your Canadian ass regardless.

[@J0nDaFr3aK]

+readyrepairs i don't know if that would work. a software based vm would be much slower and you'd need pci passthrough drivers to get the most out of a discrete gpu and said drivers are not that stable. not to say that your vm would have to share resources with your hosting os. virtual box uses as many cores as you want it to, but not exclusively, which means your os would still use them and make your vm slower.. in spite of its cost, this solution is closer to the machine's hardware and will get better results

[@Guldaar]

Just wondering how this does with games with built in anti-cheat? A lot of blizzard games running warden will flag clients running on virtualized machines as bots. does anyone know if warden still functions in this way? Will a setup like this still be flagged?

[@katsudon5296]

Lol

[@waaa9waaa9waaa9]

+Saelaniify That's not really the focus of this video. You'd have to confirm that on the corresponding game's devs.

[@Nauxe]

+Saelaniify Not really, since the OS is virtualized on a much lower level unlike VMWare. We use a similar setup for work here and there's no problems with games that has Anti-Virtualization tech.

[@Pytte]

+Saelaniify Blizzard has no way of checking you run on a VM, I think you are a bit paranoid..

[@Guldaar]

Pytte Warden checks memory so yes they do.

[@kazimir8086]

If I only had friends, this would be so much fun

[@NatiiixLP]

Is the red graphics card from Scapyard Wars season 3?

[@juliusbreilmann1245]

Rainbow Nati yes definitly😂

[@maxwellm1266]

no because of how many video cards they had they just farted it out

[@EngineeringNS]

but can it run crisis?

[@mintzz6905]

nope, it will hardly run youtube, so it definitely wouldn't run crysis

[@randeepbimbh]

+Lor Reuben what about DAVE? can it run that?

[@zebentley12]

+Lor Reuben I heard it can run Potato 3 - Getting Baked at like 5-10 FPS at low settings.

[@EngineeringNS]

Can't run youtube? It is running BF with full setting at 1080p at 100fps+

[@zebentley12]

+Kris S Please tell me you're joking

[@bassl0va]

Why not use VMware ESXi? It's free?

[@Deep42Thought]

+bassl0va or Citrix XEN

[@AntonioValentini88]

+bassl0va I was wondering the same thing. Maybe is unRAID some kind of sponsor? Both Citrix and VMWare offer a free edition that can run very good VMs.

[@enix4141]

+bassl0va As of ESXi 5.5 and the GTX 700 series; GPU pass-through isn't supported by nvidia gforce cards. You could still do it with AMD cards tho.

[@bassl0va]

John Lawton Good opportunity for them to use some AMD cards in a build then eh?

[@enix4141]

Indeed.

[@Angel_Bob_]

It took me a couple tries to understand why all these steps are necessary for which things, but I get it now! (watched a couple other explanations of unRAID) I'm mostly ready now to build my Threadripper based dual system! Look out, World!

[@patrickoleary3095]

2 guys 1 cpu

[@HavokNetwork]

Your avi fits the comment

[@mcgrill1001]

+HxvxK Ikr that made the comment 20 times better xD

[@shiftymiata]

Dyslexic fetish porn

[@LordGangrel]

+Patrick O'Leary This should've been the clickbait name.

[@qutuz9495]

This is just beautiful... Yes, I will never hope to understand how he did it, but still... I actually thought this will be the first KZbin video with no dislikes.... I was wrong for some reason 18:37

[@sparrow40k]

17:25 anyone else see this as Linus in front of a greenscreen ? ahaha

[@KagoK]

Actually, if you notice he actually looks at the screen luke is using to game, so he is there and it isnt a green screen

[@masterzz57]

sparrow40k he is not on a greenscreen

[@chuzzymcfuzzy3287]

No, but it sure as heck looks like it, which is what +sparrow40k was saying.

[@freddyready8756]

yeah it soo does, but the shadow and all seems perfect. the distance in perspective of the camera was making me a bit sick and made him look "false" or out of place like if it was recorded or put over the original footage.

[@cunc3040]

Nutcracko Games luke made it look so real

[@0Adnin]

Linus's ad on linus's channel. that LICEPTION !

[@plerpity]

Petition to remake this video for 2024

[@Mythicalgoon]

please please please redo this video with ryzen, i will literally pay you. Like this so he sees

[@shivthakur1634]

search it on google you will find your solution

[@johnpatrickgonzales5758]

Just use Min's Softxpand or Ibik's Aster.

[@dkingst5]

So he commented you need VT-X and VT-D support to run the virtualization correctly. I might be wrong but Ryzen doesn't support those.

[@TheColumna1]

Ryzen does support them, they just have different names, I believe the name for PCI passthrough is AMD-Vi and the virtualization is AMD-V or AMD-VTx or something. Although different motherboards put these options in different places, and some don't even support it.

[@camhuyen6346]

More of the reasons we need to ask Linus to redo this again

[@hydrochloricacid2146]

WHY LINUS, WHY???!!! WHY MAKE A JOKE ON 2G 1C???!

[@justinwilliams7148]

+Bob Roberts I came to the comment section just to see if there was a 2guys1CPU comment. You have not disappointed.

[@hydrochloricacid2146]

Lol

[@justwatchingvideos2]

+Bob Roberts I missed it. Where in the video was it?

[@hydrochloricacid2146]

John Doe In the beginning , when " 2 gamers, 1 cpu" is written at the bottom of the screen. Linus then says yes we can do that .

[@Shmey]

I just discovered Linus Tech Tips this year. So far, this is my favorite build I've seen on this channel, even if it's not the most over-the-top thing I've seen.

[@stevendensmore4646]

Reminds me of two girls one cup

[@jaferlastname1760]

why did your remind me about that -_-

[@fikretardakundak4863]

two girls one cpu*

[@itsneight1260]

two guru's one cpu

[@alpha777ify]

i was eating thank you for putting that image in my head

[@MrMCLovin767]

two boys one cpu

[@АйдарХабиров-т3к]

very great video very informative and how about same thing just on debian not on lime-technology thing may be more interesting for linux fans

[@DominickDecocko]

ok im gonna open an internet cafe in my country now. So efficient. Gonna fuck this.

[@flykope9211]

The start of something... something beautiful.

[@Chomakot]

They use this similar build at my local pc cafe they keep it for 1v1s :D

[@CR47Ycam]

That GPU got a grand piano casually sitting on top of it

[@intothevortex7825]

this would have been amazing growing up and avoiding fighting with my brother over game time (maybe not a bad thing). sadly not possible in the mid 90s. lol

[@NoyzBot]

this is so much better than split-screen! LAN gaming with a single motherboard cuts out the most expensive components (case+PSU+CPU+RAM) and only requires you buying 2 GPUs and 2 monitors (I already have 2 monitors) so this could actually be hella awesome for having a friend over to play games! Dang, I might do this with my old tower when I upgrade since it already has 2 GTX 760s in SLI... yeah, this is definitely a fun thing I hope I can do!

[@user-zi8kb5uk1g]

nice thats this one is actually with ONE cpu!~!

[@KagoK]

Well it is not easy running, let's say 10 people one one fuckin tower. they need more cpus.

[@SimonZellox]

Xeon and multi socket might be there to save the day

[@Marcel-Benthaus]

@LinusTechTips Hi Linus.... Can you make a Video from the V-Gaming-Build with a Ryzen CPU? And what hardware is required?

[@MRIFAILATCOD]

holy fucking chrome tabs

[@PottsPunto]

When you use this as a guide to set up an Unraid VM in 2022 as it is still the clearest tutorial you can find 👍

[@blakecarpenter3808]

So, there was mention of having to be able to use different USB peripherals. Linus stated there would be more on that later, but then there was no further information given, with the exception of the dropdown menu setup. Could soeone please provide more information, specifically if there is a way to circumvent this limitation to use matching peripherals on different terminals. Thanks in advance !

[@Adrian-cq2tt]

I don't even know why I watched this video if I'm never going to build a "double" PC 😂😂

[@fragoulos]

is it possible to have 3 different operating systems(linux-macos-windows) to one pc and run at the same time?

[@Nanorisk]

+power to the people A Mac will do that with no problem, just need some virtual machines.

[@LucienWalters]

+power to the people The OS X part is hard. It's against the license agreement of OS X, I believe, to run the OS on non-Apple hardware or within a VM. The easiest solution would be running either VMWare or VirtualBox on a Mac Pro, with your Linux distro of choice and a Windows installation in virtual machines. In order to properly pass through PCIe devices like in the video, however, I think you'd just need to forget about OS X.

[@hterado]

+power to the people Im running Win 10 and OSX El capitan in the same PC. Its called hackintosh actually and it works flawlessy if you know which components you have to buy in order to have a fully compatible rig when installing OSX. All my components works good with it except my Wifi pcie adapter which really doesnt bother me since i can simply use the ethernet cable. i7 4790k @ 4.6Ghz 1.24v GA-Z87MX-D3H Bios F7 24 GB of DDR3 1600 Mhz C9 RAM Corsair Vengance Pro GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming

[@SigurdKristvik]

Finally you guys are using some good filesystems from he BSD and linux world

[@magasquage]

NOW the question is: HOW does screen capture work for THIS?!

[@carlzimmerman8700]

Since each side is its own VM it would work just the same as a normal pc.

[@magasquage]

:O I NEED THAT LOL

[@Seijakukun]

There are a lot of comments, and obviously I didn't read any single one of them, but, surprisingly, among the ones I've read, everyone's talking about "performance per dollar" (AMD v NVidia, basically) and nobody's talking about performance PER WATT... an AMD set (FX + 2x Radeon) would skyrocket the power needs, and you'll basically need a bigger power supply. According to eXtreme Power Supply calculator, these are the numbers: i7-4790k + 2x 8GB DDR3 + 2x GTX970 + 2x SSD + 2x DVD-RW + 2 USB devices + 2x mouse + 2x keyboard + 1x Corsair H110i GTX = 612W AMD FX 9590 + 2x 8GB DDR3 + 2x R9-290 + 2x SSD + 2x DVD-RW + 2 USB devices + 2x mouse + 2x keyboard + 1x Corsair H110i GTX = 937W So with Intel+NVidia you're basically tight with a 650W 80+ power supply, but with AMD you'd be tight with a 1000W power supply. What you save in processor and graphics card, you'd invest in power supply and electric bill xD

[@Matlockization]

Jay did a review on the most expensive component vs the cheapest with the highest power draw and it turned out the higher power draw was cheaper to run in the end because you pay a lot more the expensive component. Why not use a RX 460, 470 or 480 ?

[@Seijakukun]

I don't think it's a matter of "how much money will it cost me to run my rig all year", but "am I saving by buying more expensive and better performance components instead of buying a 1000w power supply, a cooler for dissipating all that heat and a case to fit all that?". That's basically what I meant. Intel wins this generation (I'm talking about since the Core2's) because it offers same performance in exchange of less power requirements and less heat, thus, smaller (and cheaper?) cases, fans and power supplies. Am I clear now? I'm not very good at explaining the concepts in my head haha

[@ConceptWiseAsiaCWATV]

Please update this for 2022 master Linus.

[@beingben2762]

5 rigs one cpu video by linus

[@amalmk6736]

Still my faviourate vid of all time

[@Goofygiggles]

Ir couldn't you just use softXpand?

[@pleheh]

Goofygiggles what is that?

[@DanWunderBurst]

Would this work with a i7 6700k

[@joshuasteinke4282]

DanWunderBurst yes

[@Blocky-sm2zs]

DanWunderBurst wouldn't work as well, but definitely could be done...

[@joshuasteinke4282]

Dual core hyperthreading is proven to work well in most fps games as they are (mostly) gpu bound, cpu bound games such as gta v or city Skylines would result in a very underwhelming gaming experience

[@aexandereung5686]

you'll need more cores. Probably X series cpus are the only ones that are adequate.

[@joshuasteinke4282]

Åłëxãńdęr Łéûńg sure, because running an entire machine on a dual core isn't possible at all, id forgotten theyd discontinued i3's. (sarcasm) if a dual core could run an entire machine why would more cores be required for a virtual one?

[@Fetrovsky]

I'm getting the inspiration from this video to make one physical machine, two physical consoles for work and play.

[@MahmoodMuhenned]

What’s about the port❓ it’s like when I need to plug something to one of them how can I figure it out Btw I feel it’s easier to install two mother boards with two cpus in one big costume case

[@TSVermeulen]

Is it possible to use 1 gpu for 2 VM's?

[@TSVermeulen]

TY!

[@David-rq9dl]

Troy Vermeulen But will 2 gpus on 1 vm work?

[@homerodalmata6816]

i think you can do 1gpu 2 vm with an rx vega

[@EyesOfByes]

16:30 But can it run Crysis in 2019?

[@omair.raza1]

Its a pretty much a gaming cup just a tad better and it runs on 8 computers at a time

[@jordanpaton3363]

I would like to see this revisited with a gen 3 threadripper and maybe a trx40 board.

[@JavaProgSyntaxError]

a GTX 780 ti *shows picture of 980 ti*

[@StasisTV]

well that is what they actually used he just mispoke

[@DarkSlayer-xk3fb]

wat

[@appand-gameguru5710]

Upcoming 2018 Games For All Platforms : kzbin.info/www/bejne/goqqgmZujZ6WedU Must Watch......

[@agentx250]

So if you assign 2 or 3 gfx cards per VM can you run a VM'ed sli or crossfire configuration?

[@skulltrail5757]

yes

[@agentx250]

Nice.

[@KagoK]

but where will you get a motherboard with all those slots? Largest one I know of has only 4 slots that the gpu can use

[@skulltrail5757]

Server motherboard

[@agentx250]

Yeah, server boards have many more slots.

[@it3963]

So what I will need (correct me if I'm wrong) : A Tower with a decent CPU (capabale of runnning virtualization) 2 decent GPUs for gaming 1 extra GPU/ could also be the onboard graphics so I'm gonna choose that one an extra pc/laptop which with I can access to the Unraid enough space and ram and 2 monitors right??

[@pomona187]

im the only pc gamer at home everyone else uses playstation and xbox

[@jaferlastname1760]

nope

[@teamlinx7049]

me to

[@od077]

said

[@hanswurst3811]

consoles sucks !

[@haqhaziq]

Jessie Robles I'm pc gamer aswell tho. I kind never play console and i have been loving pc since I was like 9 and I have always wanted to game on pc and here I am.

[@levigrinolds3768]

But can it run minesweeper?

[@coonjamalay]

do you need 2 gpus? or 1 is enough?

[@elHOMBREdelSACOk]

you actually need 3...

[@coonjamalay]

***** how is the performance of two games running simultaneously?

[@yaeshraj]

you need 2 if you have an iGPU

[@pleheh]

Or you need a quadro where you can split it into up to 20 virtual gpu's

[@trgoku1951]

1 is enough