WEBVTT 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:27.760 whoa whoa hold on a second Linus you can't do that 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.760 actually yes we can and today we're 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:36.320 going to be showing you guys a step by step how to build a single tower that 00:00:33.360 --> 00:00:42.160 can run two independent gaming rigs complete with their own keyboards mice 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:44.480 and even video cards out of the same box 00:00:42.160 --> 00:00:49.920 off the same motherboard and the same CPU even so hit that like button if you 00:00:47.440 --> 00:00:52.940 guys are super amped on this topic and stay tuned this is going to be a wild 00:00:51.840 --> 00:01:01.039 ride 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:06.240 so let's start with the inspiration for this build cooler master came to us and 00:01:04.479 --> 00:01:10.240 they were like hey we want to sponsor like a a build 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:14.880 that you guys do in the master case five it's all modular and there's upgradable 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:17.920 parts and you can like put a lot of hard drives in or you could not put a lot of 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:21.200 hard drives in you could put a motherboard in or lots of graphics cards 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:24.880 or just view graphics cards you could build like anything you want in there 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:28.960 use your imagination i was kind of like okay well my imagination is that i've 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:33.600 always kind of wanted to do like something with virtualization and like 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:37.040 two gaming rigs running off of one computer because when you think about it 00:01:35.759 --> 00:01:40.960 looking at the rest of the hardware we're using here and we do this all the 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:47.360 time we build like these super overpowered machines with like eight 00:01:43.759 --> 00:01:49.920 processing cores 32 gigs of RAM we've 00:01:47.360 --> 00:01:54.560 got like enough usb ports to choke a stallion you got two graphics cards you 00:01:52.399 --> 00:01:58.320 throw a couple ssds and a couple hard drives and you go well holy crap you've 00:01:56.079 --> 00:02:03.280 got like two computers worth of hardware in the thing why can't you just 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:06.719 legitimately run two computers off of it 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:08.479 so that is exactly what we'll be doing 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:13.599 so our hardware list is a cooler master master case pro 5. we've got a v850 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:19.200 power supply with a neptune 240m water cooler we're using a susex 99 deluxe 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:22.160 motherboard with an 8 core core i7 5960x 00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:29.040 extreme edition 32 gigs of Corsair vengeance lpx memory we've got a gtx 00:02:24.480 --> 00:02:32.000 titan x a gtx 780 ti and a gt so what is 00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:38.239 this a 9500 gs okay i'll explain why we need that later as well as two Intel 730 00:02:34.959 --> 00:02:40.480 series 480 gig ssds and two seagate 00:02:38.239 --> 00:02:43.920 three terabyte hard drives and what are the hard drives for for a gaming rig 00:02:42.640 --> 00:02:51.120 great question we are going to be putting not one not two but three 00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:54.560 operating systems on this machine 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:57.840 two copies of Windows 10 and one copy of 00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:00.480 lime tech unraid server pro so this 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:05.360 machine will be a nas and it will be two gaming rigs at the same time so let's 00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:09.760 start by building the machine so the biggest way that we leveraged the 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:14.080 modularity of the master case five was to 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:17.120 reconfigure the drive cages our plan was 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:19.120 to use two ssds and two hard drives 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:23.920 which gave us a lot of space in the front of the case for a large water 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:28.560 cooling system however in the event that we wanted more emphasis on the nas 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:32.480 portion of our build and we wanted to have a lot more hard drives for storage 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:36.799 we could easily use a different cooler whether mounted in the rear or the top 00:03:34.640 --> 00:03:39.880 or just an air cooler on the CPU and fill up the front of the case with 00:03:38.799 --> 00:03:42.000 drives 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:47.680 okay so that wasn't the most detailed physical build guide we've ever done but 00:03:45.519 --> 00:03:52.879 it wasn't intended to be the hard part today is component selection and 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:57.280 software configuration so if you want to know more about how this case works and 00:03:55.280 --> 00:04:01.519 all of its modularity then check out the review video that we did here no we're 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:07.040 going to talk about why we picked the other parts that we did first number one 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:12.799 you will need a CPU with virtualization technology so this will be called vt-d 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:17.199 which is being able to pass through a pci device to a virtual machine very 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:22.079 important for passing through our video cards and the second is 00:04:19.400 --> 00:04:27.919 vt-x and this is all applying to Intel cpus and that is the ability to support 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:29.440 virtualization at all step number two 00:04:27.919 --> 00:04:33.040 configure your graphics cards appropriately for each gaming machine 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:38.240 that you want to run off of your computer you will need one dedicated 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:44.320 gaming capable graphics card then in addition to that you will need another 00:04:40.479 --> 00:04:46.160 GPU for unraid to initialize when it's 00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:52.080 booting up so this could be your onboard graphics or in our case we installed a 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:55.120 9500 gs and this is important in the top 00:04:52.080 --> 00:04:56.400 pci express slot for it to grab 00:04:55.120 --> 00:05:01.520 number three is other devices that you want each 00:04:58.880 --> 00:05:05.440 machine to have access to in our case both of our monitors are going to have 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:10.160 support for an audio pass-through jack on the bottom of the monitor so we can 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:15.680 use the HDMI or displayport audio off of our graphics card if we wanted to run 00:05:13.280 --> 00:05:21.120 usb sound cards that would be an option as well and would give both players the 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:24.800 ability to use a microphone usb headsets 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:26.400 could work as well but with any usb 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:31.280 devices you may have noticed our peripherals are all completely different 00:05:28.479 --> 00:05:37.520 you will have to use different models of usb devices more on this later 00:05:34.960 --> 00:05:42.880 and finally for storage we've gone with two ssds this gives us redundancy 00:05:40.400 --> 00:05:48.479 effectively raid one of high enough capacity that you can split the capacity 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:55.520 between the two machines so our two 480 gig drives are actually turning into 240 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:57.280 gigs per box of redundant safe storage 00:05:55.520 --> 00:06:01.360 and then our hard drives again we've gone with two hard drives because if you 00:05:59.039 --> 00:06:06.319 go with more than two then you're going to hurt your right performance and 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:11.520 failover if onedrive dies all the data is there through butter fs is enough for 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:15.600 us for these purposes and we'd like to have the additional write speed we can 00:06:12.880 --> 00:06:20.479 do about 100 plus megabytes per second to our array so two hard drives for 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:23.680 redundancy again high enough capacity that we can effectively split them 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:29.759 getting one and a half terabytes of redundant storage per virtual machine 00:06:26.880 --> 00:06:36.479 step number one format your usb drive in fat32 calling it unraid in all caps 00:06:34.400 --> 00:06:40.400 download the latest version of unraid off of the lime 00:06:37.960 --> 00:06:45.280 technology.com website copy all of the files from your download 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:49.680 onto your formatted usb disk then right-click make bootable 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:54.160 and run as administrator and press enter 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:58.560 you can now eject your usb and put it into your computer step two make sure 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:04.800 you're running the latest BIOS for your motherboard change all SATA devices to 00:07:01.280 --> 00:07:06.880 ahci mode and enable virtualization 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:14.240 technology in our case it was under advanced CPU configuration and advanced 00:07:10.479 --> 00:07:14.240 system agent configuration 00:07:14.880 --> 00:07:21.919 within the BIOS now what you can do is use your boot 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:26.319 override to boot to the usb drive that you just created 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:31.039 once the system's booted up navigate to http colon slash tower 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:34.639 in the internet browser of another computer on the same network 00:07:33.039 --> 00:07:38.720 at this stage you can decide whether you want to purchase a key or get a trial 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:43.680 key which is limited to three storage devices and stops working after 60 days 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:48.880 it's a good way to try it out though step four hit info in the top right 00:07:46.400 --> 00:07:53.759 and double check to make sure that hvm and i o mmu are enabled if they're not 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:57.520 you may need to reconfigure something in your motherboard BIOS to get your 00:07:55.360 --> 00:08:01.120 virtualization running with that out of the way go to main 00:07:59.440 --> 00:08:05.120 change your hard drive slots to something lower 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:08.960 add your two hard drives using the drop downs 00:08:06.080 --> 00:08:12.240 to parity and disk one then 00:08:09.840 --> 00:08:17.199 change your cash slots we're using these for our ssds 00:08:13.840 --> 00:08:18.240 to to and add both of the ssds 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:24.080 to cache drives 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:26.240 next go to tools then system devices 00:08:24.080 --> 00:08:30.479 make sure your devices are showing up correctly we're looking for our graphics 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:34.320 cards anything that starts with zero zero is built into the motherboard while 00:08:32.719 --> 00:08:38.719 things that start with other numbers or letters are generally 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:43.599 going to be discrete devices so here we can see all three of our graphics cards 00:08:40.959 --> 00:08:47.600 are showing up correctly note this pci device number at the 00:08:45.920 --> 00:08:51.080 beginning here this will be important for the next step 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:56.480 now scroll down to iomu groups 00:08:53.519 --> 00:09:01.440 find those devices so in our case here we are here are our video cards and 00:08:58.560 --> 00:09:05.680 ensure that they are showing up in separate groups 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:09.760 if they're not you may need to enable a workaround but fortunately thanks to the 00:09:07.920 --> 00:09:13.680 way that ASUS has implemented things on this motherboard they are all showing up 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:18.399 in separate groups and it will be easy to assign these devices to separate vms 00:09:16.640 --> 00:09:22.480 next go to settings and identification here we can change 00:09:20.959 --> 00:09:26.560 the name of our server which is how it'll show up on the network so i'm 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:31.200 going to call it unlinus and with this change made we're going to 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:35.040 have to re-navigate to our administration console 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:39.120 i would also recommend at this stage navigating to users 00:09:36.880 --> 00:09:44.000 and adding a password to the root user so that not just anyone can dink around 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:48.480 in the administration console next go to settings then network settings 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:53.200 and change obtain ip address automatically to no it's recommended 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:58.080 just for the sake of ease of use later on down the road that you set a static 00:09:55.279 --> 00:10:01.360 ip so that it's easy to navigate to this administration console from another 00:09:59.760 --> 00:10:06.800 computer on the network now go back to main and start the array 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:10.560 once you see the green array started in the bottom left hand corner click the 00:10:08.880 --> 00:10:14.399 yes i want to do this button next to format and click format 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:18.880 it'll take a while for your drives to format and the more drives you have the 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:23.440 longer it'll take now that our format is complete go to shares and we are 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:27.120 actually going to create using the add share button 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:31.920 for different shares note carefully the settings that we're 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:38.640 using for them and replicate these exactly our iso share is for installing 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:40.480 our vms and the associated drivers 00:10:38.640 --> 00:10:46.720 our vdiskshare is for the boot drives of our vms they 00:10:43.680 --> 00:10:49.200 are running purely on SSD 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:55.279 our docker folder is for if we want to add applications like plex server to our 00:10:52.640 --> 00:11:00.320 unraid server install as opposed to our Windows vms 00:10:57.120 --> 00:11:03.279 and our final share array v vdisks is 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:09.920 for mass storage drives that are on the hard drives for our virtual machines now 00:11:06.800 --> 00:11:12.880 go to settings vm manager change enable 00:11:09.920 --> 00:11:16.560 vms to yes change the iso library to your iso's directory that you just 00:11:14.560 --> 00:11:20.959 created change the default network bridge to br0 then press apply you'll 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:26.880 know this worked because you'll see a vms tab at the top 00:11:22.880 --> 00:11:29.440 next go to the vms tab and click add vm 00:11:26.880 --> 00:11:33.760 name your vm and give it a description and if you want it to automatically boot 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:38.160 up when you fire up unraid then change auto start to yes select the appropriate 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:41.440 operating system for Windows 10 you can select Windows 8.1 and that'll work just 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:45.040 fine and change from basic view to advanced 00:11:43.839 --> 00:11:50.959 view select the number of cores you want for your vm in our case we're going to pick 00:11:48.800 --> 00:11:54.640 eight of our virtual cores so that's four real cores and four hyper threaded 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:58.720 ones and then select how much memory you want 00:11:56.480 --> 00:12:04.160 for your vm i'm going to give each of my vms around 12 gigs of RAM 00:12:01.839 --> 00:12:08.800 don't change max memory just initial memory to obtain an operating system 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:14.079 install iso for Windows 10 you can simply download it from microsoft and 00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:17.519 copy it to the isos folder then for your 00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:19.760 vert i o drivers iso click this link and 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:24.880 use the fourth download so 00:12:20.880 --> 00:12:27.360 latest vert iso win iso 00:12:24.880 --> 00:12:32.880 and copy that directly to the isos folder on your network in our case we 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:35.920 can type backslash backslash unlinus 00:12:32.880 --> 00:12:37.920 and navigate to isos 00:12:35.920 --> 00:12:42.959 with those downloaded we can select them in the drop down 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:45.600 and set a primary vdisk location in this case user 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:50.560 vdisks choose a primary vdisk size 00:12:47.920 --> 00:12:53.839 i'm going to go with 200 gigs press the plus button 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:57.360 then select for the location user array v 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:02.560 disks and for size well let's make it one 00:12:59.920 --> 00:13:06.399 terabyte and change your graphics card to the one that you desire for this 00:13:04.560 --> 00:13:10.880 particular vm we're going to make this our titan x machine 00:13:08.079 --> 00:13:16.160 for sound choose the corresponding NVIDIA device in the drop-down or if you 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:20.480 add additional sound cards then you can definitely do that as well 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:24.399 make sure your network bridge is the one that you created before 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:28.399 and finally select the peripherals you're going to be using for this 00:13:25.839 --> 00:13:33.040 particular vm once you're ready click create and the vm will start as soon as 00:13:30.959 --> 00:13:38.240 it's finished being created and this my friends is where the magic happens 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:43.120 within a couple seconds you should see the screen illuminate and your Windows 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:48.000 install should begin just as it would if you were installing on a normal computer 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:51.040 okay not quite normal you will need to load a driver 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:55.839 so simply browse and go to your vert i o 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:59.920 vio store the corresponding copy of Windows so 8.1 for 10 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:06.000 and then the appropriate architecture so we're running 64-bit and install 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:09.680 your storage device driver once that's done you should see both of your storage 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:13.440 devices show up and you can install to your SSD storage device 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:16.959 once you're dumped on the desktop there are a few more drivers you'll need to 00:14:15.040 --> 00:14:21.440 install so go to device manager and there should be three 00:14:18.880 --> 00:14:25.199 exclamation mark items update driver software browse 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:30.639 and go to your vert i o disk press ok include 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:35.040 subfolders and click next repeat this process for each of them 00:14:32.880 --> 00:14:40.480 once that's done install your NVIDIA graphics card drivers from NVIDIA.com 00:14:38.160 --> 00:14:44.959 and you are pretty much ready to go you can create your second virtual machine 00:14:42.800 --> 00:14:49.199 in exactly the same way with the one exception being that you'll need to 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:53.440 change your CPU cores to cores that you didn't already use for this virtual 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:58.240 machine in cases where you want to install some additional applications on 00:14:55.760 --> 00:15:02.560 unraid itself you may want to reserve one or two cores for unraid and leave 00:15:01.040 --> 00:15:08.480 the rest of them allocated to your virtual machines there are a couple of more pro tips put 00:15:05.920 --> 00:15:13.680 your pc in high performance mode disable fast boot sleep and hibernation and 00:15:11.839 --> 00:15:17.279 there's a guide over on the guru 3d forums that you'll need to follow 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:21.120 especially if you've got an NVIDIA graphics card and you're using the 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:26.000 onboard audio to ensure that your audio doesn't get garbled it is a registry 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:29.920 hack but it's not too complicated to follow along 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:35.279 so this is it my friends moment of truth time 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:39.199 both of our vms are set to start up automatically once the system is powered 00:15:38.079 --> 00:15:44.240 on so in theory within about a minute or so 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:48.320 we're gonna have Windows 10 running twice 00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:50.720 on one computer so on raid takes a little while to boot 00:15:49.839 --> 00:15:56.240 up give her a minute you know oh there it goes okay my two virtual 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.959 machines are starting 00:16:02.880 --> 00:16:09.519 other side oh oh this one's already at the desktop 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:13.360 yes my friends there you have it 00:16:11.199 --> 00:16:16.240 mouse keyboard star wars battlefront beta 00:16:14.560 --> 00:16:22.639 this is kind of it this is the star wars battlefront beta 00:16:18.560 --> 00:16:26.880 running at ultra details 1080p 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:29.920 on two virtual machines on the same box 00:16:26.880 --> 00:16:33.759 at 106 FPS on this one 00:16:29.920 --> 00:16:34.560 and 104 FPS on this one yes we are 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:40.160 getting full discreet performance 00:16:38.079 --> 00:16:45.910 on two instances of the game simultaneously 00:16:45.920 --> 00:16:51.440 so now that we've gotten this far i mean what's the fun of having a dual-headed 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:55.040 gaming box if you don't have somebody to enjoy it with 00:16:52.880 --> 00:16:59.279 let's go get luke admiral akbar 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:03.440 you like bounce around when i hit you it'll show you like a cone of where they 00:17:01.040 --> 00:17:06.640 are which is red but then it'll also show you 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:10.240 like red shapes oh there's one left is there behind something like the rocks or 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:14.160 whatever they take a sec to blow up 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:18.559 do you have regenerating health in this game yes 00:17:15.760 --> 00:17:22.799 yeah i got an anti-vehicle turret cool and a proximity bomb yeah there's 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:25.679 they're unlocking more waves oh this guy has a shield and a jet 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:30.720 pack so that was fun and to my eye i can't 00:17:29.280 --> 00:17:34.799 tell that i'm running on a virtual machine but without objective 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:38.000 measurements i can't quantify the difference for you guys so i've actually 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:42.240 got luke running our standardized battlefront benchmark which was used in 00:17:40.080 --> 00:17:46.400 our performance roundup which you guys will actually be able to check out in i 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:51.200 think one or two days depending on how the release schedule goes to validate 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:55.840 how our 980 ti mind you it's running on three CPU 00:17:53.840 --> 00:18:02.400 physical cores versus it was running on a six core in there stacks up against 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:04.720 running it on a dedicated machine and i 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:08.960 think the numbers should be with us any moment here 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:15.360 there we go so this is running on a 5960x versus on 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:19.919 a 5930k which is actually a higher clock speed chip not to mention that it has 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:26.880 all six of its cores versus only three of them and the 980 ti scored 120 FPS 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:30.480 average we got 102.5 FPS average i am 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:32.720 feeling pretty fracking good about those 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:37.840 results and this is at 1080p ultra so guys thank you for checking out 00:18:35.760 --> 00:18:41.440 this video if you didn't like it then come on 00:18:39.520 --> 00:18:44.720 and if you did like it hit that like button get subscribed and maybe even 00:18:43.120 --> 00:18:49.840 consider supporting us here at Linus tech tips you can buy a cool t-shirt like this one you can change your amazon 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:54.080 bookmarked one with our affiliate code with the instructions up there by the 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:58.480 way we'll have links for where you can check out all of this hardware as well 00:18:56.080 --> 00:19:02.080 as unraid in the video description at the link to the Linus tech tips forum 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:07.679 where you can also contribute to us and i think that pretty much wraps it up 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:12.559 thanks again for watching and uh i will see you guys next time we do a crazy 00:19:10.080 --> 00:19:16.039 project like this man this was this was this was a thing