List of Inexpensive PC to hardware multibox

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If I´m going hardware - my plan is 4 mini pc´s

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mini+gami...f=nb_sb_noss_2

If you go that route you may want to focus first on the integraged GPU (iGPU) as you can't easily add a graphics card to one to those kinds of mini PCs...

In some cases it may make sense to get an AMD based system instead of Intel based system as sometimes the integrated graphics (iGPU) are much better with AMD APUs (Accelerated Processing Units).

For example for some systems in the $300-$399 bracket you would compare an Iris Pro HD 6100 (Intel iGPU) vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen iGPU) and the AMD could be up to +78% better depending on the metric/benchmark:

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Iris-Pro-HD-6100-Mobile-vs-AMD-RX-Vega-6-Ryzen-iGPU/m25925vsm511817

That being said the Intel integrated graphics are getting more and more competitive so newer CPUs may be closer than older ones.

Bottom line is for any options I would try to first compare the iGPUs and then compare the CPU's single core performance and go with what looks the best performance in your price range. Also I would generally recommend going with the fastest RAM you can (that is reasonably priced) and at least 8GB of RAM as the memory will be used/shared for both CPU and iGPU.

Let us know which one(s) you are looking at and/or decide to get.

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Some links I saw shared in the discords (sorry if they are already posted above as I am just copy/pasting as I go and not rereading the thread and checking everything):

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkC.../dp/B00FNQMZFY

https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteDesk-.../dp/B0824T3625

https://support.hp.com/za-en/document/c03386950

https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteDesk-.../dp/B01N3AL7TC

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I'd suggest going Unraid machine with a E5-2680 V3 for example,
those CPU's go super cheap on aliexpress and you can buy a motherboard / memory relatively cheap too.
12 cores 24 threads means you can create 5x 4 thread VM's
You can get this setup relatively cheap (depends on the hardware you want for it ofc...)

Or if you have a 3900x you can just set this up as your main gaming machine + VM's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXOaCkbt4lI

example (though this one is obviously overkill)