After adjusting some USB settigns scattered all over the place in the ESXi interface, I’ve finally gotten a Windows gaming VM up and running on my Asus Strix B350-F with VMware ESXi 8.0.2. Everything appears to be working properly, but I’m running up against RAM constraints if I want to do much more than game.
I’ve currently cobbled together 48GB of mismatched DDR4 sticks. But due to their grab bag nature, I’ve had to set them to pretty crappy timings to get them to play nice together. Thus I’m in the market for a new matched set of RAM.
There is a QVL list for approved RAM, but it appears to be quite old. I’ve also upgraded the CPU to a 5700G, so the improved memory controller may also change the equation. Asus originally specced the board at 64GB, but between higher module densities of modern sticks and the new RAM controller that may not apply.
Given all that, any thoughts on how much and what kind of RAM I should upgrade to?