Well, it all worked after a couple weeks of reading and followed this thread
http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1272 on how to add the realtek driver.
Biostar A770e3
AMD Phenom II BE 560 (Callisto) 3.3ghz unlocked
16gb G.SKILL Value Series DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT
HEC 63RABB Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
OCZ Fatal1ty 550W
Hitachi Deskstar 3.5" 1TB 7200RPM SATA II 32MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0F10383
BIOS Edits:
Hard drives are in AHCI mode