With apologies to Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake
Last year I decided to set up a virtual lab machine at home. My goals were to run XenServer with multiple 64-bit VM’s to simulate a XenApp farm running in a domain in a small portable desktop case. Taking my $500.00 budget over to NewEgg, I came up with the following (prices are in U.S. dollars from June 2009).
| Quantity | Image | Description | Unit Price | Total Price |
| 1 |  |
APEVIA X-QPACK-BL/420 Black/Blue Aluminum MicroATX Desktop Computer Case 420W Power Supply | $69.99 | $69.99 |
| 1 |  |
ASRock A780GMH/128M AM2+/AM3 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard | $71.99 | $71.99 |
| 1 |  |
AMD Phenom 8650 Toliman 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Triple-Core Processor HD8650WCGHBOX | $78.99 | $78.99 |
| 2 |  |
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK | $54.99 | $109.98 |
| 2 |  |
HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive | $49.99 | $99.98 |
| 1 |  |
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 - OEM | $27.99 | $27.99 |
| 1 |  |
Rosewill RKV-2U 2 Port Slim Palmtop USB KVM Switch w/ Audio & Mic/ Black Shell | $19.99 | $19.99 |
| Total | $478.91 |
Future posts will highlight configurations and environments I run from this system.
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Alain