Help With Lab Configuration

dollarbillz

I have a Dell Precision-490 With a Xeon 5120 Processor will it be good enough for Labbing if I were to upgrade it a bit?

Here is what the service tag on dell gave me

UJ353
1
PROCESSOR..., 80556K, XEON WOODCREST..., 5120, LGA771, B1

GR442
1
BASE (ASSEMBLY OR GROUP)..., LINK..., XEON WOODCREST..., 5120, 490

5120P
1
Cord, Power, 125V, 6Feet, SJT..., Unshielded

RG703
1
Ship Group, PWS490, United States, North, AMF

DJ425
1
KEYBOARD..., 104, UNITED STATES..., UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS..., MULTI-MEDIA..., LITEON..., BLACK...

WJ948
1
MODULE..., KEYBOARD..., UNITED STATES..., BLACK..., MULTI-MEDIA..., LITEON..., PRECISION WORKSTATION...

DJ301
1
KIT..., MOUSE..., UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS..., 2BTN, OPTICAL..., LEAD FREE..., BLACK...

UP777
1
MODULE..., LABEL..., MICROSOFT..., VSTA, PREMIUM..., PRECISION WORKSTATION..., OPTIPLEX...

9F030
1
DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE..., 1G, 667M, 128X72, 8, 240, 2RX8

54981
1
MODULE..., INFORMATION..., NOSPEAKER

HJ753
1
MODULE..., BEZEL..., REMOVABLE..., DESKTOP..., 1394, PRECISION WORKSTATION...

PD140
1
ASSEMBLY..., CABLE..., INPUT/OUTPUT..., FRONT..., 1394, PRECISION WORKSTATION..., 490

Y9457
1
CARD (CIRCUIT)..., CONTROLLER..., 1394A, PC INTERFACE..., FULL HEIGHT..., ADAPTEC..., LEAD FREE...

JW351
1
KIT..., DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK..., POWERDVD..., 7.0, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE...

TU572
1
MODULE..., SOFTWARE..., POWERDVD..., VSTA, 7.0, PRECISION WORKSTATION...

TH568
1
Assembly, Digital Video Disk Drive, 16X, Half Height, Sony, 05 Black

HF730
1
Display, Flat Panel Display, 20W2007WFP, Black, Dell Americas Organization

DH261
1
Card, Graphics, 128, NVS, 285 ULGA7

CH715
1
MODULE..., CARD (CIRCUIT)..., GRAPHICS..., ULGA7, LEAD FREE..., DIGITAL VIDEO INTERFACE...

UX837
1
Hard Drive, 160G, S2, 7.2K, 3.5 WD-HAWK

TH237
1
Module, Information, C1, 1-2 Serial Ata, Non Raid, 490

FJ026
1
Module, Bezel, Removable, 1394 Medium Tower, Precision Workstation, 490

C4148
1
MODULE..., SOFTWARE..., INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER..., DEFAULT, UNITED STATES..., RELATIONSHIP LINE OF BUSINESS...

NX696
1
KIT..., SOFTWARE..., OVERPACK..., VB32, A01, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE..., ENGLAND/ENGLISH...

JW374
1
Module, Software, VB32, PrecisionWorkstation, England, Dell Americas Organization, No Docs

UN078
1
MODULE..., SOFTWARE..., VSTA, HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE..., GUIDE, WORLD WIDE...

UP418
1
MODULE..., SOFTWARE..., DELL-WELCOME, RELATIONSHIP LINE OF BUSINESS...

Lunchbocks

From what I can tell, it looks like it will work. It won't be very fast, but it will work just fine for a lab machine.

On my VMware server, I have all of my W2K8 servers scaled back to 1 GB of ram because of limited RAM on the physical box. I need to update the BIOS before it will recognize the rest, and I am not going to do that until after I take the exam. A 1.8 GHz Xeon proc, 1 GB of RAM, and a 160 GB HD will let you run W2K8 R2 server.