As I hone in on a home machine configuration (I won’t go so far as to call it a lab) I can offer this very useful link on Nehalem memory configuration.

http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/04-08-2009+-+Nehalem+and+Memory+Configurations.

There’s soooo much choice on the HP website it makes it hard to choose. Even more choice of processor on the Intel website. Things were much simpler when you had to choose between a BBC micro model “A” and a BBC micro model “B”.

Anyway, it’s looking like an HP ML330 G6 with twin quad core E5504 processors and 3 additional 2G RDIMMS. I’m thinking I can use the 2G UDIMM it comes with to keep the other processor happy.

That’s probably way too much power for a typical home machine but in a few years time I bet it will look old and slow.

I’ll post the cost of it all when I get management sign off, if you know what I mean.