Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W CPU

GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P LGA 1366 ATX System Board

EVGA 896-P3-1260-TR GeForce GTX 260 896MB PCIe Graphics Card

OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 System Memory

Dual Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

Dual LG SATA 22X DVD-R/W

Thermaltake Purepower RX W0144RU 600W Modular ATX12V Power Supply

GIGABYTE Triton 180 Black ATX Aluminum/Steel Mid-Tower Chassis

All-In-One USB 2.0 Media Card Reader

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

The first component for Dale's screamin' new rig has arrived. A sweet mid-tower from GIGABYTE.
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Once again, Gigabyte includes a full complement of I/O Panel Connections. 8 USB, Firewire, analog and digital audio. Even a CMOS reset switch.

These new Intel CPU's are real screamers. Their performance is leaps and bounds beyond that of anything else on the market in this price range. Dale is really, really going to enjoy this build!

Here we go Dale, time to fire her up for the first time!

Something we've come to expect from Gigabyte over the past two years or so... No problems...

Memtest ran succesfully for almost 15 hours. Zero failures. Perfect!
Time to install the hardware in the chassis.

Installing the I/O Shield is perhaps the most exciting part of any build. ;)

Or is it? Stay tuned...

As with each and every build, meticulous detail is paid to the final routing and securing of all cabling, ensuring maximum cooling and easy future upgrades.

Over 10 hours of 100% CPU load with zero failures. The system is running perfectly!

...just to make Dale drool while he awaits delivery of his smokin' new rig!