Intel E6550 Core 2 Duo Conroe 65w CPU

Gigabyte EX38-DS4 System Board

EVGA nVidia 8800GT 512MB PCIe Graphics Card

3GB Mushkin Enhanced DDR2 800 System Memory

Western Digital 500GB 16Mb cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Samsung SATA 20X DVD-R/W with Litescribe

Thermaltake 500 watt PurePower Power Supply

AVerMedia AVerTV Combo PCIe MCE ATSC/NTSC/QAM Tuner Card

Media Center Remote Control

Lian-Li PC-7A Plus II Aluminum System Chassis

All-In-One USB 2.0 Media Card Reader

Windows Vista Ultimate

Another home run for Gigabyte. The all new X38 has arrived and it's a beauty!

As usual, there's a veritable plethora of connections on the rear panel. Dual Gb NIC's, 8 channel audio, dual 1394 (one mini- Nice!), SPDI/F and 8 USB. Sweet!

The perfect combination of price/value at this point in time

3 GB of Mushkin Enhanced DDR2 System Memory. 2x1024GB + 2x512MB.

Looks good in this setup doesn't it!

Once again, we've chosen the 8800GT video card. The performance from these cards is outstanding, especially when considering their current price point.

Getting excited yet Jason?

We've used many Gigabyte boards lately, and this is one reason why. We've not had a single DOA from Gigabyte in over a year. We can't say that about any other manufacturer. We'll stick with them for now!

No, they're not just fancy, pretty lights...They're called Phase LED's. The idea behind them is that they indicate relative load on the CPU. We're not really sure how useful that is. Hmmm, I guess it is just bling...

An impressive array of overclocking options can be found in the BIOS of this system board. Very Nice!

We run Memtest86, and other utilities, to ensure your system is completely stable. Torture test's such as Memtest86 are designed to stress your new hardware. This is the time at which we want to root out weak
or defective hardware. Not after you've taken delivery of your new system! You can see from the image below, that the test has run for over 7 hours with no failures. Time to install the Operating System!

In the pic below, you'll witness one of the many ways we will test your system. This particular CPU is rated at 2.33 Ghz by Intel. The system is currently running at 3.0Ghz and is perfectly stable. The bottom portion of the image shows that the CPU torture test has run at these settings for nearly 12 hours with no errors.
Click the image for Hi-res.

Here we have a beautiful chassis from famed manufacturer Lian-Li. They are known for some of the nicest system chassis' in the business. This particular model is no exception! Click the image for a Hi-res version.

Here's a new feature introduced with this build. The client, Jason, was able to watch
via webcam as the system chassis was populated with various components. Fun!