Although not actually a fully "built from scratch" unit... what do you think?
It is in essence an Acer AM5620 that has been "upgraded".
Specs: Stock MB (G33T-AM), Windows Vista Home Permium, Stock Intel Q6600 2.4 Ghz Quad Core, 4Gb OCZ PC2-6400 Ram, Stock Hitachi 500Gb HD, 2x SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda 7200.11 SATA II (32MB Cache) in RAID 0, Western Digital 500GB Caviar SE16 7200rpm SATA II (16MB Cache) [Back-Up Drive], 2x DVD-Burners (only one with lightscribe), Stock ATI 2600 Pro 256Mb Card, Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card, after market ThermalRight IFX-14 Cooler with Scythe S-FLEX 120mm Med Flow Fan, and OCZ 600W StealthXStream Power Supply... all tucked neatly into a Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 Case. Plus a 22” and 19” Flat Panel Monitors.
And yes I am aware that the video card sucks. I had some issues running it with the two monitors... the video would crash once in awhile... but I have that stablized for now. When the money returns and the prices of the 8800's drop, then I will be upgrading that too. Till then I will just dream.
This is a machine built for video editing (Premier Pro CS3) with only light - moderate gaming. Thanks to the shared video the machine breaks 1500 Mb of video memory. Since I don't need major power... it will work for now.
Curious if I will retain the shared memory under a new video card?
Oh... the fan you see by the HD bays above the fan on the lower right corner... that is not a normal fan position. However, as I needed to remove one of the upper fans to make room for the IFX-10 and wanted better cooling for the four HD's I put it there. The optional HD fan goes right above the HD bays and would take up two of the five drive bays... did not want to do that.