First ground up build.

[MarcVenice]

I just use so many different passwords, that I can't remember them all. So when I'm in the computerlab, I could look at AT forums, but posting would be inpossible, coz I don't know the login

 

[ZiggyStardust]

Finally pulled the trigger, before my rebates and stuff run out. This is what I went with:
Antec P182 Gun Metal Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX ATX12V V2.2 550W Power Supply 90 - 264 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Allendale 2.2GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

LITE-ON SK-1788/BS 2-Tone 104 Normal Keys PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard

Acer AL2016WBbd Black 20" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1

Microsoft N71-00007S Black 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Wheel Mouse

SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler

comes to about 1200 w/ shipping, and w/o the nearly 100$ in rebates.

 

[Roguestar]

You can probably say "Samsung DVD burner" and we'll get the gist of it .