You sell off older equipment so you can by new Pentium III Coppermines.
You debate between getting a 815E or a dual BX board.
You actually look for Russ' old thread where he posted the link to Oversock.com for the best price on a Tyan S1832DL dual BX board.
You go out and buy extra Uninteruptable Power Supplies for all your machines in case of a power outage.
You quit playing UT, Q3A, Daikatana, Rune, etc...to gain keyrate.
You experiment with different operating systems until you find the fastest one. (Klinux)