It’s A Hoss!

I’ve almost finished building my new computer.  When it’s done, it’s going to be blazingly fast.  Here are the current specs:

Case: ASUS Vento (Blue)
Motherboard: ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe (1Ghz FSB!)
HardDrive: Western Digital 250Gb 7200RPM (the MB can support at least 3 more of these, but the case doesn’t really appear to have room for that many)
Graphics Cards: nVidia 6800XT PCI-E 256MB (1 of 2, I haven’t bought the second one yet)
CD/DVD: ASUS 16×16 DVD+-R (8x Dual Layer) drive
Memory: 1Gb DDR Patriot Memory (1 0f 4 sticks to be installed)
Card Reader: 15 in 1 USB Internal Card Reader

Additional Unpurchased Items:
These items I still need to get.

Processor: AMD 64 X2 4800+ Toledo or AMD Athlon 64 FX-57
Power Supply: Still uncertain about this one.  I think it needs to have a 24 pin main connector and it definitely needs to support SLI since I plan to have 2 graphics cards running on this machine.
OS: Dual boot Windows XP 64 (eventually, Windows Vista) and SUSE 10.
3.5″ Drive: HA! I don’t think so.

There’s probably some other stuff as well, but that’s all I can think of at the moment.

Photos

Here’s the case with the door off, you can see the large opening in the back of the case where the power supply is supposed to be.

Here’s a closer shot.  The book in the bottom right corner is “How To Succeed in Law School” by Professor Gary A.  Munneke, J.D.

Here’s the ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe Motherboard in all it’s glory.  Note how I have perfected the wiring technique known as “Rat Nesting.”

Ooohhh Look at all of the connections.