I have to show off the computer I just built. I went crazy and descended into my deepest nerdness. Here are the results.

I am building the computer to use as a movie editor. I already had a Matrox RT.X100 card, but my old computer wasn't powerful enough. I decided to build a computer with one of Matrox's tested and approved setups, so here are the parts I put into it and where I bought them.

• ASUS Dual processor motherboard - used from eBay
  
• Matrox dual monitor video card - also used from eBay
  
• 2 Jet engine shaped CPU fans - from Directron (my favorite part of the whole rig)
  
• 480 watt power supply - from Directron
  
• 16X DVD burner - from Overstock
  
• 300 GB hard drive - from Fry's Electronics in Sacramento (already had this lying around)
  
• 2 removable hard drive docks - from Outpost (1 for footage, 1 for exporting)
  
• Matrox real time video editing card - from Guy Graphics (already had this)
  
• Antec Mid Tower case - from local CompUSA store
  
• 2 Antec case fans - from local CompUSA store
  
• Glowing IDE cables - from local CompUSA store
  
• 2 LCD monitors - from Wal Mart (where I hate to take my business, but it was late and I didn't want to wait. Aaargh, the guilt.)
  
• Superman case badge - from Directron

If I had planned ahead, I probably would have bought a case from Xoxide, but I waited until the motherboard was already here, and if there was a problem with the used motherboard I wanted to be able to address it immediately. As it is, I'm glad I got the plain case because I like the idea of modding the case myself. I plan to cut a window in the side shaped like a Superman shield.