I've recently put in the orders for my new workhorse PC, although its not really intended for HD or audio duty. I bought a Core2 capable motherboard, the ASUS P5WDH Deluxe, but am probably going to run a Prescott until the delivery and pricing of the Core2's gets squared away.
I also ordered the heatsink 6000 case from A-Tech. I don't know if there is a phone issue, but I found Glenn very responsive via email. I checked with him before I ordered on some compatibility issues and got quick responses and, in fact, I mailed him the IR remote receiver that comes with the Asus mobo and he is double checking to make sure it will fit with the 6000's IR window/shelf. He's also pretty diligent about checking a sticky thread over at AVSForum on A-Tech in the HTPC subforum.
So, the specs (from memory) on my machine are:
A-Tech 6000 case, with cpu heatsinks & video board heatsinks
Asus P5WDH Deluxe mobo
Prescott P5@3.67GHz, pending Core2
2GB PC6400 RAM (think its OCZ Platinum)
150GB WD Raptor 10K RPM SATA150 drive
Asus 7600GT video board
Some random Plextor CD/DVD
Dell 24" widescreen LCD (sweet display!)
I have several RAID5 systems on my network, so I don't really feel the need to run huge stacks of internal drives. I'm more interested in speed--my workflow seems to be to move a couple hundred photos off a CF card, do post-processing in Adobe Bridge/Photoshop CS2, then dump to archive on network.
I also ordered the heatsink 6000 case from A-Tech. I don't know if there is a phone issue, but I found Glenn very responsive via email. I checked with him before I ordered on some compatibility issues and got quick responses and, in fact, I mailed him the IR remote receiver that comes with the Asus mobo and he is double checking to make sure it will fit with the 6000's IR window/shelf. He's also pretty diligent about checking a sticky thread over at AVSForum on A-Tech in the HTPC subforum.
So, the specs (from memory) on my machine are:
A-Tech 6000 case, with cpu heatsinks & video board heatsinks
Asus P5WDH Deluxe mobo
Prescott P5@3.67GHz, pending Core2
2GB PC6400 RAM (think its OCZ Platinum)
150GB WD Raptor 10K RPM SATA150 drive
Asus 7600GT video board
Some random Plextor CD/DVD
Dell 24" widescreen LCD (sweet display!)
I have several RAID5 systems on my network, so I don't really feel the need to run huge stacks of internal drives. I'm more interested in speed--my workflow seems to be to move a couple hundred photos off a CF card, do post-processing in Adobe Bridge/Photoshop CS2, then dump to archive on network.