well... this morning i awoke to an unpleasant surprise. evidently there was a brownout in my area last night and my primary workstation's power supply kicked the bucket. i built my current workstation in 2000 and it was a hoss back in the day (dual p3 933mhz processors, 1gb of ram) but lately it just hasn't been cutting it. i've been thinking about getting a new computer for a few months now and this was the excuse i've been looking for. i ordered parts today and here is what i'm putting together:

motherboard: asus p5n32 sli premium
processor: intel core 2 duo e6700 @ 2.66ghz per core
memory: 4gb (2x2gb) ocz 800mhz ddr2
power: ocz 700watt psu
video: evga 8800gtx /w 768mb of memory (!)
primary hd: 150gb western digital raptor sata @ 10k rpm
storage hd: 320gb seagate barracuda sata @ 7200 rpm
dvdr: sony sata
dvd-rom: asus sata
os: vista 32-bit premium

this system is gonna haul. can't wait to put it together! -M