>You know, you can make a standard Raptor into an "X" right in>your own home.>>All you need is some Elmer's glue, a piece of plexiglass and a>pry bar. >>>RhettHey, now there's a thought! :-)From looking on Newegg's site looks like the $ difference is down to about $5, but I don't think it's worth even that. I couldn't care less what the hard drive looks like inside my closed up case!

Hi Steve, I'd be interested to know what your final choices were. I've been amassing parts for about a month and a half now, and I'm down to the final (agonizing) choice of which CPU to use. FWIW, here's mine: Antec P182 case abit IP-35 Pro mobo Thermaltake Toughpower 750W PSU XFX 8600GT factory-overclocked video card Thermalright Ultima-90 Heatsink 2x Scythe s-flex 1600rpm 120mm fans for CPU cooling 2GB (2 x 1GB) Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2-8500 RAM Hard Drive #1: Seagate 250GB ST3250410AS Hard Drive #2: Samsung 500GB Spinpoint T Series HD501LJOptical Drive #1: Lite-On 20x DVD Burner (SATA) - Retail Optical Drive #2: Samsung 20x DVD Burner - OEM Koutech IO-FPM220 3.5" Floppy Drive & Multi Card Reader Front Panel - Retail abit uGuru GP-02 Panel Vista Home Premium (32-bit) - OEM Most likely I'll get an e6750 for now (had to make some compromises), and plan to upgrade my CPU and vid card depending on what happens with multiple cores and DX10 in the future. I can't wait to get it up and running! - Lee

Here's the final list I used. Everything works very well together. I am happy with all of my choices. Prices may have (probably did) change since I purchased my components.Steve$119.99 Case - LIAN LI PC-65B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Casehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...PC%2b65B%2bCase$184.99 Mother Board - ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboardhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813127030$259.99 Power Supply - Thermaltake W0131RU ATX12V / EPS12V 850W Power Supply 100http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817153043$384.99 Video Card - EVGA 640-P2-N825-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Cardhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130080$299.99 CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processorhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115028$19.99 ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Coolerhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...eezer%2b7%2bpro$154.99 x 2 Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memoryhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820220161$184.99 Hard Drive #1 - Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drivehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136012$109.00 Hard Drive #2 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drivehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136073$30.99 LG Electronics Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RWhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827136120$6.99 1 SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model SFD321B/LBL1http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16821103203$19.99 Atech Flash Xm-4U 11-in-1 USB 2.0 Black & Silver Internal card readerhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820176825$189.99 Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVDhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116213