Wish experienced builders to look over my parts-list, and check for component incompatibilities, as I'm ready to start buying parts: CPU- Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) *MOTHERBOARD- in order of preference: GA-MA770-UD3 GA-MA770T-UD3 GA-770T-UD3P GA-770TA-UD3 GA-770T-USB3 MEMORY- Depends on board chosen, but I want the high end sort, and to fill all DIMM sockets...if anyone wants to recommend memory modules for the five boards above, please do! NIC CARD- in order of preference: DGE-528T Intel EXPI9301CTBLK PRO/1000 Netgear GA302T Startech ST1000BT32 *SOUND CARD- Asus Xonar D2 *GRAPHICS CARD- Either Geforce 6800GS or 6800GT (PCIe x16, 256 to 512MB) VIDEO CAPTURE CARD- Must include 'framegrabber' function. No idea! Suggestions welcomed for PCI or PCIe card type. SATA DVD (3Gb/s) BURNER- I'm considering Plextor PX-880SA, but welcome suggestions, just no Sony brand. SATA HARD DISC DRIVE- SATA 3Gb/s & 750GB required. Maybe: WD7500AVCS WD 7500AAKS-OOBA0 SATA HDD MOBILE RACKS- Maybe: Kingwin KF-201-DF " KF-1000-BK SNT-SAS136B Vantec MRK-300ST-BK iStarUSA T5F-SS iRack MRA300 EXTERNAL HDD DOCKING STATION- For making backups. Prefer eSATA or firewire: Orico 6618SUS-BK Rosewill RX-DUS100 FLOPPY DRIVE- For internal floppy drive connector. Bytecc BT-145 NEC FD1231 PCI/PCIe EXPANSION CARDS- Depends on motherboard chosen, and which chips Linux rejects, but will likely need at least eSATA and Firewire cards that work with Linux: Syba SD-SA2PEX-2E Startech PEX1394B3 Firewire PCIE Card LCD MONITOR- Require 1024x768. No touchscreen. ViewEra V151HV- WIRED ROUTER- Require NAT & SPI;gigabit WAN. TP Link TL-R600VPN Netgear FVS336G Trendnet TWG-BRF114 Cisco Linksys RVS-4000 UPS- It must cover minimum 675W, and have quiet operation. Cyberpower CP1350PFCLCD APC BR1500 LCD MEMORY CARD READER- Plugable Technologies Plugable 2.0 SCANNER- Canon Canoscan LIDE 30 COLOR INKJET PRINTER- Require each color to have separately replaceable ink cartridge; above average color graphics & photo print quality, & easy Linux setup. Much prefer single-function printers. HP Officejet Pro 800 Enterprise " " 6000 Wireless Printer Epson WF7010 MONOCHROME LASER PRINTER- Require double sided printing (auto-duplex), use reasonably priced toner, have above average text print quality. Single-function printers much preferred. Brother HL-2040 " HL-5370DW Dell 2350D " 3330DN HP Laserjet Pro 400 M401DN " " " " M401DNE " " " P1606DN Xerox Phaser 3250 * These components are already decided on, so its very unlikely I'll change them.