[Sir Krustin]

I home build all my systems, and I usually move parts from the older ones to cut costs as I move up so the capital costs don't hit me all at once. My current configuration:

Mobo: ECS K7S5A (for quite a while this 'board held the speed crown for the AMD chipsets)
CPU: AMD Athlon Thunderbird; 1.2 Ghz (planning on upping this to an XP 1800+)
Memory: 256mb DDR
Video: MSI GeForce2 MX400 64mb DDR (yeah, I know - but it works great! Next ones gonna be a G4Ti)
Sound: built-in on mobo (SiS 7012 chipset); CyberAcoustic 4100 speakers (VG!)
Network: D-Link DE-528CT (also has network support built-in, currently unused)
Monitor: 15" Daytek (I have a 21" Sony coming)
CDROM: 52x IDE busmastering (white box, brandname unknown)
SCSI Adapter: Adaptec 2930U
CD-R/RW: Yamaha 6416S
DVD: Panasonic DVD-303R
Scanner: HP Scanjet 5P
Printer: Lexmark 3200 (I don't do a lot of printing at home)
Modem: Samsung SCM-100R

plus the usual 300W tower case, PS/2 accessories, etc

My last system was built around an Asus mobo, which has a lot of good rep but I wasn't impressed with it, and I had two bad ones in a row; the first time I've *ever* had a bad mobo!