This boutique-computer was custom-built for us by http://www.avadirect.com . Their workmanship is impeccable and their customer/tech support is without a doubt the best in the business. If you're loking for some serious muscle for your photo-editing programs, a rig like this is what you need. Our old computer would take about 12 seconds to render a 26 MB RAW file (D300); this computer opens the same file in 2 seconds - blazing fast. We also needed a super-quiet system and AVA went well beyond our expectations, you can barely hear it running. With all of the latest hardware, we shouldn't be needing an upgrade for many years to come. We can't say enough good things about our experience with AVADirect. Check out their ResellerRatings and their BBB report (both outstanding).

1) Thermaltake Element S case
2) Intel i7-975 Extreme Quad-Core CPU (overclocked to 3.875 GHz)
3) BFGtech nVidia GTX295 VGA
4) ASUS P6T V.2 Motherboard
5) Noctua NH-U12P heatsink
6) 1X 150G VelociRaptor (OS w/partition), 1X 300G VelociRaptor HDD (programs)
7) 1X 1T Caviar Black HDD
8) Acoustic padding throughout
9) SONY Blu-Ray Burner
10) Lite-On DVD Dual Layer burner w/Lightscribe
11) 12 Gs Corsair XMS3 RAM
12) Custom wiring
13) Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W PSU
14) Vista 64bit now upgraded to Windows7
15) Fans: 2X 12 cm. Noctua (front); 2X 12 cm. Blue-LED CoolerMaster; 1X 23 cm. Red-LED Thermaltake (top)
16) APC Back-UPS ES-750

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