The case, SopranoRS.

AMD Motherboard box, Dual Core 64-bit.

Motherboard, displayed.

Power supply box, 800W!

Notice the pretty, blue chrome.

Power supply installed, only four screws.

Motherboard installed (six mounting screws), power supply cable connected.

CPU box.

I think the CPU has around 900 pins.

Notice the orientation is "keyed" to ensure proper installation.

An unbelievable (large) cooling fan.

The blue LED is sweet, also.

CPU installed.

Cooling fan installed (the hardest part of the whole installation).

SLI RAM still in packaging.

2x1GB  came with the kit. I purchased 2x2GB extra for a total of 6GB of RAM! This is required for working with many virtual machines.

RAM installed.

Ick, I had to sort of torque three of the RAM sticks into their slots as the motherboard (mobo) didn't quite allocate enough space for these RAM sticks.

500 GB hard disk still in (very humble) packaging.

Argh! In less than 10 or so days after everything was working this disk DIED and I replaced it with a 750GB SATA disk from a different manufacturer.

Edge of hard disk.

Notice the very obvious SATA power connector and SATA interface cable.

Hard disk mounted.

Notice the disk mounts for this case. Instead of putzing with those tiny drive screws there was a plastic latch that turned (about a half-turn) to release the mount mechanism, then another half-turn to tighten the drive in its bay.

Video card in box.

For whom is this packaging targeted? Hmm. Anyway, I went a bit humble here, only 256MB of memory on the card. Definitely enough for Windows Vista Aero glass!

Video card displayed.

Notice the PCIe (PCI Express) interface.

Video card installed.

The inside of the case is starting to look cluttered, eh?

SATA interface connected to the mobo.

Now, time to connect the various case cables to the appropriate motherboard interfaces, such as the power-on button and the front USB and Audio ports.

I was surprised by how small the optical disk unit was.