weirdest looking video card box i've ever seen. it should have come with instructions on how to open it!

it's showing!

this thing is massive. but - it will fit with 5mm to spare.

the cover is holographic.

lots of cables.

the stock cooler won't do. this beautiful all-copper zalman is perfect, very quiet!

the more you look at it, the better it looks.

this corsair memory has activity LEDs on it - it's quite nice, but was only fun for the first 10 minutes or so. :) but, it's very useful for debugging booting problems.

silverstone's 3.5" to 5.25" transfer plate - yet, it's actually black.

this is the reason. i need both a floppy, and memory card reader - the stock memory card reader will go away, you'll see why later.