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I'm currently using a Dell 8200 w/ 2GHz P4 w/ 1 Gig Ram, XP Pro, NVidia GeForce 3 w/64meg, two 7200rpm HDDs, Sony DRU DVD burner and Adobe Premiere 6.5 for video editing. I want to upgrade to Premiere Pro & Video Suite, but before I do, I want to build a dual processor system with lots of fast storage, RAM and a top of the line graphics card. I've shopped around at most of the big vendors for a turn key workstation, but have been very disappointed in my available options. I'm thinking about using the Xeon 3.06GHz w/ 1Meg of L2 cache, but I want to use a top of the line motherboard, perhaps with onboard RAID and all the trimmings. Should I use 1Gig of ECC RAM or 2Gig? I've looked at the Antec P160 case. Which graphics card? I'd like at system HDD and separate HDD for video file storage, at least 100 Gig and 250 Gig respectively. Are the new 10K rpm ATA drives good or should I go with SCSI? While I'm at it, could you explain the meaning of life and the nature of the universe? Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience.