[CaptainHaplo]

Update - my parts came in. Everything is physically together.

Now I am using a sb Recon for sound on the PCI x8 slot, the 6850 on the PCI x16 slot.

I will raid 5 this across 6 disks, with one spare.

Due to disk space constraints - I will use an external hard drive for most of the storage.

So here lies the question that is before me.

Do I want to go with Windows 7 Pro, or Server 2008 R2?
I have licenses for both. Both support 2 physical processors, and I am using x64 so it will also support the 48G's of memory.

I am leaning heavily toward 7 - based on the issues of software compatibility, the out of the box gaming ability of 7 vs the tweaking of 2008 server.

Any reason I should go with Server 08?