Well I missed the last monthly update, but for good reason.
For awhile now, I've needed to upgrade my computer, I've been using Vash (an Nforce2 based Shuttle SN41G2 running an AMD Athlon XP 3000+) for over 7 years now and it was time to upgrade.
The End Result is Catnarok.

Why did it take over a month to build? for starters, waiting for the loan to get approved. I actually took out a loan to Build Catnarok
Once that got approved. I ordered the parts from Newegg. A lot of that wait was due to many of the parts being backordered.
Finally, I had to wait for an RMA, Since the Motherboard failed after three days due to a faulty northbridge cooler.
What's in it that makes Catnarok cost more than what I paid for my RV?
1 x LIAN LI ARMORSUIT PC-P50R Red Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
1 x ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
2 x XFX HD-597A-CNB9 Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition 2GB 512 (256 x 2)-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
1 x CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
1 x AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor Model HDT90ZFBGRBOX
1 x CORSAIR DOMINATOR 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model CMD8GX3M4A1333C7
1 x Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
1 x NEC Display Solutions EA231WMI-BK Black 23" 14ms(WTB) IPS Panel Height/Pivot/Swivel adjustable stand Widescreen LCD Monitor
1 x LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS424-98 LightScribe Support
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
1 x DIAMOND ATI Theater HD 750 Tuner Card TVW750PCIE PCI-Express x1 Interface
Various Lian-Li upgrades. Added a Fan Speed Controller, two front fans and a slim Hard Drive bay. these were added in order to accommodate the video cards.
As for gaming, I cant stress this system. Games that support crossfire seem to never turn it on since the framerate s already high. The best stress test so far has been the Aliens vs Predator demo, which runs smooth using crossfire throughout the entire demo. Even then It doesn't seem to stress out the vid cards or the processor cores for that matter.
Anyway, this shouldn't affect Landel programming, since I do all of my programming in a virtual machine, and I can just port the VM over to this machine and lose no dev time, but most of my free time is going into working out issues with this system. Although other than a UPS and a 2.5 HDD converter, there shouldn't be any more major issues.