If you have the money to burn and are looking for a cool project, then building a Vista system of your very own is just the thing!

Ah, Windows Vista. The much-anticipated new operating system from Microsoft was starting to look a bit like an albatross around Redmond’s collective neck. After a long gestation period, including cutting some much ballyhooed features—WinFS comes to mind—Microsoft has finally shipped its first release candidate. Check out our 100-pic slideshow of Vista RC1 .
Given this auspicious event, we figured it was time to actually build a system that’s Vista ready. As we approached this task, we had a few clear goals in mind:
We wanted to build a high performance Vista system. We’ll think about budget systems later. Our goal was a Windows Experience Score—formerly known as WinSAT—above 5.
We wanted to have plenty of room for future growth and expansions.
We wanted to test Vista’s ability to configure storage options without the use of a ludicrous “F6 floppy.”
We also wanted to build a system that was relatively forward looking—as much so as possible today.
With these thoughts in mind, let’s take a look at the component choices…. Source: ExtremeTech