Well my new home computer is all built up with begged, borrowed, and stolen parts.
Athlon 900 + MOBO From My Brother Chris (free)
768MB RAM Scavenged from other computers
40GB boot + 50GB (4-way Raid) Disk
120GB scratch internal + 120GB scratch firewire
Nifty front panel card reader for all types of media +USB + Firewire
She runs like a top. I might spring for the $40 to buy a 1500 Athlon processor.
This is a video editing dream. I am now going to digitize the 50-60 hours of MINI-DV footage that I have in my spare time.
As a test, I digitized a few things: