Ready to take the plunge after several months of lurking but would like help

[guisep]

Looking to build a high end system, it will have a dedicated core and several Media Directors.

If you had to build your dream core what would you put in it.  (motherboard, cpu, memory, NICs, HDs, case, etc)
Anyone have a working Media Director supporting Blue-Ray?  If so what's it made of.

I will be using a DT368 and DT366 as my main Orbiters.  But would like to get at least one FiireChief

What do people think of the Fiire equipment? I'm waiting until at least they release their FiireStationHD to see what's in it. (hopefully in the next couple weeks)  Native support for 0710 is important to me so this might negate their stations.

Some background - I'm a computer engineer
my house is new with a central wiring room upstairs
my lights are already Insteon
my alarm is a HAI - anyone besides pluto have this working?
my house has whole house audio from a Russound CAM6.6 system - again anyone have this working in LMCE
I have two squeeze boxes - love them to feed the Russound as I do now

Thanks to all that reply,
   Guisep

[sharamok]

I have some questions about Russound CAM6.6 equipment. Can you answer me?
Do you control volume  of CAM6.6 channels from LinuxMCE PC? How do you do this?

I want to bye CAM6., but I don't know is it suitable for LinuxMCE.

Thank.