I've been thinking about building or buying a new development computer for home and have been torn between building, buying a Dell, or Mac Pro.  All of those options present various pros and cons which is what kept me on the fence so long.  Not any more, most of my parts have arrived, except the case, which should be here this afternoon.

As you can see, I've decided to build vs. buy.  Why?  I didn't want to spend too much money and I wanted to have more control over my hardware.