Ars Technica's "God Box" aka: The only thing that will run Crysis

As my RSS feeds scroll by, I saw a DIY guide from Ars that looked cool. The "God Box" is their supreme configuration, described by them as "for those that just won the lottery".

Quick overview:

• Tyan S5392AR - $391.40

• Two Intel Xeon X5365 - $1,265.86 each [$2,465.86 total]

• Four Crucial 4GB ECC Fully Bufferred DDR2-667 FB-DIMMs - $499 each [$1,996 total]

• Two NVIDIA QuadroFX 4600 - $1,380.14 each [$2,760.28 total]

• Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer - $79.99

• Adaptec 31205 SAS Controller - $638.23

• Fujitsu MAX3147RC 15K 147GB SAS - $287.99

• Four Hitachi Deskstar A7K1000 SATA - $349.99 each [$1,399.96 total]

• DVD±/CD-RW: two Samsung SH-S203B - $31.99 each [$63.98 total]

• Silverstone TJ09 Case - $269

• PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad - $169.99

• APC Smart-UPS 1500VA - $289.99

• Two Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" LCDs - $1,399 each [$2,798 total]

• Logitech Z-5500 Digital - $239

• Logitech MX Revolution - $69.99

• Logitech Cordless MX 5000 - $98.99

Total price: $14,018.65, not including shipping and handling

And they say Mac's are expensive....