Got all the bits, going to build sun

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 Mobo
GeIL 4GB PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Samsung SH-S202JBEBN 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

Most of the parts are pretty much bang for buck, i could have spent a lot more!

This will be Vista 64bit, decided to just go for it, the sp1 isn't to far away now. Also got a nice perspex side window for illuminated fan and cpu cooler goodness. Better get the damn cabling tidy this time

Just hope it works

Heh, yeah 4 gig is overkill but vista 64 uses it fine so its cool, and a bit more future proof, along with the quad. hopefully it will only need a need GPU as an upgrade for a few years.

besides, the RAM cost £76

This is the GPU i went with btw

oh yea, the 8800gt is a damned good buy. Really good bang for the buck. Not quite the performance of my 8800gtx but significantly less expensive and still pretty high powered. The processor the way to go too... only thing I might've done differently is make a RAID 0 array instead of a single drive. :p

I'm really looking forward to when solid state drives become mainsteam. I think that'll be the next massive performance increase.

Im waiting for the next generation GPU. I wonder what will come after the 9000 series, are they going for Geforce 10K ?