Cool, and it also brings the initial build cost down to about £350, which is nice, plus room for upgrades at a later date.

So, after much faffing about im gonna go for these

8800gt

Play.com (UK) : Play Value Geforce 8800GT / 512MB / PCI Express 2.0 / Graphics Card : PC - Free Delivery



HDD

Play.com (UK) : Hitachi Deskstar 0A32163 / 250GB 3.5" 8MB SATA Internal Hard Drive : PC - Free Delivery


DVD Drive

Play.com (UK) : Samsung SH-S203P/BEBN / 20X DVDRW Internal SATA Drive With Lightscribe / Black : PC - Free Delivery


Case and Power Supply Unit

Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W Power Supply Unit *SPECIAL OFFER* - Ebuyer



MB, Ram, CPU

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ / Foxconn 6150M2MA-KRS2H Micro ATX / OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Kit


Arctic Silver

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...-000-AC&tool=3

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IF I was you I would try and order everything from as few sites as possible to reduce delivery costs, overclockers is about £5 at least for delivery. and Play.com are free but you won't get free delivery from ebuyer with just that one item. But overall looks a good build and update us once installed about vista activation, no doubt you will have some kind of problem

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I found this in the revised licensing agreement for vista

15. REASSIGN TO ANOTHER DEVICE.
a. Software Other than Windows Anytime Upgrade. You may uninstall the software and
install it on another device for your use. You may not do so to share this license between
devices.


So as long as its deactivated and not used it should be fine, also as you saved me some cash i may get an XP home disc.

Now all i have to do is get some money in to pay for it all lol

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D_ When do you plan to start building?You going to buy parts over a period of time?

Hopefully my new build will be done in a few weeks?

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Well, the plan was to buy parts as and when i could afford it, but hopefully i may be able to get the money together and get all of it in one go (I`m selling one of my 3 guitars) Then once the new system is up and running i can sell my current PC and get some extras, like another hard drive and maybe a Widescreen monitor

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D_ when we start building we must post a thread with pics?

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http://www.petri.co.il/index.htm

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Yeah, good idea, although i fear it may have a lot of swearing in it lol I cant wait to start building it and i cant believe ive gained enough confidence to actually try it

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There is a PC Build Gallery in the Show Off Your System forum

Did that come from the retail license or oem license ?

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I want flat screens,two on the new one I build.

We can make them tutorials.

I have the confidence but never the cash.I hope you get to build it soon?
But in time upgrade that power supply when you got more money.
I am going for 600 watt as I will be upgrading even more over time.

Did you read my thread RE:Home build computer?

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http://www.microsoft.com/en/gb/default.aspx
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/Home/
http://www.petri.co.il/index.htm

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