Well I put in the order for my new components just a minute ago and apparently they will be here on the 28th. This is wierd as it said it was next day delivery, dam Christmas. Ah well Im sure Ill have other stuff to attend to before my components come.

As for what I ordered.

Intel E6750 Dual 2.66 (w/ artic silver 5 thermal , standard cooler as of yet but I wont be overclocking until I have to)

Asus P5E X38 Mobo (was going to get a P35 but this has PCI-E 2.0 and runs Crossfire properly for £40 more)

ATI Radeon HD3870 XT

Geil 2gb 800mhzUltra Ram

Seagate 500gb 7200rpm 32mb cache

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate (Cooling monster)

Corsair HX520W

Some mid rangeOptical drive (who cares)

Pretty happy with this machine.Costs 700quid butI reckon its pretty future proofed. Really looking forward to playing great pc fps's like Crysis and especially the unbelievable looking Far Cry 2. With Starcraft 2 covering the RTS genre I need to find a decent RPG. Will prolly get the Witcher but hopefully another AAA RPG isnt too far away cos I love the genre.

Next step is installation so I hope everything arrives intact and is compatible. Will write up when this is done on the 28th. Wish me luck!