That's the plan!

Also thanks to other peeps, I will look at other motherboards.

If I'm buying a fan/cooler do I need anything specific or will they all fit to whatever case/mobo?

Cool beanses. Think I've got it sorted now - whole system for about £750.

About graphics cards - there's no reason to go for a particular make, is there? And I take it 7800GTs are the cream of the crop at the moment?

Hello Nice People I have another question.

What is the best way to get Windows?

The computer I have at the moment was bought built from Evesham, so the License is on the computer. Can I use this key and just download Windoze (seeing as I don't have an XP CD, just two 'recovery' CDs.

But if this is not possiblé, I don't want to Jimlad XP properly, so I'd want to buy it. But the only student License I can seem to find is the Student Pro Upgrade one! So I take it I already need a windoze for that to work? It's all very confusing.

Also might it be better to wait for Vista so I don't have to pay mondo upgrade costs or is that too far in the future/ not really that much anyway.

Thanks for your help!

An OEM license is fine if you're using the key you have on the original harware.

If you've changed the motherboard or hard drive it's less fine. (I've had this conversation with MS alot as one of their partners and they're not too sure what is acceptable for OEM licenses either).

Another problem you'll have is that if you don;t have OEM media, your license key won;t work, convenient, eh?

If you're using the original hardware (more or less) then the OEM license is valid and you'll be legal if you can find an OEM CD, otherwise you need the full version at £180 (that's my lowest price for it, anyway).