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Way too much dough to be honest mate, not that the spec isn't awesome but in 5/6 months that entire system will be a lot cheaper.

i7 is new, DDR3 is new and therefore your paying a premium,

also I don't recomend the Cosmos chassis from Coolermaster, the air flow isn't as good as it is made out to be and have you actually seen one, THEY ARE MASSIVE

Personally, right now, I won't go I7 or DDR3, they are new and so manufacturer is charging alot for it

Also Craig, just want to point out that larger drives are actually faster in the same spec, ie an 160GB 16Mb 7200 will not be as fast as a 750GB 16Mb 7200 - as the data is located closer on the disc the spindle takes less time to read right.

And Solid state has not yet been proven to provide much, if any benefit for performance in the desktop enviroment.

They are more reliable and in "theory" faster, but i don't think this is what you need.

Personally, I'd go E8600 or Core2Quad with DDR2 for the best price, the money you save will be immense and the performance difference you'll notice will be minimal.

you could go prebuilt with a cyberpower, beastcomputers, ocuk, yoyoetech and save yourself a bomb.

Good luck