Here's the spec...

1 x Intel Core 2 Quadro Q6600 -- ?366.59 ?346.61 ?343.09
1 x EVGA Nforce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 -- ?176.24 ?170.36 ?170.36
1 x Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX -- ?223.24 ?185.64 ?170.36
2 x EVGA Geforce 8800GTS ACS3 -- ?563.98 ?552.22 ?505.22
1 x Samsung Spinpoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA2 -- ?75.19 ?75.19 ?58.74
1 x Lian-Li PC-S80 Black -- ?175.06 ?175.06 ?175.06
1 x Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AW -- ?105.74 ?99.86 ?93.99
1 x LG GSA-H42NBAL 18x18 DVD?RW ReWriter Black -- ?19.96 ?19.96 ?19.96
Total -- ?1706.00 ?1624.90 ?1536.78

There are going to be some insane price drops on the Intel CPU's and Nvidia GPU's in the next few days/weeks...

All the prices above are from www.overclockers.co.uk, I tried www.scan.co.uk and got to ?1483.52 (exluding the Lian-Li case, which would be an extra ?175.06 on top from OcUK making a total of ?1658.58)

Edit: Green prices are as of 26-Apr-2007
Edit: Blue prices are as of 10-May-2007

Wow, that will pwn a lot. I take it you're keeping your old Physx card aswell?

Also, the case and PSU seem expensive.

Finally, may I suggest you upgrade your HDD to the T166 H501LJ (500GB) as it is a fair bit faster (more GB per platter) and only costs bit more. It's also (apparently) one of the fastest HDD out their, excluding Raptors, but it even comes close to them in everyday tasks (raptors just have a quicker seek time, but aren't quite as fast at everyday tasks).

I might just do that
The reason I went for the LJ series was for acoustics and speed.

The case is definitely worth it though

Got any case info/piccies?

Yeah!!

This is the sweetest review of this case: http://www.boxgods.com/dept/hardware/in ... cle&ID=195

Hmm, I've seen that case before. Very nice case indeed.

The price of the Q6600 has dropped to ?330.

Also...

I intend for this build to be completed within the next 2 months, as in... I will have put all the parts together with an operating system by, lets say.. 1st July 2007. I may upgrade the graphics cards a bit yet (and probably the PSU in that event); I'll just need to see what AMD bring to the market next month and how good the price/performance will be.

Price/performance is everything in this new machine... excluding the case. But hey, I'm sure that you all agree - the case needs to look good, and it needs to be easy on the eye, kind of like my fonts really.

Hmm, I would go for a quick build... get it all done at once, as in buy it all then build, not build over time, as that just wastes money having non-used components.

Also, that case is very high performance, the airflow and cooling are good. And in my eyes, that is what is most important in a case. Of course that case is also awesome looking.

I've made an unknown change to the specification of this computer. You will see when it has been built.

What component? Please tell!

I'm going to increase the graphics power of the machine, mostly by waiting.

I may need to hold off the purchase of any computer equipment for the next month because I owe ?700 to the landlord. And a rediculous amount for the electricity bill (something like ?350 for 3 months, obviously farked).

Heh, OK, you waiting for a particular card, then?

Also, that's a bummer with the money!

Holy sh*t your electricity bill!!!!

What you expect, he runs this server and another comp continuously... Though that is quite steep.

Yeah, it's borked. I need to check my electricity meter.. wherever that is.. honestly, the estate agent said he couldn't find one at this property and I can't pay my bill until I find this meter..

The case has been dispatched...

http://www.city-link.co.uk/pod/podfrm.p ... o=CKS19566

Also, I have updated the first post to show the price drops in the last 5 days!

Edit: Here are some pictures of the case in case you don't want to browse the review sites...
[img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/e780e5b3.jpg[/img] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/3e2d38ca.jpg[/img] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/bb32c58e.jpg[/img] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/64c45269.jpg[/img] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/a38667ad.jpg[/img] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/0dafdb12.jpg[/img] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/6c79024e.jpg[/img] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/5b94741e.jpg[/img] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/c7388786.jpg[/img] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/PC-S80B/46e83dfd.jpg[/img]

Hmm, odd about the electricity thing.

That case is a wonderful case, though.

The case arrived. It's quite a bit taller and wider than my current case (Coolermaster Wavemaster). The build quality is simply incredible. This is much better case than any I have ever seen!

[img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/IMG_2847.jpg[/img]

Yeah, the case is a monster. And Lian Li are good for high quality. Plus you would expect it from something that expensive.

That thing is reeallly tall. . .

Also, any luck with finding that meter?

Yeah, the case is totally beyond anything I have ever seen or read about.
And I have had no luck in finding that meter.

meter? WTF?

The electricity meter!

Oh, yeah, lol!