reaper, these are teenage boys, often seen lurking in darkened bedrooms with closed curtains, i'm hoping that won't be an issue!

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And yes, its prolly a bit of an overkill but i bought the bits over the space of a few months (some new, some used) and actually got my arse into gear to sell on some of my old tat to put towards it as well, damn, i've even bought myself a Q6600 and mobo and ram with some of the spare, its about time the old Skt939 system had an upgrade, and seeing as X2 4600+'s are making £100 on evilbay at the moment, why not!!!.
Should last them a few years now though...hopefully with the next upgrade one of them might have a job and can contribute towards the costs.