So far so good.

Ok so after reading a lot of advise I have specced the following. Please rip me apart and tell me why !!  

Reason I am doing this is I got a free GTX285-OC2 and it worked great but is now giving trouble. But I got the bug to build my own PC after installing it in my old Dimension Dell 9150.

Still holding out hope my GTX285-OC2 is salvageable!! But until then… New spec below with reasoning attached. Looks like an ok system to me so far!

About me: Not a heavy gamer, but occasionally dabble in shooters which are graphics intensive. Otherwise I have no large power requirements...

CPU: i7-920 2.67 €205

My reasoning here is to get the lowest end LGA1366 available. I will then wait for the price of the 6 core i7 980x to drop in about a year or so.

Case €140 ???

Still have about 5 options here but all around €140 and all what I need. Final decision will come down to WHERE my computer will be and hence WHERE the built in fans are on the case (I think I will be avoiding too many side fans and opting more for front and back.

MOBO: ASRock X58 Extreme3, X58 (triple PC3-10667U DDR3) €179

6x DDR3
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 - 1x PCIe 2.0 x16 - 1x PCIe x1 - 2x PCI
Extern: 2x USB 3.0, 6x USB 2.0 (1x shared eSATAp), 1x FireWire, 1x Gb LAN (RTL8111DL), 1x eSATA (shared USB), 7.1 Audio
intern: 4x USB 2.0 - 1x FireWire - 2x SATA 6Gb/s RAID 0/1 - 6x SATA II RAID 0/1/5/10 - 1x PATA
Graphics: ATI CrossFireX (x16/x16) AND nVIDIA SLI (x16/x16)

Anything I am missing here for a decent system that is a bit future proofed? OR anything else I should check or know about Mobos?

Graphics: ASUS Radeon HD 5770, 1024MB GDDR5 €135

Seems to be enough for me for now with the level of gaming I actually do. Can drop in another 5770 later or upgrade when prices come down. Hopefully I will not need this at all however and my GTX285-OC2 is salvageable or replaceable. Fingers crossed on that one!!!

G.Skill Kit 6GB PC3-16000U CL9-9-9-24 (DDR3-2000) €185

Decent price for 2000mhz DDR3

Hard Disk: Corsair Reactor 60GB, 2.5", SATA II 250MB/s • 110MB/s • 128MB €150

Great price and speed is ok. Not seeing much out there to compete without a big jump in price into the €300s. I have a decent sized mech drive in the old PC for long term file dumping, so Really 60gb is probably double what I will ever use on this drive.

Other

I rarely use my DVD drive, maybe 5 times in the last 2 years. So I will salvage that from the old machine.

I have already a "Be quiet" Pure Power 530W ATX 2.3 bought to power the free GTX285-OC2 mentioned above.

I have been using on board sound and network for the last 6 years, so see no reason to change now despite my new 25MB broadband connection. I am also happy with my current Dell and LG digital monitors, wireless keyboard and mouse.

This leaves me with a computer buy of around €994 in euros....

What say ye?!?