just wanted to offer a quick final thankyou to everyone who has helped me with my on going pc struggle ( firstly to get it working then to upgrade it, then to give up upgrading and buy new)

the pc is being repaired, my dads sorting that out, as im giving him it, as he just wants it for using word n excell and his emails it dosent need upgrading.

Tomorrow morning ill be ordering:

Evesham axis 64sli
amd athlon 64 processor 3800+
windows xp professional
1gb duel chanel ram
150gb harddrive
2x 256mb ddr3 nvidia 6800gt pci express graphics
17" flat screen moniter
sleek design case
dvd rom/ cd rw ( 16x)
multi format 16x duel layer dvd rewriter
sound blaster audiolofy 2 zs
altec lansing 5100 speakers
and a floppy/ 7 in 1 card reader.
with a few other random bits such as a wirless desktop set
(£2131) and it should come in about 8-10 days
yes alot above my budget
but aslong as i pay my car tax and my own car insurance, dads willing to buy me it as and easter prezzie and part of my bd prezzie in july)
( my dads weird with easter.. for my birthday last year i got some clothes, yet for easter i got a brand new car... just the way he works)

If theres anything i can do to say thanx for all your help, feel free to ask, in eternally greatful

love claire