buy -> http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/buyers-guide/2009/07/08/what-hardware-should-i-buy-july-2009/2 +OS, mouse and keyboard = about £500 pounds I would buy an liquid nitrogen dewar (a quick google brought them up at about 250 pounds not sure if this is a good price or not?) Anyway that can just sit by the comp and anyone who askes, you can just nod ''yeah LN2 baby'' Spend the remaining £250 on fatal1ty stickers, a girls aloud calender, cold cathode computer lightning - no case window as people will see your not running LN2 so just stick the lightning around the outside of the case, or your monitor and a chair and desk to sit out, and some sunglasses = around £1000
Then post again at Christmas, as a lot happens in 5 months. Anything in this thread is pointless unless you're building it now.
