[dogscoff]

I don't think the case is ugly. It comes in different colours, too - I'd have gone for purple or the brown one.

Only a gig of ram? Given the outrageously fast processor I'd have thought you'd want more ram than that! Especially if you one day want to run Vista on it (which is a possibility, given that this is a gaming rig). That said, by the time Vista becomes bearable Direct X 10 will be available on XP anyway...