full rebuild is going to have to be bought a piece at a time, with a couple of months between parts (to save up again! lol) the kinda specs i'm looking towards is gonna cost me around 1.5 to 2 grand! once i'm out of options for current machine, it will become my son's first gaming rig. i realise that there's not much i can do with an AM3+ board... once i've got every ounce of speed and quality out of this machine (with small upgrades and overclocks) i will start looking at a fresh build