Sorry people forgot i posted this! been rushed off my feet, well he is planning on upgrading soon and as were mates he will sort me out,
i know it all works as i sorted out some issues he had with it, he bought it custom pre built thing and they slapped it together he kept on getting blue screens, turned out they plugged the cpu fan into the chassis fan header on the board, no matter how many times it went back to the shop they could never solve it!
not sure when this will happen but i will find out the stepping of the chip and the motherboard and keep you guys updated,
perfect time really as i was about to go SB but this is cheaper! and faster then what i got now!
thanks guys!