Following on from this thread, I got a trusted buyer who offered £1650 outside of eBay, so no fees. Bonus! Probably could have got more if I let the auction run but too impatient... Ta for all the advice on here 
So the money went in, burning a hole in my Paypal account, so naturally I spent £900 of it within half an hour (!), on the following:
- Intel i7 950 3.06GHz
- Corsair HX850W ATX
- ASUS Sabertooth X58
- Corsair Hydro H70
- Corsair Dominator 12GB kit (3x4GB) 1600MHz 9-9-9-24
- Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA III 64MB Cache
- LG GH24NS50 Super Multi DVDRW
Getting delivered Monday - made over a hundred quid saving sourcing from elsewhere, so that's good. I still need to get the GPU, which I reckon will be the GTX 470 SOC as it seems to be a bargain. Monitor I'm thinking the Hanns.G 27.5"...
It's choosing the case that I'm struggling with! I know the H70 is fairly huge - I don't want to get a case then realise I have no room. Anyone got any suggestions at all? I'm not too bothered about the aesthetics as it will be out of sight anyway, I just want something practical for the job and well ventilated/roomy...
Never built a PC before, any tips?! "DON'T DO IT!" would probably be sound advice for me, but too late for that now!

So the money went in, burning a hole in my Paypal account, so naturally I spent £900 of it within half an hour (!), on the following:
- Intel i7 950 3.06GHz
- Corsair HX850W ATX
- ASUS Sabertooth X58
- Corsair Hydro H70
- Corsair Dominator 12GB kit (3x4GB) 1600MHz 9-9-9-24
- Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA III 64MB Cache
- LG GH24NS50 Super Multi DVDRW
Getting delivered Monday - made over a hundred quid saving sourcing from elsewhere, so that's good. I still need to get the GPU, which I reckon will be the GTX 470 SOC as it seems to be a bargain. Monitor I'm thinking the Hanns.G 27.5"...
It's choosing the case that I'm struggling with! I know the H70 is fairly huge - I don't want to get a case then realise I have no room. Anyone got any suggestions at all? I'm not too bothered about the aesthetics as it will be out of sight anyway, I just want something practical for the job and well ventilated/roomy...
Never built a PC before, any tips?! "DON'T DO IT!" would probably be sound advice for me, but too late for that now!