Well after many threads of great advice and pondering, I have just ordered the following base unit 
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £129.99 1 £129.99
Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £159.99 1 £159.99
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF) £79.99 1 £79.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £56.99 1 £56.99
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7201S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99 1 £14.99
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £29.99 1 £29.99
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £79.99 1 £79.99
Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU £69.99 1 £69.99
Sennheiser PC161 Pro-Gaming Headset (500927) £35.99 1 £35.99
Asus GeForce GTX 280 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £279.99 1 £279.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £52.99 1 £52.99
Compro VideoMate Vista T500F DVB-T Hybrid Internal PCI TV Tuner - Retail £37.99 1 £37.99
hope its as good as I hope it will be as im upgrading from a 3200+ amd with a 7950 gfx
Thanks for all the help folks
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £129.99 1 £129.99
Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £159.99 1 £159.99
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF) £79.99 1 £79.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £56.99 1 £56.99
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7201S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99 1 £14.99
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £29.99 1 £29.99
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £79.99 1 £79.99
Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU £69.99 1 £69.99
Sennheiser PC161 Pro-Gaming Headset (500927) £35.99 1 £35.99
Asus GeForce GTX 280 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £279.99 1 £279.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £52.99 1 £52.99
Compro VideoMate Vista T500F DVB-T Hybrid Internal PCI TV Tuner - Retail £37.99 1 £37.99
hope its as good as I hope it will be as im upgrading from a 3200+ amd with a 7950 gfx
Thanks for all the help folks
