New PC, advice?

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Ok firstly Hi, just signed up and these forums seem very informative in some areas.

Well i have decided to build my first PC as up to now i have had a friend build them then upgrade them myself. Everytime i have had a PC i have had a rubbish case which has lead to all sorts of overheating problems.

Now i have around £100 ideally on a case, however would be willing to go a bit higher if their is anything better than the Eclipse for slightly more?

Also does the Eclipse come with fans as i have been looking around and its a bit of a mixed opinion as to what i would actually have to buy to make the case complete.

As for everything else I am looking at getting this, so will the case be suitable?

> Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz
> Not sure on the MB yet, if anyone wants to reccommend one :)
> RAM 2-3GB (again not sure what RAM to get just now)
> 8800 GTX
> At least a 500 gb HDD
> One Optical Drive
> Dont have a clue on soundcards, but basically im looking for something that manages to produce a good sound, i currently have onboard so anything is an improvement!
> I will also be getting a 750 Watt PSU to be on the safe side.

I am not sure how much this will cost but last time i priced it up it was setting me back £1200 without the 8800 GTX.

It is also worth mentioning i am primarily buying this to do all my design work which involves extremely large image files so hence why the larger hdd is needed and also to play Crysis on, as i think my Atlantis Sapphire 9800pro wont quite manage that :p , it struggles on everything now :(

Any help is appreciated, thanks :)
 
Thanks for the advice, is the side panel with the extra fan also a good option?

Oh and i am going with the Eclipse read a lot of review now and seems to do everything i need, but whats with the pci slot at the front :/ can you actually get use out of it?
 
Cool, thanks Yewen, now just to decide on all the extras for the case itself then onto the components. Really struggling to choose the RAM this time round.
 
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