right well i've just been back in touch with the bloke. he's pretty adament that the 380W case is the one to go for. He says they've repeatedly built systems like this with them and they're really good. so i'll hold him to it and just get a UPS battery backup. if anything goes tits up then it's going straight back. hehehe..

i mean i'm only running a firewire card and a mouse and keyboard.

re: memory - it's samsung. is this reputable?

really excited about this. yet again this forum has given me some great advice - something that my have had 400000 reponses on the cubase site had been simplified quickly and easily by you guys.

let's just see what it's like when it gets in the studio!!!!

*fingers crossed*