A BIG thanks goes to:
Jonny
mike_w
BenW
Dougal
iranu
PMM
streetster
you may remember a few problems i had with my first attempt at building a pc (in which i had questions about heatsinks, unidentified sockets on the mobo & also a problem where i had nothing on screen on startup) i got a friend to check the cpu (it was ok) and bought a new GFX card (which turned out to be the problem). The pc works a treat.
You guys are obviously the people to ask in a case of emercency!
Again, thanks to all the guys above & also anyone else who may have helped.
I'm off to play with my new pc now, cya