bump bump bump.... motherboard arrived this morning, all installed now, sans backplate
found some cheapy ones on ebay though so that isn't a problem...
one step closer...
if anyone knows where i can get 17" tft monitors cheaply i'd appreciate it

used doesn't matter so much, i don't mind the odd dead pixel here or there so long as the monitors match
edit: apologies about the bad picture quality, they were taken with my phone. I seem to have misplaced all my miniUSB cables so can't get any off my digital camera

. I had 5 of those cables lying around too...