ok, a quick update:
Not very happy today. Some little asshole decided it would be fun to try and break into our car by trying to force the passenger window open and they knocked the whole window into the car door and screwed the electric mechanism up. A nice little extra bill for us to pay. The police won't do anything because he is under social services care and a smack head, so he is just getting a slap on the wrist while we have to fork out over £100 to fix the car and we can't leave it outside the house without a window in this area and the wife needs it for work. What pisses me off is that it was at 5pm and the neighbours were all just watching him do it. And to top it all is that i may be having to go to court because i hurt him when i tackled the little asshole. Don't you just love the great British justice system. God i hate chavs. So there is no way i can get the powerpack now until after xmas. The money we had spare to go towards the powerpack now is gone (apart from the couple of donations i received so far, that isn't being touched). I really need your help for this guys, and you know how much i hate asking. There is no possible way i can afford over £100 for a powerpack without some help. I was thinking of just getting a cheap powerpack to tide me over but i was advised against it due to the amount of hard drives and power that my machine needs. I have to have at least 1000w now (true power because many so called 1000w supplies are actually only 700w true power) I can't afford to risk any damage to this machine so i'm not risking a low grade one. If anyone can help it will be greatly appreciated. My paypal account address is in my signiture. thanks
anyway, sorry for the lack of updates but i don't get much of a chance to go on the net at the moment because i have to use my wifes work laptop. But i will try and catch up on all the suggestions as soon as i can