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Have you tried opening the case to see if the temp will come down that way?

Whats the ambient temperature in the room?

Still weak. If you're going to play games, you should spend a good part of your budget on your graphics card

Get a WD Caviar Black. They have awesome performance for a 7200 drive, not that far away from the Velociraptors, and are much cheaper. Check out http://www.storagereview.com/best_drives

How much do you want to spend?

Or this 6850: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161348

As the other guys said, the more up the graphics card range you go, the less frames you get per dollar. However, the high end card will last a little longer until it can't handle games the way you want it to, and will hold its resale value better.

I was wondering, what the consequence is of having the mobo's PCI Express x16 slot, which apparently slows the graphics card (which is pci e 2.0). Will it be at a point, where i won't be able to play starcraft? Don't worry about that, PCIE x16 is plenty fast enough Additionally, can anybody...

This 5830 is good vfm and is under £100: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-258-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

4650

This is the best I can do for you: Processor ------------ Athlon X2: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-248-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat= £44.99 If I was you I'd spend a little more and get this processor though: Athlon X3...

For that money you can afford something decent - like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125357