My computer I recently finished building is beyond awesome. It's wonderful. But if you're gonna start a new project, I'd wait until mid-to-end of summer. A lot of new technology is coming on the market (ddr2, new and improved SATA, new graphics cards, next wave of 64bit processors, etc), so you're gonna want to wait for that. Even if you're not gonna get the best shit on the market at the time then, all of today's technology is gonna be a lot cheaper.