Well, after reading through everybody's suggestions, I changed a couple things:
-Got rid of the liquid cooling, since I was leery of that myself anyways, and I've got no intention of overclocking anything
-Switched to Windows 7 Ultimate, since that XP Mode sounds like it might come in handy
@rupert:
Intel seems to be in the lead right now, but I've always had better luck with AMD for some reason. That, and the Intel computers my old school had were always in for repairs, while those with AMD were not. Maybe not a good thing to base my pick on, but AMD's price was a big factor too.

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I'd go for Solid State, but price, sadly, is playing a big role in the parts I go with.
I have a 19 inch Samsung monitor with a 1280x1024 native resolution.
I'd try another vendor but, even though I know the price with NCIX is a little steep, I've bought from them before and have had nothing but good experiences. That, and I wasn't planning on a new machine now, but rather mid-2010 or later, so I was going to start looking around in the new year. This damn thing knows it's about to be recycled, so apparently it decided to return the favour. :slap
@Thagarr:
As for the hard drive(s), well, I'm stuck with traditional due to shortage of funds.
I agree, liquid cooling is definitely out - I was thinking about it, but I still don't think you should put liquids and sensitive electronics anywhere near each other. I also have no intention of overclocking - I used to have a factory-overclocked graphics card from BFG, and that was just one long headache!
Building the computer myself is out, since I need the new one right away. I've been taking night courses that use AutoCAD, Blender, Photoshop, and a bunch of other freaky programs.

: If I knew this one was going to keep working, I'd go for building it myself, but this one takes longer and longer to start up every morning. That, and the fan on the heatsink plus the front exhaust fan are dead. Talk about system failure.

The current exhaust fan is the old leaf blower I bought at a hardware store a few years back running in reverse.

Look, Ma! No duct tape!
As for tech level, well, I installed a new graphics card and added another 512MB stick of RAM to this machine about a year and a half ago. Was filling my drawers the whole time I was in the tower, but, well, everything still works.

: The second time I went in there, it was actually (dare I say it) kinda fun.
Thanks for the offer of help!

I may take you up on that whenever the new one gets replaced years from now.
@skyliner:
A sound card is out for me - I never did see much difference between having one and just sticking with what's on the MOBO. I don't think they're worth the money, but that's just me.
