The million dollar PC, We can rebuild him, better, faster,stronger. Options

[AC9breaker]

Yeah, after years of saying I was gonna do it, I'm finally doing it. Building myself a PC. I've been trying to read up as much as I can on stuff and have been browsing newegg speculating. Anyway, I figured this would be more productive if I got some input for you guys. Primarily this is gonna be a gaming PC, but I at the very least want this PC to be relevant for 5 years, and I'm gonna be using it for more then just gaming. School, musings, w/e. Possible I'll be leaving the PC on for long periods of time so maybe cooling will be a factor?

I like me some nVidia chips and I'm not planning on overclocking (yet) so intel is fine with me. Any ESD precautions I should take and such would also be appreciated. I'm planning on working with a 900 dollar budget for the rig itself. But it's flexable. So... show me ya moves!

[AC9breaker]

For the most part, I been running Firefox and no script and have been relatively all right. But like Crushinator explained, I'm not as proficient as you guys are in dealing with threats and would like in at the very least some kind of countermeasure in the case of such an event. I'll totally be looking into NOD32, Kapersky, and AVG.

My CPU arrived yesterday, are all the Intel heatsinks suppose to be this small and flimsy looking? I'm thinking maybe I should get something a little more bigger, as I'm uncertain at how it'll do it's job. Last thing I want is another Vic Vapor Rub fiasco. Also holy crap at some of those Newegg specials. They've practically giving out HD Monitors. I might snag one up as well.