Well its early but I am still looking and will need some help

In January I am going all out for a new pc since for some time I have only upgraded.

I have a top power supply and will keep that but depending on the motherboard I may not be able to use my 2gig of memory, all the rest of the system I will sell and make it work to flog as one unit.

I will be taking the plunge for the quad core, there has been a lot of good talk that certain versions will be dam fine but really quite bargin prices for what they are.

I have no clue about graphics cards currently I have lost track there, So any comments about what in January will be hot will be cool

Main thing is case, I want a really smart one but not insane prices, I dont care for Windows anymore but needs to be good for heat and look really nice.
Paul has said he will help me pick out a good cooling set up when I have chosen a case so thats not a problem

Other thing is drives - Dvd Write drive of course but are there anything else out there worth looking to obtain?