I don't know about proper anti-static handling. Building my own PC is probably easy, I just don't really know everything about it, I have no one to help me in person, and I'd hate to do something wrong (such as something involving static and frying a part). I'd like to learn how to build PCs, but it'd be best to have someone in person show me what to do.
I hear ibuypower is really good and I hear nothing bad about them. I read reviews from CyberpowerPC and people were talking about things like flash card readers not being screwed in and cases coming cracked after being shipped. So, no to them.
How does the best AMD quad core stack up to an i5, anyway? I hear people say that i5s and i7s are better. I wonder if AMD will release new quad cores that will compete evenly with i7s.