I'd like to build a PC, but I'd love some help picking out parts.

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bergauk
Gotta love planned obsolescence.
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Well, USB3 and SATA6 are already in circulation, but aren't really a 'must have', SATA6 is only used for the latest SSDs and USB3 hasn't caught on too quickly. PCI-E 3 probably won't have anything to make use of the extra bandwidth I antisipate for at least 12 months.

As someone who owns a Sandy Bridge system, I'm not too upset by the upgrades. (Much more upset by my 1156 system, which I'm now planning to upgrade to 2011, now 1156 really is obsolete with no upgrade path.)
 
USB 3.0 wont catch on fast as their are a handful of things that can use it.

Mainly HDDs use it.
 
Grayfox
USB 3.0 wont catch on fast as their are a handful of things that can use it.

Mainly HDDs use it.
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It'll catch on as soon as peripherals begin to migrate. As it stands 2 has barely been saturated.
 
Casio
I wouldn't consider getting an AMD system for a couple of months because Llano is oh so close, and also the more high-end AM3+ chipsets and processors.

That said I wouldn't get a high-end Intel at the moment (ie,Socket:1155 i7-2600, Socket: 1366 anything). With Ivy Bridge around the corner.
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You mean Bulldozer instead of Llano right? Anyway the top end Bulldozer will most likely be slower than the i5 2500k so there is no point waiting for an AMD system. Also you will be able to upgrade to say a entry level Ivy Bridge i3 in 2012 which will be even more powerful than an i5 2500k while taking even less power due to it being 22nm.

bergauk
Ivy Bridge is going to be good, hence why I picked a board that should take it when it comes out, and from what I've read it's backwards/frontwards compatible?
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That is the correct decision, you won't regret it if you want to get a system now. The only other thing is to wait until Ivy Bridge comes out but that is like half a year away.

Casio
The top end of Ivy Bridge won't, as that's Socket 2011.

As for the others, I'm not sure it's been 100% confirmed yet. Most likely you may just need a BIOS Flash to use the 1155 Ivy Bridge chips on a H/P/Z67 Motherboard. Obviously though, you won't get the extra feature the Panther Point chipset will bring like PCI-E 3, USB3, more SATA6, etc...
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There is not much point of getting a 2011 socket as you should be able to get a six core 1155 one and I'm sure that is high end enough for most. Not only that but you will get it many months earlier and it will be a cheaper upgrade as well as taking less power. You will also have less money to lose as you won't be paying for premium features you don't really need and will have a CPU that will be at least 30% faster than anything currently on the market. The only feature of Ivy Bridge in motherboards that I personally want me wait for an Ivy Bridge motherboard is the native USB3 support. I will be definitely be upgrading in 2012 to new laptops and desktop.

It is shame for AMD but there market now lies in the entry level with discrete graphics but with Ivy Bridge and 22nm DX11 graphics, Intel could take the lead there to make their high end offerings even less desirable. Intel is formidable competition for any chip making company and AMD are currently about a year or two behind Intel as the gap between Ivy Bridge and Bulldozer will show. Intel have the cutting edge manufacturing processes first and I can't see AMD catching up Intel for along time yet, until maybe we hit some wall in the next 5-10 years on making transistors smaller.

Grayfox
USB 3.0 wont catch on fast as their are a handful of things that can use it.

Mainly HDDs use it.
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It will as USB2 is a huge bottleneck for most devices especially hard drives as well as fast memory sticks and with new chipsets supporting USB3 as standard, it won't be long before USB2 devices will no longer be made and only USB3 as it is backward compatible. In the next couple of years we should see that transition more fully.
 
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