Ok, after many hours of reading reviews, watching youtube videos & doing the system building things on Alienware, OriginPC, DigitalStorm and iBuypower, I finally broke out the credit card and bought a new PC. Don't know what I'm more excited about: getting it or finally being done looking for one!
Hopefully this will last me many years. I went with iBuypower. Here's the specs for your applause or derision.