Well if you are a regular working class Joe, shouldn't you heed the advice that a system in 1 year will outperform today's top of the line for a lot less money? There's a reason why only the rich would build a high end system, because they can afford to do it every single time something new comes around if they so want to. Price/performance is less of an issue if you have a ton of money to spend on a system.
If you still want the absolute best, be prepared to spend upwards of $6k for some absolutely beastly SLI/Crossfire set-up on an i7 system, with the most expensive i7 chip, with a water cooling set-up, with a load of SSDs in a Raid config + an NAS for pure media. If you truly say budget is not a concern, and you want the most powerful, don't expect to have anything less than a gargantuan power bill every month.
If you still want the absolute best, be prepared to spend upwards of $6k for some absolutely beastly SLI/Crossfire set-up on an i7 system, with the most expensive i7 chip, with a water cooling set-up, with a load of SSDs in a Raid config + an NAS for pure media. If you truly say budget is not a concern, and you want the most powerful, don't expect to have anything less than a gargantuan power bill every month.