look at Walters guide to the Magus there is a lot of good advice.
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Also, there's a short section meant to describe a few different builds here.
It's a kensai Magus guide, but all of the builds are applicable to regular magi as well!
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Arrisal
Daemon Spawn Tiefling (Beguiling Liar, Prehensile Tail)
Hexcrafter / Crossblooded (Dragon(Black), Shaitan) Sorcerer / Dragon Disciple
M1 F: Monstrous Mask, Arcane Pool, Spell Combat
M2: Spellstrike
M3: F: Power Attack, Arcana: Arcane Accuracy
S1: Crossblooded Shaitan/Draconic(Black)
M4: Hex: Flight, F: Intensified Spell
M5: BF: Cornugon Smash
M6: Arcana: Familiar, F: Improved Familiar (Cacodaemon)
DD1: Blood of Dragons, NA +1
DD2: F: Combat Expertise, Str +2 BBF: Blindfight, Bite
DD3: Breath Weapon
DD4: F: Moonlight Stalker, Str +2, NA+1
DD5: Blindsense 30', BBF: Improved Initiative
DD6: F: Empower Spell, Con +2
DD7: Dragon Form, NA +1
DD8: F: Spell Perfection, Int +2, BBF: Quicken Spell
M7: Knowledge Pool, Medium Armour
M8: F: Spell Pen, Improved Spell Combat
M9: Arcana: Spell Blending
M10: F: Greater Spell Pen, Fighter Training
M11: BF: Enforcer, Spell Recall
Arrisal is a (heavily modified) take on STR Ranger's melee transmogriphist hexcrafter. Combat focus is on Shocking Grasp and polymorphing both himself and his Cacodaemon. Many of the decisions of this build are made for RP purposes over pure optimization.
Condariel
Spire Elf (Arcane Focus)
Spire Defender / Cleric of Calistria / Mystic Theurge
M1Arcane Pool, Spell Combat, F: Enforcer, Combat Expertise, Dodge
C1Aura, Domain: Luck, Domain: Deception, Channel 1d6
M2Spellstrike, F: Rime Spell
M3Arcana: Arcane Accuracy
M4Arcane Augmentation, F: Weapon Focus
M5BF: Whip Mastery
M6Arcana: Broad Study, BArcana: Ghost Blade, F: Weapon Finesse
M7Knowledge Pool, Medium Armour
C2F: Improved Whip Mastery
C3Channel 2d6
T1F: Improved Trip
T2
T3F: Serpent Lash
T4
T5F: Greater Whip Mastery
T6
T7F: Fury's Fall
T8
T9F: Fury's Snare
T10
Frostbite Whip focused build with the eventually extremely deep pool of spells per day. Regains the medium armour that Spire Defender normally gives up thanks to the Cleric dip. Built before the early-entry via SLA ruling; could likely be altered to do away with two levels of Cleric.
Saharken
Tiefling (Fiendish Sprinter, Prehensile Tail)
Staff Magus
1Armor of the Pit
3Rime Spell, wand wielder
5Combat Expertise, Weapon Focus
6Wand mastery
7Improved Trip
9Tripping Staff, manuever mastery
11Craft Staff, greater trip
12Ghost Blade
13Spell Pen
15Greater Weapon Focus, Bane Blade
17Improved Spell Pen, Weapon Spec
18arcane accuracy
19Greater Weapon Spec
Uses Frostbite rather than Shocking Grasp - given the crit range of a quarterstaff, SG is less attractive. The idea being to trip, fatigue, and entangle enemies all at once. Wand wielder / mastery is to take advantage of the fact that activating wands and staves doesn't disrupt held charges of multi-touch touch spells. At low levels, weaponwand spell, the prehensile tail, and an efficient quiver ensure access to a variety of wands, while at higher levels Saharken will simply make himself a custom staff (or two or three) to fight with.
Zachariah
Human
Admixturer 1 / Magus 19
1: Heighten Spell
H: Rime Spell
3: Weapon Focus
5: Preferred Spell
M5(6): Intensify Spell
7: Empower Spell
9: Improved Critical
11: Critical Focus
M10(11): Weapon Specialization
13: Spell Pen
15: Spell Perfection
M15(16): Quicken Spell
17: Greater Weapon Focus
19: Greater Spell Pen
Shocking Grasp in the element of choice and never worry about electrical resistance again.