So I know this is going to be the kind of post everyone hates but I honestly know so little that it is hard to even start. I've read through the op, browsed that Falcon guide link, and glanced around Tom's Hardware but I think it is too much all at once.
I know I talked to some people who were playing Tera the other day (char: erinyes on dragonfall) who suggested to come to this thread.
Basically here is my history: Most of my life I used Macs, then got my first windows computer in highschool and it was just a value hp computer that I got dirt cheap due to my dad's work discount. For the last 8 years I've used only Laptops and my modifications were limited to sliding open the ram expansion port on the bottom and swapping out the memory stick there for a higher capacity one.
What I would like: I would like to build a desktop that will be suitable for many of the games on the market (for some examples let's say Witcher 2, Tera, possibly Diablo 3, Kingdoms of Amalur, etc) at high settings (not necessarily maxed out depending on how much a GPU that can do that would cost). I figure any computer that can do this is suitable for all my other needs, basic web use, watching HD video, etc.
What I have: Very little knowledge, a logitech g500 mouse, speakers. $2,000 USD in cash max, less would be better but I recognize I'm going to likely be 300-400 over the usual due to needing a monitor, OS, and keyboard.
From what I've seen the Mobo/cpu seems to be the core/start and with ivy bridge coming out soon I might have to wait on those for a few weeks until reviews start coming in but I'm wondering if perhaps I could get started on some of the other components in the meantime?
Thanks in advance for reading my long post and advice.
