Hello,

First of all, terribly sorry if this is the wrong TOPIC to post it in, I've look over the options and figured this would suit to my question.

I've been a regular user of my PC (and consoles) for over the last decade. However, I have never looked into the hardware of it, reasoning that i don't need to know it to play computer games.

While this is true, the time has come for me to buy a new computer, instead of letting someone else do it for me.

I watched a couple videos on you-tube, looked things up on the internet, but in the end I'm still not satisfied with my knowledge, and the people i know that have knowledge of it, simply give me options but are reluctant to give information why and how i would make the given decisions.

To sum it up (TL;DR):

I want to buy a new PC, yet I'm unfamiliar with the hardware.

Here is a description of the products i wish to buy:

Monitor,
Case,
Everything inside the case,
Windows + Office (can buy it apart from the rest of the product)

For this, i have <1000 euros to spend. It doesn't need to push as close to 1000 as possible, around 800-900 will be fine for me. however, if you feel that the last upgrade will definitely be worth it, go for it. <1000 definitely

People have advised me that Windows 7 is the way to go, if that's not true, please correct me.

The game that i play, and will continue to play for (at least) the next year will be:

Heroes of Newerth
whenever it comes out: Guild Wars 2, Diablo 3... and i have some interest in Starcraft II

Most importantly Heroes of Newerth, here is a link to the recommended system requirements

Heroes of Newerth
Recommended:
Processor - 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo / AMD 3500+ or faster
RAM - 1.5GB or higher
Video Card - 256MB Geforce 7800+ or Radeon X1900+
Network Connection Required (Broadband)

Starcraft II
minimum System Requirements
Processor: 1.4 Ghz Processor
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics card: 128 MB RAM video card capable of Hardware TNL. DX10 is not required, but will be supported by SC2 and Blizzard are considering adding DX10 specific effects.
Pixel Shader 2.0 (Officially Confirmed)

Harddisk:
Soundcard: A DirectX-compatible 16-bit sound card.
OS: Windows Vista, Windows XP or Mac OS. (Officially Confirmed)

Guild Wars 2

What are the system requirements for Guild Wars 2?

The system requirements haven't been finalized, but just as with the original Guild Wars series, we're committed to creating a beautiful game that will play great on mid-range gaming PCs.

Summary:

Without knowledge I'm asking people to provide information on which products i should buy, and some confirmation to know if it's general opinion. I've got about a 1000 euros to spend on an entire PC, inclusive the monitor and the OS.

Note: I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes that might have slipped trough (not a native speaker)You are bound to get a great deal of suggestions based on the preferences of each person. That may ultimately not advance the LESSENING of your confusion. If i may suggest you 1st need to sit down and try to define what your "total" computer needs are. Both present and future to the extent that you can look ahead. You have done a good job of defining the "gaming" requirements and they on their own do eliminate what might have been recommendations. Now if you can provide us,after you contemplate on it, the same kind of criteria for the rest of your needs the suggestion will become much more defined to those needs. I think your attitude of taking more control of the ultimate decision and choice is an excellent one. Come back with more of your need definitions and we shall offer our suggestions.truenorthFirst of all, thanks for responding and taking my question into consideration.

For your remark on my needs, i do have a notebook (which I'm currently using) for any tasks other then gaming.

So my needs should not extend beyond gaming, perhaps watching movies in hd quality, but that's it as far as the PC.

As for gaming, from the mentioned games, only HoN (heroes of newerth) is released, Starcraft II hitting the stores in EU this week, Diablo not coming out for at least half a year, and Guild Wards about a year. And i think i still will be playing HoN even though these games came out.

I hope i understood your response to my question, if not, please do not be afraid to COMMENT me on it.

Just to be sure, this is the right topic to answer this question?If you have basic knowledge on screwing things in, putting things into slots, and various other assembly techniques, you could build one yourself. There is a nice guide found at http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/build-a-computer.htm. Another website for buying the parts is http://newegg.com/. This is the BEST way to get EXACTLY what you want for less of a price.

From what I see in the descriptions you posted about your games, you most likely want 2-2.5 Gigabytes of RAM, a Graphics Card with 512 or more megabytes of on board memory (RAM), a monitor that works with it, a decent Motherboard, capable of supporting a CPU that clocks at 2 GHz or higher. It can be either Intel or AMD, it does not matter. Personally, I like AMD better, due to larger clocks for a lower price. A DVD-Rom or DVD-RW drive should suffice for most games. If the Motherboard does not come with a built in Ethernet port, you need to buy an Ethernet adapter. Also, if it does not come with a sound card, you need a sound card. Lastly, a 1 terabyte hard disk drive should do quite nicely for large game files.

Next, I would recommend Windows 7, because it is the latest piece of software. XP should work as well, but I would not recommend it, as it may become unsupported soon. Newegg has it for about $100 (not euros).

If you do not want to build your own, Newegg has premade ones that you can buy as well.

There. That was a load off my chest. Hope this helps... Quote from: meta1203 on July 27, 2010, 06:02:14 PM

If you have basic knowledge on screwing things in, putting things into slots, and various other assembly techniques, you could build one yourself. There is a nice guide found at http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/build-a-computer.htm. Another website for buying the parts is http://newegg.com/. This is the best way to get EXACTLY what you want for less of a price.

From what I see in the descriptions you posted about your games, you most likely want 2-2.5 Gigabytes of RAM, a Graphics Card with 512 or more megabytes of on board memory (RAM), a monitor that works with it, a decent Motherboard, capable of supporting a CPU that clocks at 2 GHz or higher. It can be either Intel or AMD, it does not matter. Personally, I like AMD better, due to larger clocks for a lower price. A DVD-Rom or DVD-RW drive should suffice for most games. If the Motherboard does not come with a built in Ethernet port, you need to buy an Ethernet adapter. Also, if it does not come with a sound card, you need a sound card. Lastly, a 1 terabyte hard disk drive should do quite nicely for large game files.

Next, I would recommend Windows 7, because it is the latest piece of software. XP should work as well, but I would not recommend it, as it may become unsupported soon. Newegg has it for about $100 (not euros).

If you do not want to build your own, Newegg has premade ones that you can buy as well.

There. That was a load off my chest. Hope this helps...

NewEggd does NOT ship to o Europe. Not yet.

When I lived abroad, I had a US mail box forwarding service. I knew them personally and the would do favors for me.

This kind of service is called 'parcel forwarding' and you can Google that term.

Here is just one of many you might find:
http://www.usa2me.com/site/pgeMailManager.aspx
Another:
http://www.bongous.com/mail_forwarding_individuals.php

Whoops... Heh heh... I took Geek-9pm's newegg link... how could i have overlooked that?