New PC Advice - Not sure where to start.

[FR4NOx]

(2012-08-16 13:30)Nipper Wrote:  Wait, you are still indecisive after having purchased the parts you decided on?

Isn't this an expensive habit? Buying loads of parts you decide you undecide to use.

No, that's not what it is. It's just feeling that what I have already isn't good enough. Usually I get it about my G27 because I hate the shifter design and my old G27 was really loud and rough (RMAed).

You last sentence doesn't make any sense. How do I decide I undecide to use something? The only computer hardware I've gotten within 12 months was my laptop as a gift (would have been fine if it had as least a 520m in it) and now every time I boot up this craptop it says that Windows didn't shut down properly, not to mention most of the programs crash often and I get BSODs when I play LFS.

Now, I'm in the market for something usable, but I'm never sure of what I actually need in terms of computer power.

Also, it can't be an expensive habit for me since I never get money. I sell stuff to buy stuff that I actually use.