Utterly Mad

To make this thread not useless after my question is answered this can also be a general discussion about computers I guess.

So, my parents are planning on getting me a computer/ giving me a chunk of funds for a computer and they want to know what specs I am aiming for. The thing is I am not quite sure of the specs I will want for a decent computer. Though I would like a computer that is actually good enough to run Brutal Legend, Killing Floor 2, Payday 2, State of Decay, and Dark Souls comfortably at a decent quality so those games on my Steam library were not a waste of money. Though it would nice to be higher for when I buy more intensive games. So I was wondering if anyone knows what specs I should be aiming for. I know I would at least want one or two terabytes for hard drive space.

1000$ is a respectable budget, just remember to allow for some wiggle room on that though. The laptop I use is a dell which cost 1100$ (before tax) and came out in 2011. A non laptop PC shouldn't cost as much and will be more powerful. Dell is alright, but at least look around for something else. My laptop has many broken external bits. case, bezel, etc. and I've had to replace the various components of the power cord several times, I replaced the hard drive and the keyboard, and also the screen. except for the screen, all the damaged or burned out bits were due to no fault of mine. It's was more Dell's shoddy build quality. I only bring this up to say, try to go for something more durable than a dell. Someday I will get a new one, but for now Ill just keep replacing parts on this broom until it isn't the same broom anymore.

yeh, I got it because I wanted to play skyrim and it was the cheapest available. The fact that it can run newer games (except wolfenstien; the new order) impresses me greatly.