Hello Gamespot!

I am a PC hardware newbie that is looking to buy a Gaming PC within the next 2-3 months. I have been trying to do research into what the good components are on the market now, but, as I result of my unfamiliarity with PC technical terms, I have been easily swamped by information that I find hard to understand.

I have gone to Youtube in search of guides and reviews to parts, but technical terms always get in the way of my understanding of what parts are better than others, what their functions are, etc.

If anybody could give me explanations (in plain english please :)) of what are the important things I should be looking for in a CPU, GPU, motherboard, etc., that would be great.

If anyone wishes to identify some parts, I am leaning more towards the Intel chip-side of things. About that, what is the difference between AMD and Intel? Which one, in your opinion, is better?

My budget is around 1300-1500$.

Thanks.

and they also showed ferraris which is amazing. Imagine, A gran turismo w/ luxury cars:o. I swear, when i saw teh ferrari in the trailer my jaw dropped lieke 94 feet. :D can't wait to drive those ferraris, and to see a real pit crew for once and possibly an in-car view would make this game freaking awesssome! can't forget online play tho, that's a necessity. Well, not really. W/ all of these upgrades from gt4 the game would still be kick ass, but online play would blow all other racing games out of the water.