Climbermonkey Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 As the title says, In your opinion everyone, whats the most important factor that makes up a quality rig? True it does depend on the application of what you want to do with you pc. But I'm curious as too what ppl think.... ? examples: - you can have a super fast processor, but only 128k of ram. - weak processor, but great video card Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kccustom Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 Keyboard, mouse and monitor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madian225 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 It has to be the Motherboard and a DFI nothing less as everything else evolves around that. Crappy Motherboard leaves you with crappy everything else regardless of the quality so a top class motherboard (DFI) for me has to come top of the list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeaver Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 i like, well maybe most of us like, to have a balanced machine but for my personal oppinion, say i have to choose, and can only choose one, then i will pick the CPU.... id rather have an FX-60 with 256Mb RAM and Geforce6200 rather than 2Gb RAM and 7900GT with Pentium Celeron............. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thespin Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 A great system, if you don't want to waste moola, is composed of a balanced set of parts. If you buy a great video card but have a crappy monitor, you are not getting your money's worth from the video card. If you have a super fast processor which is throttled by too little memory, again money down the drain. If you buy parts that are not compatible, a waste of money AND time. And if you didn't build a system designed to run the kind of applications you wish to run, tsk tsk tsk ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL4YD34D Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 power supply. if its lame , your systems lame. if its good, then you can start thinkin about the rest of your system. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanzoRazor Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 monitor and video card Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 Hands-down decision for me: Power Supply. Without a good PSU that rated in all aspects to run the components you have chosen to assemble, and has ample headroom if overclocking is involved, then other components making-up the system won't perform as well (if at all) to similar systems that do have a good PSU in them. Look at it this way... Putting 87 grade fuel in a Ferrari which was designed to run on 91 grade fuel will result in poor performance and even poorer mileage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 The User ! What good is all the parts if you cant put it together and tweak the heck out of it ! :nod: :shake: :nod: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 I'm thinking, in your case, the system components would be better-off without you in the picture. I mean, sheesh, look at your avatar! The User ! What good is all the parts if you cant put it together and tweak the heck out of it ! :nod: :shake: :nod: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 RAM. Lots of it. As much as the board will handle and the OS can utilize. I would rather have a Celeron with 2GB of RAM than a Faster-Than-Light optical processor with only 256MB of RAM. Anything to keep the OS from hitting the pagefile. Virtural RAM on a hard drive is thousands of times slower than actual electronic RAM. I'm constantly going behind other vendors throwing a single 515MB stick in boxes that shipped with only 256MB. The difference in useability is remarkable for Windows XP rigs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 I'm thinking, in your case, the system components would be better-off without you in the picture. I mean, sheesh, look at your avatar! Hey that only happened once.. :shake: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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