Comments on: Whats most important? http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/ GeekLimit.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:09:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: E@zyVG http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-655 E@zyVG Fri, 19 May 2006 10:44:16 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/#comment-655 For me it's surely CPU, which past 5-6 years has been AMD only. Sidenote: My first AMD = i386DX But then again, I look at CPU from motherboards perspective. If you have seen my profile on PC specs on my blog, you can understand that it's overclocking and getting max is what I am interested. So if I put my priority list, it will look something like: 1. CPU+Mobo+Cooling ---> RAM ---> Video ---> Storage --> PSU->Audio 2. Display --> Keyboard+Mouse 3. Case + Modding (if I still have money) For me it’s surely CPU, which past 5-6 years has been AMD only.

Sidenote: My first AMD = i386DX

But then again, I look at CPU from motherboards perspective. If you have seen my profile on PC specs on my blog, you can understand that it’s overclocking and getting max is what I am interested.

So if I put my priority list, it will look something like:

1. CPU+Mobo+Cooling —> RAM —> Video —> Storage –> PSU->Audio
2. Display –> Keyboard+Mouse
3. Case + Modding (if I still have money)

]]> By: iiq374 http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-654 iiq374 Fri, 19 May 2006 00:06:00 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/#comment-654 Motherboard - without that upgrade it's often pretty hard to upgrade the other bits to what you want (yeah jam that socket 939 processor in your socket A motherboard....) Motherboard – without that upgrade it’s often pretty hard to upgrade the other bits to what you want (yeah jam that socket 939 processor in your socket A motherboard….)

]]> By: Zhooibaal http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Zhooibaal Thu, 18 May 2006 20:22:09 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/#comment-653 I voted for GPU, allthough the motherboard is also very important... My current motherboard managed to cut down my GPU's performance drastically... I "upgraded" from an MSI socket A board to an AsRcok socket 939 board when the MSI broke... I voted for GPU, allthough the motherboard is also very important… My current motherboard managed to cut down my GPU’s performance drastically… I “upgraded” from an MSI socket A board to an AsRcok socket 939 board when the MSI broke…

]]> By: AtariBoy http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-652 AtariBoy Thu, 18 May 2006 17:46:54 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/#comment-652 The harddrive is the biggest bottleneck in modern PCs, changing that can have a big effect on every day performance and loading. The harddrive is the biggest bottleneck in modern PCs, changing that can have a big effect on every day performance and loading.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Jeremiah Thu, 18 May 2006 17:29:17 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/#comment-651 The most important part of a PC is most certainly the motherboard. If your motherboard is junk then it pulls down the performance of the entiere PC. Who ever put Hard Drives. . . . wow. The most important part of a PC is most certainly the motherboard. If your motherboard is junk then it pulls down the performance of the entiere PC.

Who ever put Hard Drives. . . . wow.

]]> By: machernucha http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-650 machernucha Thu, 18 May 2006 15:17:26 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/#comment-650 i cant vote, i think the sharing IP addy thing has struck again :P i cant vote, i think the sharing IP addy thing has struck again :P

]]> By: GeekLimit Adminbot http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-649 GeekLimit Adminbot Thu, 18 May 2006 14:44:54 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/#comment-649 bah, I have a 300mhz machine around here somewhere, the best mouse in the world wouldn't make me want to game with it... I regard those as peripheral input devices anyway - needed, but not part of the machine... I can see your point, and agree with you on the gaming machine though bah, I have a 300mhz machine around here somewhere, the best mouse in the world wouldn’t make me want to game with it…

I regard those as peripheral input devices anyway – needed, but not part of the machine… I can see your point, and agree with you on the gaming machine though

]]> By: AtariBoy http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-648 AtariBoy Thu, 18 May 2006 14:42:04 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/#comment-648 I put mouse!! In a gaming system your only as good as you input, my G5 improved my score better than any other upgrade, closely followed by my RAID0 which loads games nearly twice as fast. GPU is more important than CPU to me as well, Ram is Ram, as long as you have at least 512 your good, 1gb is all you need, speed doesnt matter. The screen is pretty important to me as well, you'll get so much more out of your pc from having a nice big montior or even two, much more than a slight speed increase which you would only really notice in benchmarks. Although i wouldnt say no to a vapochill case :P I put mouse!!

In a gaming system your only as good as you input, my G5 improved my score better than any other upgrade, closely followed by my RAID0 which loads games nearly twice as fast.

GPU is more important than CPU to me as well, Ram is Ram, as long as you have at least 512 your good, 1gb is all you need, speed doesnt matter.

The screen is pretty important to me as well, you’ll get so much more out of your pc from having a nice big montior or even two, much more than a slight speed increase which you would only really notice in benchmarks.

Although i wouldnt say no to a vapochill case :P

]]> By: The Technocrat http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-647 The Technocrat Thu, 18 May 2006 14:17:43 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/18/whats-most-important/#comment-647 When building a new PC, I would rank it as follows: PSU Northbridge rest of motherboard, including manufacturer CPU Memory GPU Cooling Display Hard Drive Alright, who voted for the mouse... :-S When building a new PC, I would rank it as follows:

PSU
Northbridge
rest of motherboard, including manufacturer
CPU
Memory
GPU
Cooling
Display
Hard Drive

Alright, who voted for the mouse… :-S

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