The three most important components of a pc

[imported_lamer]

what is a proc??? oh a processor? nevermind I think I figured it out.

 

[bupkus]

I recommend a read of the very useful articles provided by anandtech.com.

 

[Blain]

"The three most important organs of the body"

I'd say Heart, Brain, Skin... in no particular order. 😛

 

[rbV5]

* Monitor
* Graphics Card
* CPU

 

[Elcs]

I personally dont believe any component is much more important than another.

If you dont have a CPU, you dont have a PC. If you dont have a graphics card, you have an expensive noise maker.

What really does matter is the quality of the products. I mean, we all should know by now that a PSU must be of high standards to use the most powerful cpu/gpu's available to us. In the CPU market, we arent as likely to buy a Cyrix chip as we are an AMD/Intel because the latter 2 are better... not any more important.

In a basic PC, no one component is more important than another. The quality of a component may be much more important than another.

2 button generic wheel mouse Vs. Logitech MX700. For an office, a generic may do but an MX700 may be 'more important' to a single home pc user.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Thermalrock
ima throw in a hard disk a pc would really suck without.

this thread doesnt make any sense.......

No kidding.

There can't be a "3 Most Important parts", when no matter how you choose 3 Parts, you don't have a functioning PC. You absolutely need:

1) CPU
2) Motherboard
3) Power supply
4) Some kind of Drive(Floppy or Hard drive)

Assuming that the Motherboard is fully Integrated, then you can have a functioning PC.

Perhaps the OP should consider changing the Question, such as: "What 3 parts are most important for doing [x]? or "My system sucks at [game], what are the most important things to have for improvement(s)?

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Perhaps the OP should consider changing the Question, such as: "What 3 parts are most important for doing [x]? or "My system sucks at [game], what are the most important things to have for improvement(s)?

Perhaps they should have asked "What parts people will really spend extra money on to assure quality/performance?" or "What components do people ensure they get quality for?"

Id spend extra on a Power Supply to assure enough juice for working and upgrading.

I specifically bought a Sapphire 9800Pro a while back because I wanted a good brand and good card that didnt cost the earth.

I went with a Mobile Barton because I could overclock it to speeds in excess of processors that cost 2-3 times more.

I bought a generally accepted decent memory manufacturer of the time for my 1Gb of DDR.

I bought the ABIT NF7-S Rev 2.0 because it had and did what I wanted + had options I might have used in the future.

 

[Kibbo]

I've been slowly upgrading the POS I bought from someone secondhand. It's almost all new.

I've gotta say that the biggest boost in actual use came from upgrading the video card.

But then, I went from a 128 Rage pro to a 9800 pro. Big jump.

The next biggest improvement in use was getting a bigger monitor.

Then it was bumping up to 1G of Ram (from 512).

The only major thing I havn't upgraded is the CPU, since I have it a bit overclocked. But I needed a new MB and Powersupply to do that.

 

[Astu222]

well there are a few things you wouldnt want to go cheap with

PSU
Motherboard
RAM

if you have all three of those things in good quality you should have an OK machine.

 

[DaFinn]

Uhh, lets get priorities straight:

1st: MONITOR (thats what you stare at allways when working w. your pc)
2nd: Good keyboard and mouse (Those are what you use to control you pc)
3rd: whatever is inside that cool looking case of yours...

 

[Ike0069]

Here's my list for a gaming first computrer.
1. Video card
2. RAM
3. MB

Cases can always be modified if more cooling is needed.
Games are much more dependant on the VC and system memory than the CPU.
A good PS is also vey important, but it is normally less expensive than the 3 I have listed, so it doesn't make the list.
I disagree with the monitor argument. If it starts to get fuzzy, or dim, or whatever, it's time to get another one. With internal computer hardware, the item may be working perfectly up to its capability, but simply not have enough "power" to run games the way they are supposed to. A game running at 640X480 looks grainy on in any monitor.

 

[StrangerGuy]

1. Neon lights. Enhances your PC experience.
2. Casing. The more transparent the better, makes your PC faster. Better yet, get a case with a huge X in front of it. The bigger the X, the faster your PC.
3. Case stickers such as "Intel Inside Pentium 4 HT", "Graphics by ATI"...Reminds you of the components of your PC so that you will not forget them.

 

[bobsmith1492]

1. Graphics Card
2. GPU
3. Video Card

 

[thirdlegstump]

CDROM is the most important because software is loaded from it. OS too. Also keyboard and mouse because without those, you can't really tell the computer what to do and that's important. I guess that's about it. The rest you don't really even need.

 

[imported_lamer]

hahaha lol stranger guy that was pretty funny

 

[meltdown75]

there have been many good responses in here that u can live by as well as a couple funnies. but the best advice i can give you is to read through these forums and find a thread that applies to you. for example i believe there is a thread detailing 3 different budgets and the best build for each. you can't ask for much more, especially if it is edited regularly. its a dream actually - chances are if its a 'sticky' and has been posted by one of the upper crust members here, you know its going to be 99% bang-on. i have only been reading & participating here for a short time and i already give tremendous props to the community here.

on another note, someone said something about the monitor being called the screen. thats a good one, but nothing beats my sisters referring to the case and everything in it as the "hard drive"... 😀 i love that one!

 

[dc5]

thumbs up to the OP for the appropriate username.

 

[Peanya]

Which three are most important depends on how you mean it. If it's quality/stability/durability, the answer is easy: Power supply, Memory, and motherboard in that order too.
If it's performance, then memory, CPU, and video card. Although 4 would be better, because the power supply is far more important to a good computer than most give credit.

 

[imported_Mitchell]

1. Memory
2. Motherboard
3. CPU

 

[w00t]

rofl what a dum thread sorry to say