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The option you forgot
Motherboard.

The motherboard (and sometimes specifically the chipset) dictates what kind of each of the other components you can use. It also dictates options like onboard graphics.
Posted by: Joe_Raby   Posted on: 10/05/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Each situation calls for a different answer  Michael Kelly | 10/05/09
The option you forgot  Joe_Raby | 10/05/09
I Agree  Mwendo | 10/05/09
Another vote for motherboard.  jrf2027@... | 10/05/09
absolutely right, but...  ericesque | 10/05/09
The other option you forgot - for notebooks  jorjitop | 10/05/09
Please add motherboard to the choices and I will vote...  ramewe7337 | 10/05/09
Another motherboard vote  Nimelennar | 10/05/09
Motherboard gets a vote for me.  Grayson Peddie | 10/05/09
I have to pile on here, Adrian.  djchandler | 10/05/09
My thoughts also  PappyPoet | 10/06/09
I look at screen size, and processor speed  NStalnecker | 10/05/09
RE: Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?  dptcreations@... | 10/05/09
None of the above: The right to purchase a PC without an installed O/S  D. T. Schmitz | 10/05/09
All of the above AND the right to purchase a PC without an installed OS  dave.leigh@... | 10/05/09
Nope. Then they'd have to find a copy of Windows and install it...  James T. Kirk | 10/05/09
exactly! why go through the trouble of buying it separately? (nt)  ericesque | 10/05/09
Yep (nt)  James T. Kirk | 10/05/09
You might, but some of us would not. Silly troll wink (nt)  Zogg | 10/05/09
essacally!  D. T. Schmitz | 10/05/09
NT ? What it's mean ???  voltusbazoka@... | 10/05/09
"New Technology" :-D  Zogg | 10/06/09
No Text (nt)  zionfrost | 10/06/09
I'm sorry, I forgot about that 1% didn't I?  James T. Kirk | 10/06/09
Here:  NStalnecker | 10/05/09
He prefers to b!tch and moan...  James T. Kirk | 10/05/09
Thanks Schmitz...  Sleeper Service | 10/06/09
Actually, it's aimed at 100% of the people who buy PCs  Zogg | 10/06/09
I don't get the entire argument.  djchandler | 10/06/09
Hard Drive Speed.  pmcgrath@... | 10/05/09
that's important to me too  lostarchitect | 10/05/09
It has to be the total combination  JasonJD48 | 10/05/09
Integration and balance are the keys  terry flores | 10/05/09
And the key to stability, integration and balance is...  djchandler | 10/05/09
A good motherboard is important  JasonJD48 | 10/05/09
Ask some HP customers  djchandler | 10/06/09
True  JasonJD48 | 10/06/09
RE: Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?  cfischer83@... | 10/05/09
RE: Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?  What_the | 10/05/09
Love  paul@... | 10/05/09
Love...? Only if the tool is a tool and not the job!  Jonah49 | 10/06/09
For almost everyone it's Price first and then it should be RAM, GPU, CPU...  John238 | 10/05/09
RAM  JasonJD48 | 10/06/09
Yes 4GB was probably too high a starting point.  John238 | 10/06/09
That's a very highly detailed list of gross generalizations  djchandler | 10/06/09
While it is a generalization, it is not a gross generalization.  John238 | 10/06/09
Priorities have changed for me over the years  Ken_z | 10/05/09
None of the above. Silence is essential!  plino | 10/06/09
RE: Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?  NCWeber | 10/06/09
RE: Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?  sarai1313@... | 10/06/09
RE: Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?  ximhot | 10/06/09
Another motherboard vote  Kruton@... | 10/06/09
RE: Buying a new PC - CPU, then Chipset/MOBO  Jonah49 | 10/06/09
I Build And Sell Them, Customers Don't Know What They Want  dennyc5@... | 10/06/09
CPU sets pace I say... but too often price is it  Jonah49 | 10/06/09
If the customer knew what they wanted/needed  StanMM | 10/07/09
RE: Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?  alan_r_cam@... | 10/06/09
RE: Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?  greelis | 10/07/09
Screen, silence, no MS tax  Ronny102 | 10/07/09
RE: Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?  Zdnetmail1 | 10/08/09

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