If you dont ever plan to buy a gaming pc or never have, you dont need to answer but your thoughts would be appreciated :ff:
Personally, Performance AND Build Quality. P.S- You should of made the poll multiple choice, because more often than not, there is no one factor to consider in buying a gaming PC, even a regualr PC for that matter!
Ah, right I didn't think of that...Well, I'm interested to see how it goes either way. See what people think is the single most important factor (and i guess the second most important factor will provide the two most important factors Or am I now talking circles
Mine was performance. I am not a gamer but I can put the shoe on the foot. I would probably have my earphones on so if the rig was noisy.... not really bothered Seriously now, I agree with pelvis. No point just throwing good components together, willy nilly.....
quality. I can't afford throwing away hundreds at new components every month or so. I think performance follows quality in overclock abilities sometimes.
They all matter, although Looks is the last thing, whats the point of a nice looking case if inside is a heap of junk, Performance is my top though, build quality next as i want something that will last (i'll build it myself though so that is down to me) and cost is definitely an issue, i want the best bang for my buck as the saying goes around here...
In my opinion the entire point of a gaming PC is performance, everything on the list is important but how good would a cheap, well build, stylish PC with ace customer support be if the thing can't play the games you intended it to? I'm sure there's a happy medium in there somewhere though.
-Build Quality -Performance -Price -Customer Support -Looks If I'd buy a pre-built rig, the quality of the build would be very important. If I'm paying someone to build me something, it'd better be with good parts. If it's built with good parts, the performance should be pretty good. While I'm not a cheap bastard, I don't want to pay out the nose for a good system. If something does break (hopefully it doesn't), I want the customer support to be good. I absolutely loathe a lot of the customer support where they let the machines do the talking---especially if they have it setup as bad as Verizon's support system is (that company seems to excel is pissing me off). I want to talk to a person who knows what I want. I'm all for technology, but there is a limit to what technology can do for you. Looks is dead last. I like a nice looking case, but if the guts are good, a plain beige case is fine.
I can see what you're getting at. But just because the components are good quality, i.e. good brand doesn't mean the performance will be good. Pretty much any gaming PC will give you a decent enough processor a enough ram to play what you need but the graphics card is the biggest determinant here. I've seen "gaming" pc's with 6200's and we all know how powerful those are.
By good parts, I mean I expect a higher-quality part. I expect Corsair XMS instead of Corsair ValueSelect. I expect Socket 939 Athlon 64's instead of a Socket 754. If it's a gaming rig, I expect a minimum of a GeForce 6600GT PCIe part or Radeon X700Pro. This is subjective, but if I'm paying for a gaming rig, I'm not going to take a GeForce 6200 with TurboCache. While the performance may not be affected, that's worthless if you're running with crappy parts to begin with. Everything else is moot if you're running a Q-Tec power supply and a motherboard with a dodgy BIOS. That system could have the hell overclocked out of it, but if you use bad parts, it's much more likely to become problematic.
Okay, that is a very good point, I thought when you said good quality you simply meant brand name stuff. But the powersupply arguement is very convincing:good:
For me, performance and build quality are important. I want top quality parts, nothing from a budget range, all midrange or higher with a high quality build. I would want cables inside to be very tidy, and no cheap PSU/cooling either.
And for good quality I would also expect quiet yet efficient cooling, not just some 40db 80mm fan on the acrilic window.
Great feedback, guys...my sentiments echo for the most part. High quality/performance overrules price and looks. Great feedback! If theres anyone else with opinions, I'd love to hear them! Choosing a gaming rig is difficult in the best of times!
