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The display isn't even a part of the computer unless you're buying an All-In-One.
The display isn't even a part of the computer unless you're buying an All-In-One.
Furthermore, you can have the best display in the world and it will look like ass if you're running a Pentium 2. I just fried the motherboard on my main workstation and am running on a MacGuyver'd ancient motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 on it. It won't accept PCI-e, so I'm stuck using 1024x768 VGA to my ZR22w. To be honest, I'm about to just disconnect this and move it to a nearby HP vs17, since that's just as ancient and I only use it for troubleshooting clients' computers separately anyway.
In terms of importance:
Workstation > Display > Sound Setup
the point is, the monitor and the software you use determine what components you put in your rig. i would say software is most important, because if youre doing picture editing youre gonna want a sexy big screen and a mediocre-powered computer. if youre gaming then you might want 3 medium screens and a kickass cpu/gpu. if youre folding then monitor doesnt matter and you want lots of cpu/gpu power. so really your software is the most important aspect of deciding what to get. but since thats not really a part, id go with monitor since no matter what youre doing, the components you get depend on what monitor youre going to be running the stuff on.
Put it this way guys.
Most people worldwide, are doing little more than Microsoft Office, and internet surfing. Anyone doing more than this is in the fringe, be they gamer/enthusiast or rendering/photoprocessing. As such the interface points of keyboard/mouse and monitor are more important than the guts for most people most of the time.
Give most people a nice monitor, a decent mouse, and even a crappy dynex dome keyboard....and plug into an obsolete AM2 or Core2Duo dual core CPU computer with an Nvidia 8500GT, and a reasonably snappy HDD. Guess what? Most people will be happy. Because most people do nothing more demanding than booting up their machine on a daily basis. And even that crappy 8500 Nvidia can drive almost any monitor you plug into it.
A lot of people are happy with crappy monitors too. Cheapie on sale for 100 bucks at Staples? Done. 17"-19" 4:3 that does 1280x1024? Works for them. "Backlight bleed, pixel response, off-angle viewing, color reproduction, and input lag? What are those?"
I don't think it's the most important part. Having said that, I think there's a fine balance where all parts should be of a certain quality, and I generally will go for bang-for-the-buck. Monitors included.
Powersupply then display.
Of all the parts of a computer, a monitor is the one thing even lay people notice and will appreciate the most.
You put a 1024x768 and a 1080 side by side and they'll tell the difference. You have an i7 2700K and a Core2Quad or Core2Duo side by side, and most people won't notice in their normal daily usage.
I feel like you can look at the number of users carousing any given forum to see where [H] places its emphases.
Yes.
Don't any of you start being a smartass and say "Well if the CPU/motherboard/RAM/power supply was missing then your computer wouldn't be functional."
Or this was posted in the Display subforum. Try posting this in the GPU area