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The first piece of hardware most people think about is the processor. Secondly, the choice video card is just as important. The one item that most people overlook, or at least doesn’t give much time or consideration to, is the monitor. Your choice of monitor is what is going to display the image from the PC that you so carefully planned for and built.

When the choice of monitors is considered, you have 2 primary choices, CRT and LCD. While CRTs are bulky and rather huge, they do have incredible picture and considerably cheaper than their flat, LCD brethren. You can also decide on a LCD screen. LCD displays are smaller and lighter than CRTs but for a while, not suitable for gaming. As time went on however, the response times came down and gamers began to adopt them at a much higher rate.