Whats the most important aspect for PC gaming?

[Scoobes]

I think people are ignoring a very important aspect of PC gaming; cooling and power. There's no point having an amzing rig if your PSU can't provide them all with the necessary power (and stability becomes an issue otherwise), and theres no point playing games if your chips overheat as your PC will be resetting itself every 2 seconds when in-game. Everyone's saying GPU, but there's no point having a great GPU to play your games if your PC isn't stable with said GPU.

IMO:

1. Power/cooling- Make sure you've got this sorted for the components you plan on buying
2. GPU- Games rely heavily on GPU over CPU. A lot of stuff is now moving from CPU to GPU and you'd be amazed at the amount of games that still only use 2 cores on max settings.
3. RAM- The moment you start thinking you've got enough, you suddenly need more. Lucky it's the cheapest component.
4. CPU- Important, but not as much as Intel and AMD would have you believe. Perhaps when developers have caught up with chip manufacturers. As I mentioned earlier, most games still only utilise 2 cores, some 3 and rarely 4.
5. HDD- If you can setup a Raid array or buy a SSD then great.