Originally Posted by
Jim Galbally
for example then...
how many people do you think buy the cheap 40quid motherboards rather than the 120quid ones...?
i saw some statistics somewhere once and the cheap and cheerful components made up something like 90% of the component sales
But those statistics are most likely due to people just replacing things on their Dell/HP/whatever workstation as and when they die, with like for like replacements.
I doubt very much those stats are only for system builders, and in answer to your first question, I would expect most people that build their own PC would buy the best value for money motherboard for their application.
Not necesarily the cheapest or the most expensive, but the best spec for the best price with reliability in mind.