Does a motherboard really have much on an impact on gaming/computer speed/performance?

Q. I'm currently shopping online to buy parts to build my own computer, and I'm having trouble picking the right motherboard. Honestly I don't have a clue what they do, and the only thing that seems to be different in the price. I'm looking to build a very nice gaming computer (more specifically, for world of warcraft) and don't know which motherboard is my best option. Does anyone know more about building computers and choosing the right motherboard for a gaming desktop computer?

A. The motherboard is very important, you HAVE to make sure that all your components are compatible with your mother board, you have to make sure the mother board will fit in your case. then there are things such as bus speed which makes difference to performance.

If this is the 1st time you are building a computer and dont have much experience i would HIGHLY recomend that you watch these series of short videos which will help tremendously

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNbEBARu6LY&feature=relmfu This is part 1 - on the side you will find parts 2,3,4, etc

It goes over all the components and how to make sure they are compatible with each other.

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What could be the cheapest and best gaming computer?

Q. I play World of Warcraft all the time and just recently my desktop stopped working and kept rebooting with the same words "intel graphics driver needs to be updated." I don't deal in gaming computers, and i don't have any money, but if i were to upgrade my graphics or just get a new computer that could handle that, (WoW is the only online game i play) what would be my best bet for the CHEAPEST upgrade possible, but still have enough power to run the game perfectly?

A. If you where to get a graphics card i would get this:
Radon 6770: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102940
It's really good for the price.


Cheers.

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