Your Favorite Brands

Easy Rhino · Dec 16, 2008

I would like to gauge what brands people think are the best for the major computer components (minus CPU/GPU). So just post your fav brands of the following...I will go first.

Motherboard - Asus
Memory - Mushkin
Case- Cooler Master
Optical Drive - Plextor
PSU - Seasonic
HDD - Samsung

hat · Dec 16, 2008

Motherboard - DFI, Asus, Gigabyte, Biostar
Memory - Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin
Case - really doesn't matter to me
Optical drive - again, really doesn't matter
PSU - silverstone, seasonic, corsair, PC Power & Cooling powmax (rofl)
HDD - doesn't really matter to me

1Kurgan1 · Dec 16, 2008

Case - Cooler Master (how can you go wrong with them?)
Memory - G.Skill
HDD - Western Digital
Motherboard - DFI

kysg · Dec 16, 2008

There should probably be a poll for that. but there are a lot of vendors

Case: Thermaltake
Optical Drive: Samsung
PSU: Silverstone/Xigmatek
HDD: Seagate ES drives/Western Digital
Motherboard: DFI
Memory: Kingston/OCZ

BrooksyX · Dec 16, 2008

Motherboard - Gigabyte & Asus
Memory - Corsair
Case - Antec
Optical Drive - Pioneer
PSU - Corsair & Antec
HDD - Western Digital
Keyboard/Mouse - Logitech
Speakers - Logitech

ShadowFold · Dec 16, 2008

Motherboard - ASUS
GPU - ASUS
Coolers - Xigmatek
Peripheral Devices - Razer
Memory - Corsair
Case- Antec
Optical Drive - ASUS
PSU - Antec/Seasonic built
HDD - Seagate and WD

mlee49 · Dec 16, 2008

Mobo: Asus, want to try DFI
RAM: Corsair (x3 builds and a PSU)
Optical: Samsung DVD
HDD: Seagate HDD
Perif: Logitech all the way

cdawall · Dec 16, 2008

MOBO: Asus/Biostar
CASE: Ultra
PSU: PCP&C
HDD: seagate/samsung
RAM: crucial/corsair/mushkin
COOLERS: aquaxtreme/DD

kysg · Dec 16, 2008

Tallied the votes after cdawall lol

Mobo:
Asus 6
biostar 1
Gigabyte 2
DFI 3

memory:
Mushkin 2
Crucial 2
Corsair 5
Gskill 1
kingston 1
OCZ 1

case
CoolerMaster 2
ThermalTake 1
Antec 2
Ultra 1

PSU
PCP&C 2
Antec 2
Seasonic 3
Corsair 3
Silverstone 2
Xigmatek 1

Optical Drive
Plextor 1
Samsung 2
Pioneer 1
Asus 1

HDD:
Seagate 4
Samsung 2
Western digital 4

Easy Rhino · Dec 16, 2008

i thought that more people preferred mushkin for memory.

kysg · Dec 16, 2008

well corsair is in the lead right now.

cdawall · Dec 16, 2008

kysg said:
well corsair is in the lead right now.

which is sad they are on my list but last on it as far as fav's go

kysg · Dec 16, 2008

cdawall said:
which is sad they are on my list but last on it as far as fav's go

Yea I found that strange myself. Still corsair gets a lot of rep though. strangely enough.

Jaffakeik · Dec 16, 2008

MB: DFI,MSI
MEMORY:OCZ,CORSAIR
CASE:COOLER MASTER,ZALAMAN
Optical Drive - PIONEER
HDD - MAXTOR,SEAGATE

kysg · Dec 16, 2008

hmm sorry to go off topic but diablo3??? is that being beta tested now???

oli_ramsay · Dec 16, 2008

Motherboard - Asus/MSI
Memory - Cell shock/Patriot
Case- Cooler Master
Optical Drive - Samsung
PSU - Corsair
HDD - Impartial TBH

Damian^ · Dec 16, 2008

Motherboard - (dont have a fav, for me its whatever has the features i need/want) Good brands though:
MSI, Foxconn, DFI

Memory - Mushkin
Case - Silverstone, Lian Li
Optical Drive - Lite-on
PSU - Corsair (1st choice), Enermax
HDD - Seagate

Mind if improvise?

Monitor - Acer
Headset - Sennheiser
Mouse - Razer
Speaker - Klipshe

EiSFX · Dec 16, 2008

MotherBoard - GigaByte
Memory - Mushkin
Optical Drive - Samsung
PSU - PCP&C which is OCZ
Case - GigaByte
HDD SeaGate
Coolers/Heatsinks - ThermalRight
Speakers - Logitech
Mouse - Logitech
Keyboard - Love my CoolerMaster Aluminum Keyboard

reverze · Dec 16, 2008

Zalman.

stefanels · Dec 16, 2008

Removed CPU... sorry about that
Motherboard - MSI (i owned a ton of MSI MBs and never let me down)
Memory - CORSAIR (in my system i have A-Data but in the near future i will change it to Corsair)
Videocard - GAINWARD (i allways liked this producer)
Storage - WESTERN DIGITAL (i allways owned JUST WD hard-disks)
Opticals - LG (burned 500+ dvd discs & only 2 gived me a burning failure)
Monitor - LG (love their products)
PSU - Thermaltake (very reabile)

kysg · Dec 16, 2008

stefanels said:
CPU - INTEL Core2Duo (all the way)
Motherboard - MSI (i owned a ton of MSI MBs and never let me down)
Memory - CORSAIR (in my system i have A-Data but in the near future i will change it to Corsair)
Videocard - GAINWARD (i allways liked this producer)
Storage - WESTERN DIGITAL (i allways owned JUST WD hard-disks)
Monitor - LG (love their products)

CPU's and GPU's excluded, got enough issues with those as it is.

Flyordie · Dec 16, 2008

Mainboard- Up to AM2 (not AM2+) ASUS, Sapphire 939
Case-In-Win or Antec
Memory- OCZ or Samsung (some Hynix)
Video Card- ASUS or Gigabyte
PSU-Antec/SeaSonic

I read the rules, and I followed them 50%. CPUs are straight forward.... but video chipset manufacturers have diff AIBs, so I included that on those grounds.

johnnyfiive · Dec 16, 2008

Motherboards - MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, DFI (in that order)
CPU's - AMD (price ftw.)
HD's - Western Digital and Seagate
Case's - Lian Li and Silverstone are the best IMO. My favorite case however is ABS-Tagan's Black Pearl. LOVE that case.
Opticals - Samsung
Memory - G.Skill (price ftw.)
Video Cards - Sapphire (ATi), XFX or BFG (NVidia).
PSU - Thermaltake
Monitor - None really. Just depends one price.

I'm a bargain/price per performance buyer.

kysg · Dec 16, 2008

Tallied the votes after batmang

Mobo
Asus 9
DFI 6
MSI 5
Gigabyte 4
Biostar 1
Foxconn 1
Sapphire 1

Memory
Corsair 7
Mushkin 4
OCZ 3
Gskill 2
Samsung 1
Cell Shock 1
Patriot 1
Kingston 1

Case
CoolerMaster 4
Antec 3
Lian Li 2
Silverstone 2
ThermalTake 1
Zalman 1
Gigabyte 1
Ultra 1
In Win 1
ABS-Tagan 1

HDD
Seagate 8
Western Digital 6
Samsung 2
maxtor 1 (leave this as seperate vote or lump in with seagate since its owned by Seagate now?)

PSU
Corsair 5
Seasonic 4
Antec 3
PCP&C3
Silverstone 2
Enermax 1
ThermalTake 1
Xigmatek 1

Optical Drives
Samsung 5
Plextor 1
Asus 1
Lite-on 1

And there you have it. Corsair for some reason leads in memory....

theposguy · Dec 16, 2008

Mobo: EVGA, ASUS
Memory: Corsair, GSkill
Case: CoolerMaster
HDD: Seagate
PSU: Corsair, PC Power and Cooling
Optical Drive: Plextor

You guys should add your favorite GPU brand, mine is EVGA

System Name	Desktop
Processor	i5 13600KF
Motherboard	AsRock B760M Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U9S
Memory	4x 16 Gb Gskill S5 DDR5 @6000
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming OC 6750 XT 12GB
Storage	WD_BLACK 4TB SN850x
Display(s)	Gigabye M32U
Case	Corsair Carbide 400C
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 650 P2
Mouse	MX Master 3s
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless Clicky
Software	The Matrix

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	My Comp \| Fiancees Comp
Processor	i7 5820k @ 4.6Ghz 1.285v\| i5 2500k
Motherboard	MSI x99 SLI Plus \| AsRock Z77 Pro 3
Cooling	Watercooled
Memory	16GB DDR4 2400 @ 2666 \| 12GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	AMD R9 290x \| MSI 5850 OC
Storage	128gb SSD + 2x 2TB \| 2TB
Display(s)	Asus 27" LCD \| 25" Hanns G
Case	CM Storm \| CM Elite 430
Audio Device(s)	Creative Recon 3D PCIe
Power Supply	Enermax Galaxy 1250W \| Rosewill 630w
Mouse	Logitech G700s \| Logitech G100s
Keyboard	Logitech G901 \| Logitech G105
Software	Win 8.1 Ultimate x64 \| Win 8.1 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	3D Mark - Fire Strike Extreme - 4403

System Name	Workhorse lappy
Processor	AMD A6 3420
Memory	8GB DDR3 1066
Video Card(s)	ATI radeon 6520G
Storage	OCZ Vertex4 128GB SSD SATAIII
Display(s)	15inch LCD
Software	Windows 7 64bit

System Name	Main / Home Media Serever
Processor	Intel i5 2500k @ 4.75ghz / AMD AM3 5200+ x2
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance / Biostar 790GX
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache
Memory	12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage	2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
Display(s)	2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED
Case	Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C
Power Supply	Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
Software	Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 / Ubuntu 14.04

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

System Name	The Dove Box Rev 3.0
Processor	i7 8700k @ 4.7GHz
Motherboard	Asus Maximus X APEX
Cooling	Custom water loop
Memory	16GB 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	2x MSI 780 Ti's in SLI
Storage	500GB Samsung 850 PCIe SSD, 4TB
Display(s)	27" Asus 144Hz
Case	Enermax Fulmo GT
Audio Device(s)	ON BOARD FTW
Power Supply	Corsair 1200W
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Win 10 64x

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

System Name	Jaffakeik
Processor	I9 12900K
Motherboard	MSI Pro B660M-A WIFI DDR4
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II High Performance CPU Water cooler- 240mm
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	7900XTX gigabyte OC edition
Storage	WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME x2
Display(s)	TV LG C2
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 Full Tower Case Tempered
Audio Device(s)	Mother board + Sennhiser HD650+ Elgato wave xlr + shure SM7B
Power Supply	EVGA 1600w G+
Mouse	Glorious Model 0
Keyboard	Corsair RBG mini K65 + Steelseries Apex150
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	over 9000

System Name	Dream Weaver
Processor	Ryzen 5600
Motherboard	B450 MSI Gaming Pro Carbon AC
Cooling	NH-D14
Memory	16GB Flare X @ 3200MHz CL14
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro+
Storage	500GB evo 970 m.2 + 4TB HDDs
Display(s)	ASUS 27" 1440p 144hz FreeSync
Case	Fractal Design Define R3
Power Supply	Corsair 850W
Software	Windows 10 x64

System Name	Quad Damage
Processor	AMD Phenom II x4 965
Motherboard	MSI 785GM-E65
Cooling	Thermaltake Contac 29
Memory	DDR3 6gb 1533Mhz
Video Card(s)	9800gt (HD4200 for now)
Storage	Seagate 250GB 7200RPM/Hitatchi 500GB
Display(s)	Acer AL2216 22" (1680X1050)
Case	Antec 300
Power Supply	Corsair VX550W
Software	Vista Home Premium 64bit

System Name	Custom FX
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	MSI B350 Tomahawk
Cooling	EK A240 Kit
Memory	G.SKILL G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series DDR4 3200 8GB
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 250GB NVMe OS Drive/Seagate Hybrid SSHD ST1000LM014 1TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache
Display(s)	ASUS VE228H 21.5 inch
Case	Raijintek Thetis
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Silverstone Strider 750 Plus 750W Modular
Mouse	Red Dragon M715 Dagger
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE Deneb @ 3.7GHz
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P
Cooling	ZALMAN CNPS9700 CPU Heatsink
Memory	OCZ 4GB DDR3 1600 @ 7-7-7-24 1.85v
Video Card(s)	ATI Sapphire OC 7850 1200c/5800m @ 64c Full Load
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB + Western Digital 1TB External Drive
Display(s)	SAMSUNG ToC T240 24'' LCD
Case	Silverstone FT01-BW
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	ZALMAN ZM-750
Software	Win 7 x64 SP1

System Name	Rzyen X
Processor	Ryzen 7 7800X3D ^ PBO -30 ECO mode 1.15v SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 A-RGB
Memory	32Gb Adata Lancer XPG 6000Mhz CL30 EXPO 1.260v
Video Card(s)	Sapphire RX 7900 GRE Nitro+ OC - core 2800Mhz / mem 2600Mhz
Storage	1TB WD SN850X + 2TB WD SN770 + 2TB Adata Legend 850
Display(s)	ViewSonic ColorPRO VP2776 - 27" 1440p^165Hz
Case	Phanteks P600S White
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z2300 + Skullcandy Crusher Evo
Power Supply	EVGA T2 1000W Titanium
Mouse	RedDragon M686 RGB
Keyboard	SPC GK630K Tournament
Software	Windows 11 PRO
Benchmark Scores	CB R23 - 18.703 pct / CB 2024 - 1.159 pct

System Name	Budget AMD System
Processor	Threadripper 1900X @ 4.1Ghz (100x41 @ 1.3250V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7
Cooling	EKWB X399 Monoblock
Memory	4x8GB GSkill TridentZ RGB 14-14-14-32 CR1 @ 3266
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX Vega₆⁴ Liquid @ 1,800Mhz Core, 1025Mhz HBM2
Storage	1x ADATA SX8200 NVMe, 1x Segate 2.5" FireCuda 2TB SATA, 1x 500GB HGST SATA
Display(s)	Vizio 22" 1080p 60hz TV (Samsung Panel)
Case	Corsair 570X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic X Series 850W KM3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Processor	i5 6700K
Motherboard	ASUS Z270 PRIMER
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper N520
Memory	32GB DDR4 CORSAIR Vengeance
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SSC
Storage	Samsung EVO 970 1TB + 1 TB PNY SSD
Display(s)	MSI Optix G241
Case	CORSAIR Carbide Series 678C
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000@
Software	Windows 11

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