Post your Hardware's manufacturer preference.

[FireFox]

5- SSD - Never had one but I guess I would go for a Samsung EVO drive.

WTF

 

[Ungari]

One thing I always consider is; who do I want to deal with if I have to RMA a part?
This scenario eliminates ASUS no matter how good the quality of their builds because the CS is awful.

 

[FireFox]

One thing I always consider is; who do I want to deal with if I have to RMA a part?
This scenario eliminates ASUS no matter how good the quality of their builds because the CS is awful.

I agree with you about the RMA thing, I
don't Know where you live but at least here in Germany those problems doesn't exist, i have seen that people who always has problems with Asus's hardwares are from America.

 

[Devon68]

WTF

Are they that bad? Or is the slap because I never had one?

 

[FireFox]

Are they that bad? Or is the slap because I never had one?

They can't be that bad, i use many Asus's Hardwares and never have had any kind of problem with it.

 

[Ungari]

I agree with you about the RMA thing, I
don't Know where you live but at least here in Germany those problems doesn't exist, i have seen that people who always has problems with Asus's hardwares are from America.

What what I've heard from friends in Germany is that the consumer protection laws are much better than in the US, particularly when it comes to warranties.
My RMA experience with ASUS was something I never wish to repeat again.

 

[Dethroy]

They can't be that bad, i use many Asus's Hardwares and never have had any kind of problem with it.

The comment was about SSDs, not ASUS

 

[FireFox]

The comment was about SSDs, not ASUS

You're right my mistake

Are they that bad? Or is the slap because I never had one?

I don't think someone would say Samsung SSD are not good.

 

[cadaveca]

1 - Ram - G.Skill/Crucial (they give me free ram Crucial for base speeds, G.Skill for high speeds)

2 - Motherboard - No preference.

3 - CPU - Intel (because fast is fast)

4 - Graphic Card - MSI GAMING (I like my silence)

5- SSD - Samsung (2000+ MB/sec!!)

6 - Keyboard - Razer (I like LOUD mechanicals, lets my wife know when I'm busy )

7 - Mouse - Logitech (they fit my hand better than others)

8 - Monitor - Dell (their warranty service is unbeatable for me, give the ma call, replacement on my doorstep by 12:00 noon next day)

9 - PSU - Thermaltake (I've had nearly all other brands, but only Thermaltake doesn't die for me. EVGA, Corsair, Enermax, Antec, FSP, Seasonic, all RMA)

 

[peche]

Here is my list!

CPU: intel [I ♥ i7's ]
Motherboards: Gigabyte / Asrock
Ram: Kingston / Patriot
Video Cards: Gigabyte / Inno3D / MSI / Zotac / Powercolor / Nvidia Reference.
PSU: Thermaltake / Seasonic
SSD's: Crucial / Samsung
HSS's: Seagate ** WesternDigital portable storage** [due great warranty of portables here!]
Cooling: Thermaltake / CoolerMaster / XSPC / EKWB / Phobya
TIM's: Arctic Cooling / Coolab
Case: Tharmaltake / Coolermaster / Alienware Late 2009
Peripherals: Thermaltake / MadCatz
Headsets: Kingston / Thermaltake / Logitech / sennheiser
UPS / Backups: APC / TrippLite
Routers: Cisco / Linksys / Nexxt / Motorola
Display / screen: LG / Dell /


I'm watching the new Extreme Gaming gear from Gigabyte, PSU and Case look decent, Video Cards are sick
Also i like Gelid Slim Fans, great for Rads, Corsair's Fans are great too, and some Cooler Master units



Regards,

 

[BarbaricSoul]

RAM: who ever has the best price for the products specifications
MB: who ever has the best price for the products specifications
CPU: who ever has the best price for the products specifications
GPU: who ever has the best price for the products specifications
PSU: who ever has the best price for the products specifications
SSD: who ever has the best price for the products specifications
HDD: who ever has the best price for the products specifications
Case: who ever has the best price for the products specificationsr
Keyboard: who ever has the best price for the products specifications
Mouse: who ever has the best price for the products specifications
Monitor: Love my HP ZR30w (some things you don't cheap out on)

 

[Totally]

My wallet usually opens up to whatever is the best, or most appealing value with a few exceptions

White list, I almost always check out their wares first before considering others:

Case: Lian-li
Mobo: ASUS

Black list, I avoid like the plague and wouldn't accept one of their products if they tried to give me one:

GPU: XFX, HIS

 

[CounterZeus]

1 - Ram - All my ram is kingston valueram cause I was cheapass (my builds are from before I started working)

2 - Motherboard - Asus or Gigabyte

3 - CPU - Intel

4 - Graphic Card - Asus (and always Nvidia). I went for cheaper MSI GTX970 and did regret it.

5- SSD - Samsung

6 - Keyboard - Logitech, but now I switched to mechanical and not much is available for my layout, so I bought corsair

7 - Mouse - Logitech

8 - Monitor - no preference

9 - PSU - seasonic (will use one in next build)

 

[P4-630]

I went for cheaper MSI GTX970 and did regret it.

What was wrong with it?
I know the crippled vram issue, but every 970 had that.

 

[GC_PaNzerFIN]

Why should i buy and AMD cpu?

I don't know, because I said you should buy whatever is best at the time and sold at right price. Quite honestly I don't think AMD CPU product range fits that description at the moment for most of the people.

 

[rtwjunkie]

What was wrong with it?
I know the crippled vram issue, but every 970 had that.

Yep, I've owned 2 MSI 970's, one an LE, and one the 100ME. Both have superb quality, excellent cooling, great overclocking ability, and quiet.

 

[peche]

1 - Ram - All my ram is kingston valueram cause I was cheapass (my builds are from before I started working)

there is nothing wrong to get cheap value ram, did you overclock? if not or not planning to do on future still on value ram o single ram,
i had Patriot Viper DDR3 intel masters edition, 1866 DDR3, was in need of some money and i sold them and swithced to my old Kingston Value Ram, minimal difference on everything... also for normal tasks its almost nothing different...
Regards,

 

[Kursah]

1 - Ram - G.Skill, Crucial, Corsair, Kingston

2 - Motherboard - Asus, Biostar, AsRock, Gigabyte

3 - CPU - Intel

4 - Graphic Card - MSI GAMING, Gigabyte Windforce, EVGA

5- SSD - Samsung, A-Data, Crucial

6 - Keyboard - Logitech

7 - Mouse - Logitech

8 - Monitor - Dell, Samsung, Asus, Acer

9 - PSU - EVGA, Corsair, Seasonic

10 - CASE - Rosewill, Cooler Master, Corsair, Lian Li

11 - CPU Cooler - Cooler Master, Cryorig, Noctua

 

[cadaveca]

there is nothing wrong to get cheap value ram, did you overclock? if not or not planning to do on future still on value ram o single ram,
i had Patriot Viper DDR3 intel masters edition, 1866 DDR3, was in need of some money and i sold them and swithced to my old Kingston Value Ram, minimal difference on everything... also for normal tasks its almost nothing different...
Regards,

Just need to reference the old Samsung "Value" ram, or any other sticks fitted with the same ICs... they OC'd like mad!

 

[TRWOV]

RAM: Kingston (for cheap and reliable memory), Corsair, G.Skill, mushkin
MB: Gigabyte, Asrock, ASUS
CPU: AMD, Intel... depends on the rig purpose
GPU: Gigabyte, Sapphire, MSI... sometimes Diamond
PSU: Seasonic, Silverstone, Corsair, Cooler Master
SSD: Kingston, ADATA
HDD: Seagate
Case: Cooler Master
Keyboard: Microsoft
Mouse: Microsoft
Monitor: Acer, ASUS

 

[ASOT]

Happy to make one more post,easy! LOL

1 - Ram - Corsair

2 - Motherboard - Asus - Gigabyte

3 - CPU - Intel-AMD

4 - Graphic Card - Gigabyte-Asus-MSI

5- SSD - Corsair

6 - Keyboard - Hama uRage

7 - Mouse - Natec Genesis

8 - Monitor - BenQ

9 - PSU - Corsair

 

[FireFox]

I don't know, because I said you should buy whatever is best at the time and sold at right price. Quite honestly I don't think AMD CPU product range fits that description at the moment for most of the people.

You have two options:

1 - Intel = quality

2 - AMD = price

That's why I have chosen Intel as my favourite CPU manufacturer.

 

[peche]

You have two options:

1 - Intel = quality

2 - AMD = price

That's why I have chosen Intel as my favourite CPU manufacturer.

come on ....
1. Intel= Performance, Quality, Lower TDP, nice clocks, also great Overclocks....

2. AMD= High comsumption, pretty old sockes, fab process and also coolers... lower performance and also prices, cheap as hell....

 

[FireFox]

come on ....
1. Intel= Performance, Quality, Lower TDP, nice clocks, also great Overclocks....

2. AMD= High comsumption, pretty old sockes, fab process and also coolers... lower performance and also prices, cheap as hell....

What I was trying to say is that Intel has better quality and AMD has lower prices

 

[CounterZeus]

What was wrong with it?
I know the crippled vram issue, but every 970 had that.

Have one of the first batch with fan issues. When they go silent (0%) and have to start up again, one fan goes to 100% and one fan is stuck until cold boot or a manual push of the stuck one. I fixed it with a custom fan curve (always min 30%), I was too lazy to send it back to the shop as I bought it abroad.

there is nothing wrong to get cheap value ram, did you overclock? if not or not planning to do on future still on value ram o single ram,
i had Patriot Viper DDR3 intel masters edition, 1866 DDR3, was in need of some money and i sold them and swithced to my old Kingston Value Ram, minimal difference on everything... also for normal tasks its almost nothing different...
Regards,

No, I didn't overclock, 1333MHz CL9. Doesn't matter that much and I will get some fancy new RAM with my next build at the end of the year