Could I have your thoughts on this hardware

cool.dx.rip · Mar 29, 2013

do u people have any experience with Biostar Motherboards?????thanksssssssssssssssssssssssss

I found it very cheap than other psu brand.Do u have any experience of gigabyte psu.
Thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssss

I am also planning to buy 1TB HDD.Which brand should i buy??any advice

Tatty_Two · Mar 29, 2013

You don't really need to open a separate thread for every piece of equipment you browse, one thread with a list of things you are considering will suffice, I will merge threads and change title for you.

Jetster · Mar 29, 2013

biostar is Meh
Any of the new hard drives are fine

caleb · Mar 29, 2013

WD Black ofcourse

brandonwh64 · Mar 29, 2013

Most biostar boards are pretty solid for stock use. They do have some new higher end boards that have done quite well in the OCing field.

tokyoduong · Mar 29, 2013

WD black is the best for performance and reliability. Seagate has high fail rates with their Barracudas. Seagate Constellation is pretty good though.

Biostar is good for what you are paying..I would just pay an extra $30 for a good mobo. It takes too much work to swap a board so I'd always rather buy a decent board.

drdeathx · Mar 29, 2013

Biostar has stepped up to plate as of recent. Their Z77 TZ77XE4 motherboard is kick ass and overclocked like a champion.

Hood · Mar 29, 2013

drdeathx said:
Biostar has stepped up to plate as of recent. Their Z77 TZ77XE4 motherboard is kick ass and overclocked like a champion.

I remember reading a lot of reviews on this board, and it was hands down their best offering to date, but many users had DOA issues, BIOS issues, and customer service issues. I also think this is the board that failed to POST for one of the hardware review sites (and had problems with the replacement board as well). My conclusion was that I'll never risk buying one, I like stuff that works out of the box, and hate spending hours on the phone fighting to get what I already paid for. For now I'm sticking with Asus; they're not perfect, but seem to work better than any other brand at this time.

Geekoid · Apr 3, 2013

caleb said:
WD Black ofcourse

+1 for Western Digital Black drives

-1 for Seagate - they always fail first for me (and have poor warranties)

RCoon · Apr 3, 2013

tokyoduong said:
WD black is the best for performance and reliability. Seagate has high fail rates with their Barracudas. Seagate Constellation is pretty good though.

Lies! Please see the latest results for HDD fail rates compared to WD. You may find the HDD's are made by mostly the same people, and last i checked, the fail rate difference between Seagate and WD was 0.02%.
Please do correct me if im wrong though.
Biostar boards are average and mainly stock use.

Widjaja · Apr 3, 2013

Don't hear much about Biostar out these ways.

As for hard drives, you really can't go wrong with any manufacturer.
It's all luck of the draw as to whether your hard drive fails prematurely or not.

AlienIsGOD · Apr 3, 2013

Hood said:
I remember reading a lot of reviews on this board, and it was hands down their best offering to date, but many users had DOA issues, BIOS issues, and customer service issues.

sounds like my Evga Z77 FTW board, shipped BIOS is terrible but the latest resolves most issues. Also several DOA sightings on the egg.ca review section.

Melvis · Apr 3, 2013

WD Black also. Got four here all running perfectly. I prefer gigabyte for mobo, 1fail in 12 yrs

Processor	Rocket Lake Core i5 11600K @ 5 Ghz with PL tweaks
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE + 4 Phanteks 140mm case fans
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB SR) Patriot Viper Steel 4133Mhz DDR4 @ 3600Mhz CL14@1.45v Gear 1
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual RTX 4070 OC
Storage	WD Blue SN550 1TB M.2 NVME//Crucial MX500 500GB SSD (OS)
Display(s)	AOC Q2781PQ 27 inch Ultra Slim 2560 x 1440 IPS
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Windowed - Gunmetal
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek ALC1200/SPDIF to Sony AVR @ 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM650w Gold Semi modular
Mouse	Coolermaster Storm Octane wired
Keyboard	Element Gaming Carbon Mk2 Tournament Mech
Software	Win 10 Home x64

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	HAL
Processor	Core i5 2500K
Motherboard	Asus P8P67 Pro Rev3.1
Cooling	stock
Memory	2x4GB Kingston 1600Mhz Blu
Video Card(s)	Asus 560Ti DirectCuII TOP
Storage	Kingston 120 3K SSD,WD Black WD1502FAEX
Display(s)	LG 1440x900
Case	Chieftec Mesh Midi
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX750V2
Software	w8

System Name	Desktop
Processor	i5 3570k
Motherboard	Asrock Z77
Cooling	Corsair H60
Memory	G Skill 8gb 1600 mhz X 2
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon 7850 X 2
Storage	1 TB Velociraptor, 240GB 840 Samsung
Display(s)	27" Samsung LED X 2
Case	Thermaltake V9
Power Supply	Seasonic 620 W, CX600M on stand by
Software	Win 8.1 64
Benchmark Scores	Benches are silly

System Name	Halloween Boo!
Processor	Intel Core i7 3770K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z77-Up7
Cooling	Custom Water/ Thermalchill TA 120.3/ Swiftech Apogeee XT/ MCP655/ Swiftech M icrores/ XSPC RX 240
Memory	16G G.Skill trident 2400MHz
Video Card(s)	3 x Radeon 7970
Storage	OCZ Revo Drive 240G
Display(s)	24 inch Viewsonic
Case	Phobia WayCoolIt Test Bench
Power Supply	Nexus 1100 watt

Could I have your thoughts on this hardware

cool.dx.rip

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Tatty_Two

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Jetster

caleb

brandonwh64

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tokyoduong

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Hood

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RCoon

Widjaja

AlienIsGOD

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Melvis

System Name	DEVIL'S ABYSS
Processor	i7-4790K@4.6 GHz
Motherboard	Asus Z97-Deluxe
Cooling	Corsair H110 (2 x 140mm)(3 x 140mm case fans)
Memory	16GB Adata XPG V2 2400MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA 780 Ti Classified
Storage	Intel 750 Series 400GB (AIC), Plextor M6e 256GB (M.2), 13 TB storage
Display(s)	Crossover 27QW (27"@ 2560x1440)
Case	Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000
Mouse	Ttsports Talon Blu
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 version 1803
Benchmark Scores	Passmark CPU score = 13080

System Name	HP Omen 17
Processor	i7 7700HQ
Memory	16GB 2400Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	GTX 1060
Storage	Samsung SM961 256GB + HGST 1TB
Display(s)	1080p IPS G-SYNC 75Hz
Audio Device(s)	Bang & Olufsen
Power Supply	230W
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD+
Software	Win 10 Pro

System Name	Darth Obsidious
Processor	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS R9 270x TOP
Storage	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Display(s)	LG IPS234V-PN
Case	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Audio Device(s)	Infrasonic Quartet
Power Supply	Corsair HX650w
Software	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmark Scores	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

System Name	Aliens Ryzen Rig \| 2nd Hand Omen
Processor	Ryzen R5 5600 \| Ryzen R5 3600
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite (F61 BIOS) \| B450 matx
Cooling	DeepCool Castle EX V2 240mm AIO\| stock for now
Memory	8GB X 2 DDR4 3000mhz Team Group Vulcan \| 16GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 8GB \| GTX 1650 4GB
Storage	Adata XPG 8200 PRO 512GB SSD OS / 240 SSD + 2TB M.2 SSD Games / 1000 GB Data \| SSD + HDD
Display(s)	Acer ED273 27" VA 144hz Freesync \|TCL 32" 1080P w/ HDR
Case	NZXT H500 Black \| HP Omen Obelisk
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek \| Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650w 80+ Gold \| 500w
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 500 15 button mouse w/ Razor Goliathus Chroma XL mousemat \| Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB w/ Romer G tactile keys \| Logitech G513 Carbon w/ Romer G tactile keys
Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home