What's Your Preferences In Various Hardware?

Preferences? Are these what I want to have or what I buy? :)

At home all my CPU's are AMD (Phenom II X6 in the desktop, Phenom II X3 in the HTPC, E-350 in the laptop) but I'll probably buy Intel next time I buy (though so far I don't feel the need).

My GPU's in use are also all AMD (Radeon 5850 in the desktop, Radeon 5550 in the HTPC, E-350 in the laptop), but I won these two cards. I will probably own an NVIDIA chip in a Nexus 7 soon, so at least that would balance things out. :) Mmmm, just realised I also have an AMD GPU in my Wii and soon will have another one in an Xbox 360. For graphics cards (not chip) brands I don't have a particular favourite.

I do like AMD. I think it's a nicer company than Intel and NVIDIA. Plus I got a lot more free AMD cards than NVIDIA ones. Still, IMO its products are less appealing these days.

Motherboards I often buy Gigabyte because of value for money and they generally work well over time.

Other parts I don't have specific brand preferences.

1) Processor------------INTEL
2) Motherboard--------Asus (Would be Zotac if they made E-ATX/ATX mobo's in USA
3) Graphics Card-------Zotac
4) Boot Drive-----------I own no SSD so...Western Digital HDD
5) Storage Drive-------WD
6) Chassis or Casing---Dont care if it's got a good Cutout ect.
7) Power Supply-------Varies Corsair/Seasonic/Cougar/Antec/Thermaltake, All have great PSU's

1) Processor------------INTEL
2) Motherboard--------Asus
3) Graphics Card-------PowerColor
4) Boot Drive-----------OCZ Vertex 4 or Samsung 840 Pro
5) Storage Drive-------OCZ Vertex 4
6) Chassis or Casing---CMaster, Lian-Li, Antec
7) Power Supply-------Corsair or SeaSonic Only

1) Processor ----------Intel
2) Motherboard -------Gigabyte
3) Graphics Card ------EVGA
4) Boot Drive ---------Kingston SSD
5) Storage Drive ------Western Digital
6) Chassis or Casing---Cooler Master
7) Power Supply ------Corsair

This is my point:

Processor
Motherboard
Graphics Card
Power Supply
Storage Drive
Boot Drive
Chassis or Casing

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No.	Component	Performance	Budget
1.	Processor:	Intel	AMD
2.	Motherboard:	ASUS	ASrock
3.	Graphics Card:	MSi - NVIDIA Chipset	Saphire-ATI Chipset
4.	Boot Drive:	Samsung	Intel
5.	Storage Drive:	WD RE4	Seagate
6.	Chassis:	Bitfenix	Bitfenix
7.	Power Supply:	Corsair	Xigmatek

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Was wondering that there was no Sound or RAM preference :S

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ryandigweed

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No.	Component	Performance	Budget
1.	Processor:	Intel	AMD
2.	Motherboard:	ASUS	ASrock
3.	Graphics Card:	MSi - NVIDIA Chipset	Saphire-ATI Chipset
4.	Boot Drive:	Samsung	Intel
5.	Storage Drive:	WD RE4	Seagate
6.	Chassis:	Bitfenix	Bitfenix
7.	Power Supply:	Corsair	Xigmatek

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Was wondering that there was no Sound or RAM preference :S

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Probably because as of right now, unless you are going to the elite hardcore of either side there is no point.

1) Processor: Intel – I have never fried one in an OC
2) Motherboard: Asus or MSI – I have never had to send one back
3) Graphics Card: Nvidia - F@H ability
4) Boot Drive: any SSD – Any SSD that is on sale.
5) Storage Drive: 2TB WD Black – Reputation
6) Chassis or Casing: Fractal – Something different than TTK et al.
7) Power Supply: Corsair/TTK – Depends on which one is on special.

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Originally Posted by PP Mguire

Probably because as of right now, unless you are going to the elite hardcore of either side there is no point.

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Those Samsung DDR3 modules are great budget rams and work with less volts. :-) .. And usually I would have a preference of corsair vengeance vs Kingston if those Samsung rams weren't available :-)

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Originally Posted by ryandigweed

Those Samsung DDR3 modules are great budget rams and work with less volts. :-) .. And usually I would have a preference of corsair vengeance vs Kingston if those Samsung rams weren't available :-)

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Okay let me edit the first post hehe. Rams do matter and I do have a preference for them too :)
Can't find samsung rams in my area, mostly G.skill at corsair here. I'd prefer G.skill now although I bought corsair vengeance before

cpu intel or amd as long it's free
mb workstation as long it's free
gpu green or red as long it give me best bang for the buck
hd sg or wd as long it's big in data size
case any as long it's free
pus any as long it's free
oh there's only two things i need to buy, it's gpu and hd

Looking back I don't see Intel being as involved in its community. Call me a follower of service, I like the AMD for that. If it's capable (and both are) handling what I need it for, it works.

1) Processor ----------AMD
2) Motherboard -------ASuS
3) Graphics Card ------GeForce
4) Boot Drive ---------OCZ SSD
5) Storage Drive ------WD
6) Chassis or Casing---CM or Corsair
7) Power Supply ------Corsais/TT

AMD are more involved because they need the PR. As it stands, Intel replaced a fried i5 that I cooked under phase. Good enough for me on the CS side. AMD is capable sure, but I prefer more bang for my buck (No, I didn't pay for the 3960x).

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Originally Posted by PP Mguire

AMD are more involved because they need the PR. As it stands, Intel replaced a fried i5 that I cooked under phase. Good enough for me on the CS side. AMD is capable sure, but I prefer more bang for my buck (No, I didn't pay for the 3960x).

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How did you get the 3960x then? Just curious

Won it and the board at Quakecon. I purchased a 2500k setup back Feb which was totally worth the money even over an i5 750.