What's Your Preferences In Various Hardware?

[najiro]

Q: What brand(s) do you prefer in the following hardware? (For gaming and/or general purpose use | In the sense of buying hardware and what you can afford)

1- Processor
2- Motherboard
3- Graphics Card
4- Boot Drive
5- Storage Drive
6- Chassis or Casing
7- Power Supply
8- Ram modules
9- Peripherals (mice, keyboard, and other stuff you would want to have in your PC)
10- Monitor
11- Audio devices
12- Cooling solution (aircooling or watercooling)

*I hope that completes the list
Optional: Give a brief explanation why you prefer the brand. No need to mention brands you dislike.

[peti1212]

From all the testing I have done my list is bellow numbered by how I would choose if had to and while it is important to stay unbiased in reviews when checking out hardware, here is my ranking from tested hardware I have done, so not purely ranked by brand name, but by my experience with each product.

1) #1 Intel / #2 AMD
2) #1 ASUS / #2 GIGABYTE / #3 MSI
3) #1 ASUS / #2 MSI / #3 GIGABYTE
4) SSD: #1 Kingston / #2 Samsung / #3 OCZ or Corsair, HDD: #1 WD, #2 Seagate, #3 Hitachi
5) SSD: #1 Kingston / #2 Samsung / #3 OCZ or Corsair, HDD: #1 WD, #2 Seagate, #3 Hitachi
6) Hard to say, I like many and I can't rank, but right now NZXT Phantom 820, then CM Storm Trooper,
7) #1 Seasonic / #2 Corsair / #3 Cooler Master

[PP Mguire]

Ranked for my experience with product. All things considered like quality, customer service, how far you can push said product, price, looks, ect.

1 Intel
2 ASRock
3 eVGA
4 PCI-E Revodrive or SATA Samsung SSD
5 Seagate
6 This really depends. So far the best looking and easiest to work with has been Corsair.
7 Corsair (essentially Seasonic)

[najiro]

Processor: Intel
Motherboard: ASUS > Asrock
Graphics Card: eVGA > ASUS
Boot Drive: Seagate
Storage Drive: Seagate
Chassis: Coolermaster > Lian Li
Power Supply: Corsair > FSP
Rams: G.skill! (cheaper than the competitors, good overclocking rams)
Peripherals: Generic mice user only coz it tends to break down after a few months due to the nature of my usage LOL
Keyboard = a Logitech with a lot of macro keys (currently using a G110)
Monitor: Samsung (but im using a toshiba)
Audio: Creative (cheap in my country)

[CDsDontBurn]

1 Intel / AMD
2 MSI / EVGA / Gigabyte / ASUS
3 PowerColor (If AMD) / EVGA (If NVIDIA)
4 Something SSD like. IDK yet as my only experiences with SSDs are what I have in my laptop
5 Anything from WD or Seagate that is 7200RPM and has 64MB cache. Oh, lots of storage capacity too
6 It depends. For sure nothing with a door
7 Lots: Corsair, Seasonic, OCZ / PCP&C, Enermax, Antec, Cooler Master, Thermal Take, FSP-Sparkle, Silver Stone

[That Guy]

1) Processor - Intel (1), AMD (2).

Intel b/c they're the best. AMD because they're budget friendly. And also b/c there're only two choices.

2) Motherboard - ASUS (1), AsRock (2)

ASUS always puts out gorgeous, hardworking, and reliable boards. I like the aesthetic of AsRock's Extreme series boards.

3) Graphics Card - EVGA (1), MSI (2)

EVGA because their customer service is fantastic and they have great cards.

4) Boot Drive - Corsair (1)

Their Neutron GTX is a great SSD.

5) Storage Drive - Western Digital (1), Seagate (2)

Western Digital because their customer service (while outsourced to India, true) is great - ask for anything and they'll send it to you, if it's relevant to your warranty. I.E. I needed a SATA cable so they sent one. And a PATA cable.

6) Chassis or Casing - NZXT (1), Silverstone (2)

NZXT has beautiful cases that are large and pretty. I only put Silverstone number 2 b/c of the price. Although their gorgeous RV002 case is only $140ish.

7) Power Supply - Corsair AX Series (1)

Fully modular, reliable goodness. Also, OCZ makes some nice PSUs as well.

[werty316]

1) Processor - Intel - Raw power house chips.

2) Motherboard - Asus - Overall just awesome boards- design, features, overclocking features, etc.

3) Graphics Card - Nvidia (EVGA - Top notch customer service).

4) Boot Drive - Corsair SSD or Samsung SSD - Excellent SSDs.

5) Storage Drive - Seagate edges out WD by a small amount. Both companies have great customer service but I've had more dead HDDs from WD than Seagate. 3 dead HDDs in 3 months? Common WD.

6) Chassis or Casing - Cooler Master - Great cases with exceptional value.

7) Power Supply - Corsair - Reputable PSUs.

Maybe a cooling preference should be mentioned as well? Air for me and the Phanteks PH-TC14PE gets my vote.

[ryandigweed]

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

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

[najiro]

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

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

[brokenwave]

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

[altereDad]

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

[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).

[ryandigweed]

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).

How did you get the 3960x then? Just curious

[PP Mguire]

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.

[ryandigweed]

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.

Congrats man. Was it a sweepstakes or did you win some tournament or something.? Either ways, it's a kickass rig. I was wondering howcome you got 3 rigs in ur sig, but now I know.