What's Your Preferences In Various Hardware?

**najiro** · 11-29-2012, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by peti1212

I know several people that used to work for EVGA, and they do not work for them anymore. They used to be in other departments, not technical support, and one of the people that I know that still works for them works at the technical support department. Either way, the rest of the staff left because of the way they were treated, the lack of respect, and job conditions. Plus some started seeing the reality of things.

I'm not going to say EVGA's products suck, cuase there are some nice hardware out there from them which will work completely fine, but I wouldn't be proud of certain things they make.

Wow! Thanks some revelation... hmm what could those things be O______O

**CDsDontBurn** · 11-30-2012, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by TehYoyo

Really. That's kind of interesting - their support staff are certainly good, so the quality of the work doesn't reflect the conditions. What kinds of problems?

Honestly, I don't want to go into more detail than what I've already said. But what I've already said can be backed up by other members of this forum who work / worked / or know people who work for EVGA. All I'll say is what I've already said before. Working at EVGA isn't that great. Peti1212 pretty much hits the nail on the head of work conditions there, and from my friends who still work there, it appears that conditions have not really changed much since I've left back in 2008.

**PP Mguire** · 11-30-2012, 08:27 AM

From my experience conditions of work don't necessarily effect the products associated with the company. Cough Apple. Every person I know of that has an eVGA product is extremely happy with it and their CS. In the end, that's all that matters. A job is a job, and you are getting paid to do that job. I've always said to myself if I'm getting paid a decent amount of money for the task at hand then it's best to deal with it or find something else and quit *****ing. My first real job was working for ACS which was an outsourced Sprint call center. Starting out at 13 an hour and being bumped to 15 right out of your two week training period is great for a sit down job. If you have the mentality to deal with idiots over the phone then it's a cake walk. The working conditions over the phone and in person were horrible, but the amount you got paid to do very little you can't really complain. It's a pity they just dropped off the face of the planet =(

**ryandigweed** · 12-01-2012, 03:05 AM

Originally Posted by PP Mguire

From my experience conditions of work don't necessarily effect the products associated with the company. Cough Apple. Every person I know of that has an eVGA product is extremely happy with it and their CS. In the end, that's all that matters. A job is a job, and you are getting paid to do that job. I've always said to myself if I'm getting paid a decent amount of money for the task at hand then it's best to deal with it or find something else and quit *****ing. My first real job was working for ACS which was an outsourced Sprint call center. Starting out at 13 an hour and being bumped to 15 right out of your two week training period is great for a sit down job. If you have the mentality to deal with idiots over the phone then it's a cake walk. The working conditions over the phone and in person were horrible, but the amount you got paid to do very little you can't really complain. It's a pity they just dropped off the face of the planet =(

I hate call center jobs. The people get pretty mean and rude. Although some people love call center jobs, I feel like it's not for me. Because I tried working at a call center and I used to fall asleep waiting for calls....!

**CDsDontBurn** · 12-01-2012, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by ryandigweed

I hate call center jobs. The people get pretty mean and rude. Although some people love call center jobs, I feel like it's not for me. Because I tried working at a call center and I used to fall asleep waiting for calls....!

You must have not been busy enough

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**ryandigweed** · 12-01-2012, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

You must have not been busy enough

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Yep it was the earlier Shift.. The calls used to get busy a little later on after the lunch break or morning cup of tea. And I couldn't get used to waking so early. It was really hectic. That was my first ever job that I had gotten..I was fresh out of school. I and then I decided working isn't my thing is yet. Might as well study. I so it's been 5 years and I'm still studying

. Had gone for a couple of interviews but didn't get any call backs..

**TehYoyo** · 12-01-2012, 07:22 PM

Thanks for the enlightenment, CDsDontBurn.

PP Mguire, I agree with what you're saying, but I also think it's important to enjoy what you do. Obviously, I wouldn't recommend ditching a well-paying job if you don't have another one lined up, but I think if you have other options, it's worth pursuing.

**CDsDontBurn** · 12-02-2012, 04:01 AM

Originally Posted by TehYoyo

Thanks for the enlightenment, CDsDontBurn.

You're welcome!

Originally Posted by TehYoyo

PP Mguire, I agree with what you're saying, but I also think it's important to enjoy what you do. Obviously, I wouldn't recommend ditching a well-paying job if you don't have another one lined up, but I think if you have other options, it's worth pursuing.

Exactly! If you don't enjoy it, you're going to be miserable working where you work at regardless of the amount of money that is being made.

**Goliath182** · 12-02-2012, 04:34 PM

Well I haven't filled out my list so I might as well do that

1- Processor - AMD as soon as they get their **** together
2- Motherboard - I've always had really good luck with Asus
3- Graphics Card - Sapphire
4- Boot Drive - Kingston or Corsair
5- Storage Drive - Western Digital
6- Chassis or Casing - Cooler Master
7- Power Supply - Corsair
8- Ram modules - Crucial or Gskill
9- Peripherals (mice, keyboard, and other stuff you would want to have in your PC) - MX-518 and whatever is free for keyboard
10- Monitor - Samsung
11- Audio devices - JBL
12- Cooling solution (aircooling or watercooling) - Enclosed water (H50, ect.)

**TehYoyo** · 12-03-2012, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

Exactly! If you don't enjoy it, you're going to be miserable working where you work at regardless of the amount of money that is being made.

Well... the money helps. A bit. Y'know, for the hardwares it buys at home.

Originally Posted by Goliath182

Well I haven't filled out my list so I might as well do that

1- Processor - AMD as soon as they get their **** together
2- Motherboard - I've always had really good luck with Asus
3- Graphics Card - Sapphire
4- Boot Drive - Kingston or Corsair
5- Storage Drive - Western Digital
6- Chassis or Casing - Cooler Master
7- Power Supply - Corsair
8- Ram modules - Crucial or Gskill
9- Peripherals (mice, keyboard, and other stuff you would want to have in your PC) - MX-518 and whatever is free for keyboard
10- Monitor - Samsung
11- Audio devices - JBL
12- Cooling solution (aircooling or watercooling) - Enclosed water (H50, ect.)

Lol thanks for getting us back on topic.

**peti1212** · 12-03-2012, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by Goliath182

1- Processor - AMD as soon as they get their **** together

They won't! They already gave up competing with Intel and are heading a completely different route.

**Goliath182** · 12-03-2012, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by peti1212

They won't! They already gave up competing with Intel and are heading a completely different route.

In some reguards yes, but they can still beat Intel the way they're going.

**CDsDontBurn** · 12-03-2012, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by peti1212

They won't! They already gave up competing with Intel and are heading a completely different route.

I've been told by AMD that they haven't given up competing with Intel. They've told me that they're changing their strategy on how to compete with Intel and you can see it with their APUs.

**Joshua_Mahr** · 12-03-2012, 06:19 PM

I think so too. If there APU's keep going the way they are, I think they might be able to take over the casual laptop and basic gamer desktops. Just my two cents.

**CDsDontBurn** · 12-03-2012, 06:47 PM

That's exactly my point.

AMD isn't going for the high end market anymore. They're going for the low-end / laptop / casual gamer market like you said.