TOP 5's

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bodhi

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OK, just thinking it might be interesting to get people opinions on their top 5 (or however many they can be bothered putting down) manufacturers of bits and pieces. You know, so that we can see if the same name keeps cropping up and that way we know if people rate them. Obviously no point in processors but was thinking for monitors, mother boards, hard drives and cd/dvd drives, or whatever you want i guess.

I'll start you off........

Motherboards
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Asus
Chaintek
Gigabyte
Super Micro
Abit


Monitors
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Iiyama
Belinea
Sony
View Sonic

Hard Drives
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Maxtor
Seagate
Western Digital

CD/DVD
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Liteon
Plextor
Creative


Ok, over to you.

Bodhi
 
I like:

Motherboards - Gigabyte; Abit; Asrock (really, they're good)

Monitors - Iiyama; NEC; Sony

Optical Drives: Pioneer; Plextor; Samsung

Keyboards, Mice, Joypads, Joysticks - Logitech.

But not solely, they're just brands I've had good experiences with.

As for hard drives - pot luck depending on the production batch as far as I'm concerned, though I do like Western Digital.

edit: forgot to add memory: Crucial, Corsair. I think Crucial, in particular, are really good, very underrated. Never mind the CAS setting, they actually overclock quite well. They also offer good customer support and a prompt delivery.
 
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I aint an expert in most of these departments, so i'll do me best :o :

Motherboards : Gigabyte, Abit, DFI (lanparty), MSI, Intel (sorry Asus :( )
Monitors : Sony, Iiyama, Dell, Hitachi, Belinea
Optical Drives : Samsung, Liteon, Sony, Pioneer, MSI
Mouse/Keyboard: Microsoft, Logitech, IdeaZon
Hard Drives: Maxtor, Western Digital, Seagate
Gfx Card Make: Asus, Gigabyte, Connect 3D, HIS Excalibur, MSI
Power Supplies: Zalman, Enermax, Antec, Global Win, OCZ
Memory: Samsung, OCZ, Kingston, Crucial, Corsair

Only SOME of these are from personal experience, the rest are form what i've read from reveiws, or had recommended to me.
 
Reef, you dont have to be an expert, i just wondered everyones personal opinions. I thought it might be quite a fun thread to start! ;-)
 
Motherboards : Abit, Asus, Gigabyte, (Chaintech & MSI sometimes)

Hard Drives : Western Digital, Maxtor, Seagate (IBM/Hitachi....no no no no no!)

CD / DVD : Liteon, Plextor, Pioneer

Memory : Crucial, Samsung
 
Mobo: Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, Abit, Soltek
Memory: Corsair, Kingston, Samsung
Monitors: Samsung, Philips (LCD), Viewsonic
CD/DVD: Plextor (Writers), Asus (Roms)
Hard Drives: Western Digital, Maxtor (Quantum), Seagate, IBM Travelstar, Toshiba
Keyboards, Mice etc: Logitech
Joystick: Microsoft
Floppy: Teac

Have mentioned in order of preference and only products which I have the experience of using. If less than 5 it means not used any other.

I
 
Mobo: Abit, Asus
Memory: OCZ, Geil, Kingmax
Monitors: iiyama, Acer, Samsung, Hyundai
CD/DVD: Samsung, Lite On
Hard Drives: Samsung, Maxtor, Western Digital
Joysticks: Saitek, Logitech
Mice: Logitech, Chic
Floppy: Alps

Same explanation as Quad!
 
Software:

1: Macromedia
2: Rockstar / Rockstar North (GTA-VC)
3: Microsoft
Sorry, i only have 3!

In total, what do you think are the top 5 makes of all time? (any thing from microsoft to chic (The well known to the not known!))
 
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skillage :) highly reccomended.
 
Motherboards

MSI
Asus (though I’m getting a little annoyed at some of their MBs)

Monitors
Iiyama
Sony

Hard Drives
Maxtor
Seagate
Western Digital

CD/CDRW/DVD/DVDRW
Lite-on
Plextor



I’ve used, at one time or another, most of the ‘named’ manufactures that we see and some nobody has ever hear of, but for the moment, I’ll stick with the above list.

;)
 
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