Korean Job Discussion Forums

[cubanlord]

In light of some good, recent discourse, I would like to create this forum in hopes that people can share their views regarding what they feel are the best manufacturers of specific computer equipment regardless of price. I'll start:

Video Cards
XFX
BFG


Mainboards
Asus
Gigabyte
Intel

Sound Cards
Soundblaster

Processors (for gaming purposes)
Intel

Power Supplies
Ultra

Cases
Don't know.

Memory
CORSAIR

Air Cooling
Zalman

Thermal Grease
Arctic Silver 5

[spliff]

You could probably add Antec and Zalman in the "power supply" category.

[chevro1et]

My personal choices for additions...

VID CARDS -> EVGA, built by ATi

MOBO -> DFI (great overclockers)

PSU -> Fortron/ Sparkle

CASES -> Antec (Lanboy/ P180/ 900)

RAM -> OCZ/ G-Skill

Air Cooling -> Thermalright/ Arctic Cooling

[Thunndarr]

Motherboards: I don't like Abit or Gigabyte. The Abit had weird USB issues (this was a long time ago) and the sound on the Gigabyte was crackly. No excuses for that. I'm currently running an ASRock and it's been pretty solid for a budget board.

Hard disk: I'm running a Samsung and a Seagate. No problems with either.

Video: I'm running an HIS x1950 Pro. Has some weird issues that I think may be due to bad cables but haven't had time to troubleshoot properly. Other than that, good card.

DVD: BenQ DL burner. Great burner. No compatibility issues as of yet.

Power: Hiper 580 Watt PSU that I recently got. It was pretty cheap (for a 500+ watt psu in Korea), and I read that it was a decent brand. No problems yet.

Fan: Using a Zalman atm, seems ok.

Case: Generic case. Hasn't fallen apart. Verdict: Ok.

[Wrench]

Best

Vid - EVGA Nvidia / Saphire ATI and ATI built.
Mobo - Asus / DFI / EPOX / BIOSTAR / TYAN (workstation) /Budget Asrock
RAM - Samsung / G-Skill / Mushkin
HD - WD / Seagate / Laptop Fuijitsu
PSU - ENERMAX
Optical - LG / Plextor
Display - LG (Sips panels)
Router - Buffalo (Home) Snapgear (SOHO) M0n0wall (software)
Cases - Lian Li / Antec / Silverstone
Laptop - Asus / Sager / IBM
Cooling -Thermalright / Scythe
OS - Vista Ultimate / Windows X64 (Stable) / Windows 2k
Audio - Seinheiser(Headphone)

Worst

Vid - PNY
Mobo - PC Chips / ECS / MSI / Gigabyte
RAM - Micron / Elpidia
HD - Maxtor / Hitachi
PSU - Take a pick there is to many to name.
Optical - Samsung
Display - Samsung panels (Not a huge fan) Hyundai
Router - LinkSys, D-Link
Cases - Take a Pick
Laptop - Sony / Dell / Toshiba
Cooling - Zalman (overpriced underperforming Korean garbage) Thermaltake.
OS - Windows XP Home / Windows 98 / Linux (Not a huge fan of pain in the ass)
Audio - Creative labs Garbage soundcards drivers and all.