Hardware preference?

[iNeb]

MotherBoards: Epox
Mice: Logitech
Speakers: Logitech (although i own creative :P)
Video:ATI (although i own nvidia now)
CD-RW: Lite On
Keyboards: Microsoft
Processors: AMD
SoundCards: Turtle Beach
Hard Drives: WD
Power Supply: Whatever is above 400Watts
DVD-ROM: Don't Own
NIC's: Whatever is on sale
Floppys: See above

[ShawnD1]

Motherboard: Gigabyte
CPU: AMD (yep, I'm cheap )
Vid card: no preferance on manufacturer but I like Nvidia chipsets
CD: as long as it's cheap and it works
DVD: don't have one
floppy: the kind at the store (they NEVER have selection for floppy drives)
hard drives: whatever costs less
sound card: Creative
PSU: brand doesn't matter; 400W is 400W
RAM: whatever costs the least (I don't overclock)


In most cases, it's the company with the lowest costs that I choose. Some things have pretty much no effect on system abilities; the only thing that matters if is they work. CD and hard drives are good examples of this. I've had lots of CD drives; some of them wear out fast, some of them don't. The brand name ones don't just break down after half a year but I'm too cheap to fork over an extra 30% for a brand name. As for hard drives, I have never had a problem with hard drives failing or being junk so brand really doesn't matter. A week ago I got a new 120gb hdd in a Cicero box but the drive itself says Maxtor on it. Rather strange situation but the thing works so there's no problem; the drive cost $100 upfront but it has a $40 rebate so it'll only cost me $60 in the end . $60 for a 120gb is an awesome deal compared to the other brand name drives like Wester Digital that cost more than double.

[tchang]

Shuttle sb61G2 (intel 865G)
P4 2.6 with 800fsb @3.23GHz
Corsair XMS Pro (2 X 512)
nVIDIA 4600 Ti
WD Raptor SATA 10k 36G
Sony DVD RW
Logitech MX700 dual
Sony 19" LCD

[tchang]

Shuttle sb61G2 (intel 865G)
P4 2.6 with 800fsb @3.23GHz
Corsair XMS Pro (2 X 512)
nVIDIA 4600 Ti
WD Raptor SATA 10k 36G
Sony DVD RW
Logitech MX700 dual
Sony 19" LCD

[ShawnD1]

what a nice looking machine

[Kuasimodem]

• MotherBoards: Abit
• Mice: Logitech Optical Trackballs
• Speakers: Logitech (used to be Altec Lansing, but they merged with Labtech and the Q went down)
• Video:ATI (I like the Sapphire cards)
• CD-RW: LiteOn
• DVD-ROM: LiteOn
• Keyboards: Microsoft Natural Elite (love split keyboards)
• Processors: AMD
• SoundCards: Phillips Edge series
• Hard Drives: WD or Maxtor
• Power Supply: Antec
• NIC's: Linksys
• Floppys: Sony

I purchase the products that have the best track record with me, both in reliability and quality. The Phillips Edge series of sound cards are not the best known, but seem to have the best sound quality/cost ratio and don't have the bugs that Soundblasters have had over time. I bought my first one after reading a review in Maximum PC magazine.

[DanGrease]

Motherboards: Intel
Mice: IBM
Speakers: Creative
CD-RW: Sony
DVD-Rom: Don't have one
Keyboards: IBM
Processors: Intel
Sound Cards: Creative
Hard drives: Western Digital/Maxtor/Seagate
Power Supply: Don't mind which one
Floppy: Don't mind
Video cards: ATI (dont like Nvidia, although I currently use one)
Monitor: Samsung/Sony/IBM (I prefer LCD monitors)
Printer: Hewlett-Packard
Case: Chieftec
Scanner: Hewlett-Packard

dan

[dr_roberts49]

Mobo: ABIT IS7 800fsb Intel 82865PE chipset
CPU: Intel P4c 2.4GHZ
Memory: Corsair DDR3200 2@256MEG
Video: NVIDIA FX5200
Sound: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Speakers: Creative 5.1
CD 1: Sony DVD
CD 2: Sony R/RW
Hardrive 1: MAXTOR 120GB
Hardrive 2: MAXTOR 120GB
Floppy: Toshiba
External Drive: Iomega ZIP Drive
Scanner: Microtek E3 Plus
Printer: HP Deskjet
Mouse: Microsoft Optical-Wheel
Keyboard: Microsoft Multi-Media
Network: All Linksys, router, wireless access point, and cards for 5 computers
Lucent Fax Modem
MCI DSL modem
HP Digital Camera
Haupague WINTV Card
ANTEC Power supply and case
And a bunch of cooling fans
I think that's it!

Robert

[canadian_hoser84]

Preference in regular type - what i have in brakets

Mobo: ASUS (A7N8X Deluxe)
CPU: AMD (Athlon XP 2500+)
Video: NVIDIA (FX5200)
Sound: Sound Blaster (sound built in mobo)
Speakers: Logitech (Z-340)
CD: doesnt matter really (LG DVD-R+RW)
Hardrive: WD (80GB)
Printer: HP (OfficeJet G55, scanner/copier)
Mouse: Logitech (MX Duo)
Keyboard: Logitech (MX Duo)

I basically have the perfect system for me. i only have 512mb of ram, but i plan to upgrade it to at least 1.5gb in the near future, plus a second hd. ie. waiting on birthday money for a poor college student. i also plan on getting round ide cables and mod the **** our of the case



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[The Real Bingo]

Something that runs, and something that runs like its being chased.