• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Gigabyte (remember them?)

    Sure do! Both my board and the board in my wife’s computer are Gigabyte. So’s my video card. The only issue I’ve ever had with their stuff has been a bad stick of ram a few years ago, which they exchanged without argument.

    Brands in this sphere I definitely have had trouble with: MSI, Razer – so many problems with Razer – and ASUS.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah so the thing with PC parts suppliers is that every brand is going to have people who have experienced problems with their stuff.

      Gigabyte I’ve never had a problem with, but yeah during the pandemic their power supplies were fucking exploding so yeah that’s a problem.

      Asus I’ve never had a problem with, but yeah their boards on both sides have been setting voltages and power limits very aggressively, killing AM5 CPUs catastrophically, potentially causing instability on higher end Intel chips as well it seems. That’s a problem.

      Etc etc etc

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      6 months ago

      My msi motherboard randomly erases boot entries, I have to keep the computer on for a few minutes and reboot so that my other boot entry appears.

      It maybe a problem with the m.2 slot, but it has been the case ever since I bought the motherboard.

      Anyways I’m gonna stick to a different manufacturer for my motherboard if I’m building a new PC.

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      6 months ago

      I’ve had problems with Logitech. They still make good peripherals, but it’s more luck of the draw for me recently, so QC may be getting cut.

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        6 months ago

        QC??? Hadn’t you heard that the end user is the new totally free Beta Tester? But don’t worry, they’ll solve the resulting support issues with AI.

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      6 months ago

      What are the problems with Razer? I’ve only used their mice, so I honestly don’t even know what else they make

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        6 months ago

        I mean their mice are terrible too. I went through three of their mice in two years back in like 2016. Been using a Logitech g2 whatever their most famous one is since then and it’s not had a single problem. So much so that I bought two more for my other computer and my wife.

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          6 months ago

          I’ve been using the same DeathAdder for like 10 years 😅 what are you doing to these poor mice

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            6 months ago

            Nothing. It was a work mouse for me, I didn’t even use it for gaming. There’s a reason razer has a terrible reputation.