• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    7 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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      7 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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      7 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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        7 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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        7 months ago

        I keep hearing this and wonder if I should buy bulk mice before they come preinstalled with malware or something because they last decades so voting with your wallet doesn’t really work.

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          7 months ago

          Maybe. Or just switch to whatever the good mouse brand is at the time. I’m rocking a Microsoft Intellimouse Pro (wired) on my desktop, which I really like. On my work laptop, I have a Logitech MX Master 3 at work (had lots of issues with the thumb button in the past), and a Logitech Triathlon (no issues).

          My wife had a couple of the g305s die on her within a year, so I switched her to a Razer Deathaddr Mini, which has been good for over a year now.

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            7 months ago

            I’m still mourning the loss of the g5 moulds. Why do people feel the need to improve on perfection.

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      7 months ago

      I’m also running a Gigabyte high-end right now and I’ve got absolutely no complaints. I really enjoy the BIOS/UEFI menu.

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      7 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.