I need new computer!

[Norgy]

 

Sorry.

[Caliga]

might be better.  I'm reading bad things on these Gigabyte boards.

What are you reading?  I have a Gigabyte 890-series board and it's fine AFAIK...

[katmai]

Sorry.

That is not a sorry smiley you ass!

:p

[DGuller]

Okay my latest wish list from new egg.

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 II Silver Steel / Aluminum / Plastic Computer Case $59.99

GPU: SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity $274.99

RAM:G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) $99.99
   
OS:Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit $99.99

CPU:AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor
Motherboard :ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard $331 combo pack

G.SKILL is the shit.  A stinking turd of a shit, that is.  I would recommend against touching that, go with OCZ RAM instead.

[Caliga]

I generally only use OCZ, Patriot, or Corsair.

[viper37]

might be better.  I'm reading bad things on these Gigabyte boards.

What are you reading?  I have a Gigabyte 890-series board and it's fine AFAIK...

on GB boards, users are complaining that rather than fixing things via a BIOS update, GB is releasing new revision of the board.  They complain about random crashes that does not happen with other boards using the same setup, in releases 1&2.

[katmai]

Okay my latest wish list from new egg.

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 II Silver Steel / Aluminum / Plastic Computer Case $59.99

GPU: SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity $274.99

RAM:G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) $99.99
   
OS:Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit $99.99

CPU:AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor
Motherboard :ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard $331 combo pack

G.SKILL is the shit.  A stinking turd of a shit, that is.  I would recommend against touching that, go with OCZ RAM instead.

heh okay, they were one of the highest rated on newegg when was doing the search, but thanks for your input.

[Caliga]

on GB boards, users are complaining that rather than fixing things via a BIOS update, GB is releasing new revision of the board.  They complain about random crashes that does not happen with other boards using the same setup, in releases 1&2.

I have a 890GPA-UD3H rev 1.0.  The only time I ever had some stability issues was when I was fucking around with overclocking my RAM back when the board was brand new and had an early BIOS.  I have zero stability issues now and BIOS is on it's 9th (beta) revision, and both my RAM and CPU are overclocked.  They do seem to release alot of board revisions though.

[Scipio]

I've had good success with some G.SKILL.  Otherwise, Patriot or Corsair only for me.

[DGuller]

heh okay, they were one of the highest rated on newegg when was doing the search, but thanks for your input.

They were highly rated when I bought RAM from them as well.  Then I found that 1 of the 3 sticks was dead on arrival, and when I read through the reviews carefully, I saw that it was a very common occurrence with them

[DontSayBanana]

I generally only use OCZ, Patriot, or Corsair.

I've had good luck with Kingston, but I also don't touch the "Value Brand" nonsense.

[grumbler]

GSkill memory is "Chevvy" memory - priced for the average buyer, and capable of average performance.  On a cost/performance basis they are very good, indeed.  Just don't overclock them.

Bad memory sticks happen to all users.  GSkill is very highly rated (far more so than OZC) at newegg.  DOAs seem to average about 8% for GSkill and about 20% for the "recommended" OCZ.

I'd advise against taking the word of a single disgruntled user over the statistics available at newegg.

[Norgy]

Corsair. 

[katmai]

Being a lazy Mexican, i've decided to necro this thread...

after playing the SWTOR mmo this weekend i clearly need to upgrade my pc, so planning to order parts to be here right after i get back from job in three weeks just in time for release of game.