Brands ?? What to use & what not to use ?

[aaronmorris91]

Right I think I'm all set for my first build but before I do I was curious to know what brands are the best & what arnt so good, if someone could give me a little advice on this It would be great ?

 

[Krayt Dragon]

what are your chosen parts thus far? where are you buying them from?
then people can tell what you can keep in the build and what you can change.

 

[aaronmorris91]

Iv already been given the ok on my parts by a member on here . I'm using asus, corsair, OCZ, seegate, just wondering if there was better brands out there ? What's As Rock like ?

 

[Krayt Dragon]

i looked at your specs.
if you can with it go for a seagate 64mb cache not 32
corsair are good for ram but i can also recommend kingston and g skill.
OCZ arent good for ssd use samsung,
and avoid using asrock.

 

[aaronmorris91]

Samsung SSD 830 2.5inch SATA III 6GBps 64GB Desktop Accessory Kit with Free Norton Ghost 15 is that the SSD the right one ? & g skill arnt they suppose to be the best out there ? & would I have problems if I just kept with the 32mb instead of getting the 64mb ?

 

[Krayt Dragon]

that is a good one and i dont know how much they are in england but here you can get a 256G samsung SSD for about 280-300 AUD, and you wont have any problems at all with your HDD if it isnt 64.
g skill is incredibly good ram but ocassionally has compatibility issues so i would recommend kingston or corsair but if your mobo works with g skills you should get it.

 

[aaronmorris91]

well i was only looking at 64gb because i was only going to use my SSD for my OS, its £51.99 here. ill have to check if my mobo is compatible with the gskill ram & let you know thanks for the advice

 

[cb600fshornet]

Don't take advice off one person, you need a balanced argument

I personally like OCZ.

 

[aaronmorris91]

Personally i was told to go for OCZ, I was just intrested to know which brands where most popular ??

 

[cb600fshornet]

Reviews on the net at the individual items are the best.

Just because one item is bad, doesn't mean others are.