Manufacturer of choice?

[Wavid]

which company would you buy from? for me,
CPU- AMD
Motherboard- ASUS (ASRock, spun off from ASUS)
RAM- OCZ, Corsair
GPU- Sapphire
PSU- It's gotta be modular, from a respected/trusted manufacturer with enough power.
Case- NZXT
Cooling- CM? Retail seems to be working fine. Should i snag an H50 for a planned Vulcan build?

let's see your guys' picks!

[camaroguy1998]

CPU- AMD(Phenom II)
Motherboard- ASUS (No Question)
RAM- OCZ, Corsair & GSkill
GPU- Sapphire, EVGA, BFG
PSU- It's gotta be modular. Agreed which leaves my choices of Corsair or OCZ!
Case- NZXT, Coolermaster, Antec( I have all 3 and like them all)
Cooling- CM? I have a CM V8 and it works great!

Those are my picks!

[lacrossetown]

cpu: amd(no question)
mobo: asus/gigabyte
vidcard: asus/atx
PSU: corsair(or silver modular)
case: cooler master
memory: ocz, g.skill
cooling: nutral

[Major_A]

CPU- Most performance I can afford.
Motherboard- Gigabyte
RAM- Prefer Corsair but I've used it all with little issues.
GPU- Most performance I can afford. Brands don't matter as they usually don't differentiate their products too much for brand loyalty.
PSU- Prefer Corsair but I've used OCZ, CoolerMaster, Antec, HiPro without issues.
Case- No preference. Cases are like shoes what I might like you might hate and vice versa.
Cooling- Anything other than stock.

Throw in another category:
Hard drive- Samsung all the way. They are by far the quietest and coolest running drives I've ever owned.

[skier]

cpu: whatever scores highest in vantage that i can afford
mobo: Gigabyte
vidcard: XFX
PSU: corsair
case: either most space or modability
memory: g.skill/kingston
cooling: whatever i can get my hands on, Rocketfish is amazing for the price

[InspectahACE]

For me,

CPU- was open to AMD until intel's i7
Motherboard- Asus FTW. (without a doubt)
RAM- Corsair. But I've used others. Whatever offers best perf/reliability.
GPU- Nvidia (EVGA, Asus, or Galaxy)
PSU- Corsair or Antec....open to others
Case- Cooler Master or Corsair
Cooling- Cooler Master..gotta plug my V10 that has done nothing short of fantastic

[djpinc19]

CPU- dont care, never had problems with either company
mobo- GIGABYTE
RAM- GSkill, Corsair, PNY, Kingston
GPU- a reputable brand for non-reference cooled models, benchmarks are more important
PSU- something that doesnt suck
Case- Antec, Coolermaster, NZXT, Thermaltake (basically a company that doesnt blow)
Cooling- the awesome ones

[hnzw_rui]

CPU- Intel (unfortunately, my old burned up K6 is still fresh in my mind)
Motherboard- ASUS, Gigabyte
RAM- Crucial, Kingston
GPU- Sapphire (ATI); XFX, EVGA (NVIDIA)
PSU- SeaSonic, Corsair
Case- Lian Li, Antec, Cooler Master
Cooling- Scythe

[Wavid]

for HDD, i'd go with WD all the way, no questions asked. they've given me the best performance and still work about 4 years later.

[Sporg]

CPU- Best bang for the buck at the time you are looking? Right now I'm rocking all Intel systems, but have used AMD in the past. My next build will actually be AMD.
Motherboard- ASUS or Gigabyte
RAM- Corsair, G-Skill, Crucial, Kingston (have placed a ton of PNY in older machines as well and had good luck)
GPU- XFX, EVGA
PSU- SeaSonic or Corsair - Antec as well if they're pumping out good ones, kinda have to keep an eye on their products though
Case- Antec
Cooling- This is another bang for the buck area for me. I use Arctic Cooling in a lot of the budget builds that I do for folks and have had good results.

[TexasScott]

Cpu--AMD Athlon II X 3,4--Phenom II X 2,3,4..Also like Intel but better bang for your buck right now with AMD
Motherboard--Gigabyte and Asus--love them both--
Ram--G. Skill--OCZ--Corsair
GPU--XFX,Sapphire,eVGA
PSU--OCZ,Corsair and Antec--Must be Modular
Case--Cooler Master,Antec and NZXT--
Cooling--Noctua,Xigmatek and the Corsair H50 even though I had to RMA it..It started leaking after 2 months...
HDD's--Samsung F1 spinpoints and WD Raptors


Scott

[DJ Tucker]

CPU- Intel (i7)
Motherboard- ASUS and Gigabyte
RAM- OCZ & GSkill
GPU- XFX,EVGA & BFG
PSU- Corsair HX range
Case- Coolermaster HAF 922 & 932
Cooling- Zalman & Coolermaster

[Wavid]

would CM's 932 cases last about 4 generations of upgrading if I decided to buy one this year?

[Major_A]

Unless they decide to change the standard (ATX, mATX, etc...) I don't see why it wouldn't.

[DaddyRabbit]

CPU- Intel (i7) Had AMD and they aren't bad but Intel is a couple of steps ahead in today's market. 6 cores is cool but I have yet to find a mainstream app that uses the 4 on my i7 920.
Motherboard- Gigabyte all the way (Intel as a second, I want stability above extreme overclocking).
RAM- Had problems with Corsair and others, never a problem with GSkill. I will NEVER buy Geil again.
GPU- ATI for now, thought Fermi would change things but proved not so much. Bang for buck AMD/ATi all the way.
PSU- Corsair, CM, Thermaltake
Case- Too many to name and VERY subjective. I like the CM Storm series.
Cooling- I just use the bog standard as I'm not an overclocker. It works fine.
HDD - While Samsung is sweet I love me WDs! (black series).

[nightblood]

CPU- AMD
Motherboard-Gigabyte
RAM- OCZ,
GPU- no preference
PSU- Antec,OCZ
Case- Antec
HD Seagate