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= Positive Feedback = | |||
* ASUS for motherboards: never had a problem. | |||
* ASUS for video cards: good brand for Nvidia cards. | |||
* ASUS for smartphones: Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 is an excellent phone. | |||
* Realme for smartphones: excellent phones. | |||
* Logitech: great brand for mice & keyboards. | |||
* Crucial: good brand for memory (RAM). | |||
* Corsair: good brand for memory (RAM). | |||
* Patriot: good brand for memory (RAM). | |||
* Noctua: reputed (but expensive) brand for CPU coolers and computer fans. | |||
* Be Quiet!: good brand for Power Supply Units (they are quiet). | |||
* Raspberry Pi Foundation: the Raspberry Pi are just excellent single-board computers. | |||
* Samsung: good for SSDs and microSD cards. | |||
= General Feedback = | |||
* Corsair Power Supply (VS550 550W) fan started making awful noise and had to be replaced after about 3 years. | |||
= Bad experiences, but can still be purchased = | |||
== Kingston == | |||
* A SSD drive stopped working (many I/O errors). | |||
* An USB key stopped working (losing everything stored on it). | |||
== ADATA == | |||
* An USB key stopped working (after less than one year of use). | |||
= Never buy again from those = | |||
Here is a list of manufacturers I will never buy again due to various reasons. Boycott them! :) | Here is a list of manufacturers I will never buy again due to various reasons. Boycott them! :) | ||
= Dane Elec = | == nVidia == | ||
* Their Linux binary drivers, while ok regarding performance, make the computer hard crash very often (sometimes several times / day). The nouveau drivers are not good enough at this stage, so don't buy nVidia again until they fix this problem (if they ever fix it). | |||
== Thor Zone == | |||
* Unfortunately, extremely bad design and quality from this manufacturer. I wished they would have succeeded since they operate on crowdfunding but this was a total disaster. | |||
== Samsung == | |||
* Don't buy smartphones from Samsung due to Bixby (and poor case design). Samsung is OK for other products though. | |||
== QNAP == | |||
* Their NAS / Media Players are way too unstable and are a pain to use in the end. One of two was toasted after a while too. Just awful. | |||
== Asustor == | |||
* A bit better than QNAP but not by much. Very bad OS, impossible to install Kodi without a lot of pain. Usable only as a pure NAS. | |||
== Dane Elec == | |||
* Bought two SD cards from them, both were entirely unreadable after a while. I lost all my camera photos on them, twice! | * Bought two SD cards from them, both were entirely unreadable after a while. I lost all my camera photos on them, twice! | ||
= Labtec = | == Labtec == | ||
* Lousy computer speakers. Only one works out of three. | * Lousy computer speakers. Only one works out of three. | ||
= Razer = | == Razer == | ||
* This manufacturer builds gaming mouses. They are extremely expensive, however my first Copperhead mouse stopped working after only two years (a button was destroyed) and my current Lachesis mouse (80 $) "jumps" all the time. This is entirely unacceptable, my next buy will be a Logitech I guess. | * This manufacturer builds gaming mouses. They are extremely expensive, however my first Copperhead mouse stopped working after only two years (a button was destroyed) and my current Lachesis mouse (80 $) "jumps" all the time. This is entirely unacceptable, my next buy will be a Logitech I guess. | ||
* Also, their support totally sucks and they don't have any Linux drivers. | * Also, their support totally sucks and they don't have any Linux drivers. | ||
= ThermalTake = | == ThermalTake == | ||
* Poor quality CPU fan (noisy). | * Poor quality CPU fan (noisy). | ||
== Bork == | |||
* Poor vacuum cleaner. | |||
Latest revision as of 12:21, 1 September 2023
Positive Feedback
- ASUS for motherboards: never had a problem.
- ASUS for video cards: good brand for Nvidia cards.
- ASUS for smartphones: Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 is an excellent phone.
- Realme for smartphones: excellent phones.
- Logitech: great brand for mice & keyboards.
- Crucial: good brand for memory (RAM).
- Corsair: good brand for memory (RAM).
- Patriot: good brand for memory (RAM).
- Noctua: reputed (but expensive) brand for CPU coolers and computer fans.
- Be Quiet!: good brand for Power Supply Units (they are quiet).
- Raspberry Pi Foundation: the Raspberry Pi are just excellent single-board computers.
- Samsung: good for SSDs and microSD cards.
General Feedback
- Corsair Power Supply (VS550 550W) fan started making awful noise and had to be replaced after about 3 years.
Bad experiences, but can still be purchased
Kingston
- A SSD drive stopped working (many I/O errors).
- An USB key stopped working (losing everything stored on it).
ADATA
- An USB key stopped working (after less than one year of use).
Never buy again from those
Here is a list of manufacturers I will never buy again due to various reasons. Boycott them! :)
nVidia
- Their Linux binary drivers, while ok regarding performance, make the computer hard crash very often (sometimes several times / day). The nouveau drivers are not good enough at this stage, so don't buy nVidia again until they fix this problem (if they ever fix it).
Thor Zone
- Unfortunately, extremely bad design and quality from this manufacturer. I wished they would have succeeded since they operate on crowdfunding but this was a total disaster.
Samsung
- Don't buy smartphones from Samsung due to Bixby (and poor case design). Samsung is OK for other products though.
QNAP
- Their NAS / Media Players are way too unstable and are a pain to use in the end. One of two was toasted after a while too. Just awful.
Asustor
- A bit better than QNAP but not by much. Very bad OS, impossible to install Kodi without a lot of pain. Usable only as a pure NAS.
Dane Elec
- Bought two SD cards from them, both were entirely unreadable after a while. I lost all my camera photos on them, twice!
Labtec
- Lousy computer speakers. Only one works out of three.
Razer
- This manufacturer builds gaming mouses. They are extremely expensive, however my first Copperhead mouse stopped working after only two years (a button was destroyed) and my current Lachesis mouse (80 $) "jumps" all the time. This is entirely unacceptable, my next buy will be a Logitech I guess.
- Also, their support totally sucks and they don't have any Linux drivers.
ThermalTake
- Poor quality CPU fan (noisy).
Bork
- Poor vacuum cleaner.