Hardware that you should NOT buy

[darklord]

Never buy Dynet Rams, overclocked 5mhz n boom!!!!! bad timings as well... 5-5-5-15, yuck

I beg to differ

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You talk as if all Kingston,Transcend kits available in the market are rated at 4-4-4-12 or even better 3-3-3-8 or something.

Dynet/Tamkor/any other cheapo rams -perform poor

Proof please

 

[axxo]

just a question...low latency & timings yield less cpu mhz in overclocking? or irrelevant?

 

[darklord]

Timings have got nothing to do with CPU clocks.
If the chipset is strong and the memory can handle it,then high cpu clocks coupled with high memory speeds and tighters timings is easily possible.

 

[ashok jain]

w580i
Build quality is AVERAGE
Keypad is of BAD QUALITY

As per reviwers choice , w580i is good phone , comapre to nokias crap mobiles.

Intex UPS (damn sucker, battery eater)

MS Basic Optical Mouse

Dear users ,

in UPS trust only emersons & APC all others are Basic china models.

i would add another trashcan monger...
SONY dvd writer... any models!.. but nething under the sun.. but don buy a sony dvd writer.

Dear,

Sony DVD writers are good , dont buy OEM sony DVD writer only buy Box one ,

OEM SOny DVD writer IS MFG by NEC , Its fully Crap product , Rashi is selling UNDER Sony OEM brand , its not at all sony drive , its OEM drive , very low performance & very slow response time.

so guys only buy box pack SONY DVD writter , Q190

The Samsung SH-S203B/D is THE best DVD Writer out there in the market right now!

Apart from trey issue with samsung drives , the new latest model is very fast & acurate in terms of DVD .

Same here .
In fact I am using 3 and none of them giving any problems. Also an LG which is just as good.

Not to buy: Apple iPod. No way to replace battery or service any parts locally (even in Chennai). Too expensive. Little options and locked to iTunes.

as far as i know any ipod has very good sound with very best look.

apple has introduce very good product in form of ipod . its very good in terms of sound & funcionality.

as far as sound no one is near to ipod .

intel original motherboards-My experience in Kerala is it is not possible to get serviced after warranty period as it is almost unserviceable !

Even in warranty time(3yrs),it takes a hell lot of time to get replacement

yes , service related issue intel sucks...

Seagate HDD - Heating issues and more prone to bad sectors than other HDDs like Samsung/Hitcahi/WD

Any H/W from Intex - Low Price, Low quality

HITACHI / WD both are good product with good performance.

I Saw here posts regarding Seagate and WDD HDD's
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Your hard disk life depends upon how you handles it..

Even An Electric Shock can cause damage to it. Some PSU's and UPS's are generating unnecessary electric shocks.

If you want to use it for a while go for Branded PSU's like Corsair, Cooler Master etc, don't go for FrontTech, Zebronics, SuperComp etc from my personal Experience, these brands are the worse killers of your computer hardwares..

It's cheap for 500/- bucks you will get a PSU, but you should know whether it can handle your requirement..

UPS:: FrontTech, Zebronics, SuperComp, Merchury Worst things.. Cheap.. But useless...

APC or WIPRO with software shutdown will do the best....

HDD's among Seagate and WDD, very rare cases of damages(manufacturing defects) are coming up, all others defects are coming up because of our carelessness..

We are going after Cheap things to save money.. Believe me i spend around lot of buck on these and fedup and Now i'm going only for branded ones, afterviewing the Reviews..

Totally Agree..........

 

[darklord]

Dear,

Sony DVD writers are good , dont buy OEM sony DVD writer only buy Box one ,

OEM SOny DVD writer IS MFG by NEC , Its fully Crap product , Rashi is selling UNDER Sony OEM brand , its not at all sony drive , its OEM drive , very low performance & very slow response time.

so guys only buy box pack SONY DVD writter , Q190

Sony and NEC formed an alliance to float a new brand called Opti-Arc and all current Sony drives are Opti-Arc. I wouldnt say its crap but its nothing spectacular either.Why would RASHI sell it as OEM SOny brand, Sony markets the drives, Rashi sells it, why drag Rashi into this ? I dont see any reaosn for blaming Rashi in this scenario.

 

[s18000rpm]

Dont BUY Zebronics AntiBiotic cabinet with supplied 400Watts PSU

or suffer the consequence (watch the video)

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Cold Start - Turbo Charged PSU

If you buy the cabinet, then buy the PSU separatley, of better brands.

 

[pratik03]

+1
for zebronics 400w basic psu got it with zebronics gforce cabi
cabinet is good but psu failed after 6 months

it is better to buy zebronics cabi without bundled psu

 

[spyingshadow]

I beg to differ



You talk as if all Kingston,Transcend kits available in the market are rated at 4-4-4-12 or even better 3-3-3-8 or something.



Proof please

Well, i guess my burnt ram slots are proof enough (hv sold it aftr repairs, got no pics)
Not only dat, even agent 001 recommends not 2 buy dynet

first thing it's chinese, not 2 say many oders r n't but stil oders hv a gud history out of china (i hate china anyway subconsciously)
secondly, a corsair, kingston or transcend WILL perform better dan dynet anyday
n, d person i gave my mobo 4 repairs told me d ram had huge niggles n didn't work in his spare mobo, dat might b coz of my daredevilness but a 5mhz oc isn't dat big, n dat too at 5-5-5-15
finally i believe a few hundred rs. spent 4 peace of mind r worth it, wid d added security of sum oc atleast....
i hv seen even symmtronics ram perform better dan dat (both DDR n DDR2)
but if u hv had gud experirence wid dynet, plz tell me!!!


Also, people every1's sayin not 2 buy dis n dat.
if u luk properly, den optical drives frm LG, Samsung, Lite-on, Sony can't b bought (goin by d posts) now who's supplyin pioneer here in india????
so ppl plz at least suggest sumthing else in return n also just dont post coz o' ur personal prejudice or bad luck!!!

 

[darklord]

Well, i guess my burnt ram slots are proof enough (hv sold it aftr repairs, got no pics)
Not only dat, even agent 001 recommends not 2 buy dynet

first thing it's chinese, not 2 say many oders r n't but stil oders hv a gud history out of china (i hate china anyway subconsciously)
secondly, a corsair, kingston or transcend WILL perform better dan dynet anyday
n, d person i gave my mobo 4 repairs told me d ram had huge niggles n didn't work in his spare mobo, dat might b coz of my daredevilness but a 5mhz oc isn't dat big, n dat too at 5-5-5-15
finally i believe a few hundred rs. spent 4 peace of mind r worth it, wid d added security of sum oc atleast....
i hv seen even symmtronics ram perform better dan dat (both DDR n DDR2)
but if u hv had gud experirence wid dynet, plz tell me!!!


Also, people every1's sayin not 2 buy dis n dat.
if u luk properly, den optical drives frm LG, Samsung, Lite-on, Sony can't b bought (goin by d posts) now who's supplyin pioneer here in india????
so ppl plz at least suggest sumthing else in return n also just dont post coz o' ur personal prejudice or bad luck!!!

Well, i guess my burnt ram slots are proof enough (hv sold it aftr repairs, got no pics) -------> Burnt memory slots have nothing to do with memory.Its not a memory fault at all.Memory slot can fry only if the memory module is not seated in the slot properly.Whose fault is that ? Dont blame the memory for no good reason.


first thing it's chinese, not 2 say many oders r n't but stil oders hv a gud history out of china (i hate china anyway subconsciously)----> Asus Boards are made in China,so are Gigabyte,DFI,Abit etc etc... Most of the Graphics cards from Nvidia that you buy are generally made by a single OEM who IS based in China.
Most of the stuff you buy for computers IS made in China.
All the products are mostly made in China, in case of motherboard,early samples of high end boards are made in Taiwan, mass production happens in China.

n, d person i gave my mobo 4 repairs told me d ram had huge niggles n didn't work in his spare mobo, dat might b coz of my daredevilness but a 5mhz oc isn't dat big, n dat too at 5-5-5-15-------> If you managed to fry the slot, possibility is that the memory is dead too,maybe there isnt physical damage visible but it can be damaged,how do you expect it to work ?



secondly, a corsair, kingston or transcend WILL perform better dan dynet anyday------> No Proof no talk

but if u hv had gud experirence wid dynet, plz tell me!!! -----> Didnt you see my earlier post ? I have posted results with the memory fairly overclocked.Check the earlier post, there is your proof.

 

[amrawtanshx]

I have had worst nightmares using Seagate 250GB.
It is 2 months old and I have got it replaced 2 times already(still waiting for the third one)

I have lost whooping 220+170=390GB WITHIN 2 months........ Would u believe it ??????

Anyways WD Cavair 160GB IS working fine.

 

[iChaitanya]

Never ever buy any Seagate hard disk.

Always go for Western Digital or even Hitachi.
Even i am fed up of replacing my Seagate HDD. I have replaced my HDD many times! I have lost the count!

 

[pushkaraj]

As per reviwers choice , w580i is good phone , comapre to nokias crap mobiles.

I said that the build quality is poor. The buttons seem to b so delicate as if they gonna pop out any moment.

 

[Power UP]

Seagate Hard drive.

It just keeps on crashing windows 40 to 50% time during bootup.

The problem exists even on a freshly formated windows install with no third party software. The same problem exists with my friend who has a 250Gb one.

I used to use Samsung hard drives and never had any problems.

Tip. If you change your booting partition to FAT32 instead of NTFS, the crashing comes down to 20 to 30%.........but it still crashes

 

[Extreme Gamer]

asus stuff.only bios updates and compatibility issues

 

[Jayanth.M.P]

Seagate Harddrives...... Drives that never ever go smooth. I have had seagate for 5+ years..... its serviced like 9 times already.

 

[Zangetsu]

Samsung HDDs
Reason:
2gb hdd - problem after 1 month
40gb hdd - bad sectors after 6 months
80gb hdd - No problem...but my fault to get one of its pin broken

I've been using 40GB HDD for the past 4yrs & facing not a single problem
this shud be applicable 2 seagate drives AFAIK

Dont Buy any i-ball products they r cheap & faulty
reason: my frnds i-ball left & ryt ctrl buttons r not working....


also 4 gigabyte mobo the product is not as good as msi,abit,evga,asus

 

[desiibond]

also 4 gigabyte mobo the product is not as good as msi,abit,evga,asus

subjective

some feel asus is better. some feel gigabyte is better and other feel Intel's better. It all depends on how to pick up mobo. Always, ask online communities before getting a mobo

 

[darklord]

Gigabyte boards made by Dlink in India were horrible, Gigabyte boards made by Gigabyte in China/Taiwan are one of the most well built boards i have come across.

 

[keith_j_snyder2]

There is another good reason why one should go for WD instead of Seagate.
WD also provide SATA power connector as well as Molex on the HDD.

BTW sweet thread, didn't noticed, glad this comes to a sticky one.

 

[pratik03]

Gigabyte boards made by Dlink in India were horrible, Gigabyte boards made by Gigabyte in China/Taiwan are one of the most well built boards i have come across.

+1

don't buy gigabyte board which has Dlink seal on box.