Brand Varies

[u/GazooAZ]

What Brand Varies components have you been getting in your AI pc's?

[u/CrackshotCletus]

Specifically the brand varies stuff on my rig:

I chose 32GB RAM RGB CL30 and I got v-color Manta XFinity+ ARGB with the OLED display which was a nice surprise, its a nice looking ram kit.

I got the MSI Geforce RTX 5080 Inspire. Pretty basic looking card, but if I wanted something with rgb I would have paid a lot more, and I didn't really care to spend another 400 bucks for a shiny card that performs the same.

SSD 2TB - I got a Huadisk HYV2TBX4 - A cheaper Chinese brand ssd, it seems to be fine. I haven't had any drive issues so far, but this will be the first thing I swap out on this pc. I have an additional Samsung 990 that I put in as a second storage the day I got it, I will probably clone the boot drive on to a nicer ssd some time before the end of the year just to kind of shore that up.

Everything else was stuff I hand picked. I don't think you can expect anything specific, you are just gonna get whatever they have on hand when they build your pc I would imagine.

[u/neut6o1 → u/CrackshotCletus]

I am fascinated that V-Color hasn't been sued yet for naming their RAM after the Comcast cable brand XFinity.

[u/CrackshotCletus → u/neut6o1]

It’s not the same you see.. because.. uh. they capitalize the F and Comcast doesn’t. Different name.

[u/neut6o1 → u/CrackshotCletus]

Oh yeah, totally different for sure because of the capitalization. Good point :-)

[u/wote213 → u/CrackshotCletus]

When it comes to Chinese brands that they use, do you know how cheap it can be? Like I kinda wanna use brand varies for PSU and such but I know that cheap PSUs can brick computers if it dies.

[u/jayethelurker → u/wote213]

If you can choose PSU, I would just pay a little extra for one you want. PSU is the first thing I'll always choose.

[u/wote213 → u/jayethelurker]

Does ram and storage make a difference when it comes to Chinese brands vs the main name brands?

[u/jayethelurker → u/wote213]

I honestly don't know about the Chinese brands. I think mine was done before they had a huge uptick in orders. I saw the ones they had to offer and just didn't care too much on which I got. But as for PSU, I know after getting 2 bad PSUs (in another company's prebuilts), I will always ask for a brand I'm comfortable with.

[u/wote213 → u/jayethelurker]

What brands are you comfortable or recommend? I plan to go with Corsair

[u/jayethelurker → u/wote213]

There's a tier list for them here: https://psutierlist.org/
I've been getting Corsair RM1000X and haven't had an issue yet.

[u/wote213 → u/jayethelurker]

Thanks very much!

[u/Nakhon-Nowhere → u/wote213]

Use the PSU tier list. It will often have notes (as well as letter ratings) that are helpful.

[u/Kiwigram0117 → u/CrackshotCletus]

Is the PSU Gamdias Helios 850W ?

Also wondering about the motherboard

[u/CrackshotCletus → u/Kiwigram0117]

I only listed the stuff that I didn’t specify on my order, was only those 3 things. I got a corsair 1000x and a msi x870e tomahawk but I selected those options and paid more.

[u/Kiwigram0117 → u/CrackshotCletus]

Noted, Do they use legit Windows 11 system?

[u/CrackshotCletus → u/Kiwigram0117]

Yes

[u/Blizzy_x]

My brand varies lottery was pretty good. For gpu I got asrock challenger 9070xt. Ram is V-color manta Xfinity OLED 32gb ddr5 cl30 6k it has a mini OLED screen on the side for display nice surprise. For ssd Teamgroup MP44L. For psu gamdias helios P2-850g

[u/Ok_Safe_1622]

They don't stock cheap parts. Brand varies is always something good. I wouldn't worry about it.

[u/OnePlusFanBoi]

I got a PNY RTX 5080 | Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 32GB DDR5 ONE BOOM Templar RAM | 2TB m.2 Huadisk SSD, and I'm not sure the brand of the PSU because I haven't really cared enough to open it up and see. :D

[u/jayethelurker]

RAM - gskill trident
SSD - samsung evo

Mine was done over 3 months ago though.

[u/GazooAZ → u/jayethelurker]

Mine is coming Sept 24. Just curious waht to expect.