I hate Antec

[Fayd]

meh. i love antec. so much that all cases i've bought in the past 6 years have been antec, and i just replaced all the fans in my comp with truequiets.

 

[zinfamous]

Lot's of reasons to hate OCZ though

Hey, I like OCZ! two very nice PSU and sets of Memory from them.

 

[rsd]

RMA'd a barebones PC to Foxconn. They received it 2 weeks ago, still waiting on any word that the replacement shipped. Now that's bad RMA service.

They STILL haven't shipped my RMA. Forget Antec, hate on Foxconn.

 

[zinfamous]

I'm still rocking the Lian-Li PC-V1000b



Maybe I'll upgrade one of these days, but there is not really any need to at this point.

KT

it's a bit monolithic, heavy as hell, and I have since learned to loathe full tower cases, but this was my previous one:

I loved the Prairie-style modern look to it. :\

I'm now rocking mid tower, black, simpler, lighter. can't think of the model numebr or find any kind of image, though.

 

[Locut0s]

Hey, I like OCZ! two very nice PSU and sets of Memory from them.

Their PSUs drop like flies. Their memory was good for a while but had something like a 20%+ failure rate for a while before they got out of the memory industry for good.

 

[KeithTalent]

it's a bit monolithic, heavy as hell, and I have since learned to loathe full tower cases, but this was my previous one:

I loved the Prairie-style modern look to it. :\

I'm now rocking mid tower, black, simpler, lighter. can't think of the model numebr or find any kind of image, though.

I like that. Cool design. :thumbsup:

KT

 

[GoodRevrnd]

RMA'd a barebones PC to Foxconn. They received it 2 weeks ago, still waiting on any word that the replacement shipped. Now that's bad RMA service.

Maybe the guy handling your claim jumped off the building. :hmm:

 

[qliveur]

it's a bit monolithic, heavy as hell, and I have since learned to loathe full tower cases, but this was my previous one:

I loved the Prairie-style modern look to it. :\

I'm now rocking mid tower, black, simpler, lighter. can't think of the model numebr or find any kind of image, though.

I like the Death Star-style vents.

 

[Ichinisan]

I had an Antec Lanboy just as USB2.0 was catching on. They sent a free part to replace the front USB ports so they'd work properly in 2.0 mode.

I somehow lost the rubber mat to the top area of an Antec 900 chassis. They didn't have that particular part on their site at all (strange). They sent me the entire accessory kit for free (rubber mat, thumbscrews, drive bays, adapters, mounting hardware for full-length cards, etc).

<3 Antec

 

[Imp]

Just get a hub. Most modern mobos have at least 4 USB ports in the back (mine has 8+).

Ya, it sucks, but it's one bad USB port. Nothing's perfect, find the cheapest/easiest way to deal with it that you can live with.

 

[zinfamous]

I like that. Cool design. :thumbsup:

KT

I like the Death Star-style vents.

AT did a review on it way back when. The mobo mounted upside down, so CPU and fan were in the bottom of the case, and that and memory were enclosed by a plastic wind tunnel inside the case, fed by 120mm fans on front and back. Kinda nifty, but odd that all of the cables on the back of the case were in weird places.

I recently dropped off that full rig, complete with all the peripherals (5.1 speakers and Sammy 191T+) for a cool 20 bucks at a local used PC shop. The damn case cost $120.

Glad to see it all go, though. That set up involved many, many heavy boxes.

 

[pcgeek11]

Antec is great. I have damaged the front door and ports of a case and they just sent me replacement everything. I have also had case fans go bad and they just sent me new ones.

Nice. How do we get that service?

I have had the same experience with Antec. Called them for a defective USB Port and I received the replacement in < a week.

Have you tried calling them?

 

[SparkyJJO]

Looks good, I like it.

Yeah, nautilus is what I would have expected. A weird design regardless. :hmm:

I'm still rocking the Lian-Li PC-V1000b

http://www.dansdata.com/images/pcv1000/v1000640.jpg

Maybe I'll upgrade one of these days, but there is not really any need to at this point.

KT

I was never a big fan of Lian Li cases. They always looked so... boring. When I was a kid I liked the flashy stuff, but even now that I'm past that point I still don't see much appeal to them.

 

[BoomerD]

Their PSUs drop like flies. Their memory was good for a while but had something like a 20%+ failure rate for a while before they got out of the memory industry for good.

I'm not a fan of OCZ's power supply line-up.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page1373.htm

SOME PCP&C units are good...some are OK.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page1418.htm

I'm always surprised at how many people, especially computer geeks, who don't realize that MOST power supply companies don't actually make their PSU's...but instead, contract them out to a handful of OEM's.

 

[busydude]

Their PSUs drop like flies. Their memory was good for a while but had something like a 20%+ failure rate for a while before they got out of the memory industry for good.

They were good during the DDR2 days.. somehow their quality dropped for DDR3.

Most of their PSUs are meh.. except for the gold rated ones.

 

[Locut0s]

I'm not a fan of OCZ's power supply line-up.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page1373.htm

SOME PCP&C units are good...some are OK.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page1418.htm

I'm always surprised at how many people, especially computer geeks, who don't realize that MOST power supply companies don't actually make their PSU's...but instead, contract them out to a handful of OEM's.

Yeah OEM's make lost of power supplies for all kinds of companies. I'm not familiar really with which company makes which power supplies for whom but I'm well aware of the fact. I know Seasonic makes corsair's PSUs and both of those are very good on average.

 

[Locut0s]

They were good during the DDR2 days.. somehow their quality dropped for DDR3.

Most of their PSUs are meh.. except for the gold rated ones.

Yes their DDR2 ram was good. DDR3 onward things really took a dive.

 

[Locut0s]

I was never a big fan of Lian Li cases. They always looked so... boring. When I was a kid I liked the flashy stuff, but even now that I'm past that point I still don't see much appeal to them.

Slick clean, stylish, understated designs using good materials are what I like. Lian Li builds quite a few cases that fit this aesthetic.

 

[MaxFusion16]

antec sucks big time, shoddy products.

i have their antec 900 gaming case, the headphone jack never worked, ground loop noise, completely unusable, and it's a known issue with this case. antec doesn't do shit about it, if you call them up, they'll just send you a replacement front panel with the same problem.

just a few month ago, the 200mm fan bearings failed, and is now making a grinding noise, another common problem because antec cheaped out and used inferior bearings.
it's gonna be a pita to rip this thing out.

my next case is gonna be some cheap no name junk, and it'll be better than this.

 

[KeithTalent]

Slick clean, stylish, understated designs using good materials are what I like. Lian Li builds quite a few cases that fit this aesthetic.

This.

KT

 

[Locut0s]

If you like flashy designs you might like the NZXT Phantom, not my cup of tea but it seems to be a popular case now:

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?mode=productreviewread&product_id=60725&review=2

 

[zinfamous]

If you like flashy designs you might like the NZXT Phantom, not my cup of tea but it seems to be a popular case now:

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?mode=productreviewread&product_id=60725&review=2

Ugly as fuck, that.

I always like the design of Lian Li above other manufacturers, but it never justified the cost for me (i know, they tend to use more aluminum than others, but still--it's a fucking computer case). That's why I stick to Silverstone with the last two builds: good design, some aluminum, reasonable cost.


I never had a problem with the previous OCZ power supply--not to my knowledge, anyway. That system also had 2x500mb OCZ DDR2 platinum something, which was one of those turnaround sets for OCZ, well-reviewed by Anand. One of the sticks actually failed on me, took me a while to realize what was going on.

It was diagnosing and finding a solution to that problem which finally prompted me to create an account on AT. discovered it was the RAM, got in contact with OCZ rep and a prompt replacement, all through AT forums. For that, I've always liked them because of customer support. Whenever I do spring for an SSD or SSD-cache solution, it will likely be OCZ.

I currently run 4gb of their black edition optimized for Phenom II, or whatever it was. I wanted to double up on it, but as they have exited that market, I don't think I will be able to find it reasonably-priced. Then again, I wonder if going for 8gb of the popular GSkill stuff is a better option, anyway.

:hmm:

 

[Locut0s]

Ugly as fuck, that.

I always like the design of Lian Li above other manufacturers, but it never justified the cost for me (i know, they tend to use more aluminum than others, but still--it's a fucking computer case). That's why I stick to Silverstone with the last two builds: good design, some aluminum, reasonable cost.


I never had a problem with the previous OCZ power supply--not to my knowledge, anyway. That system also had 2x500mb OCZ DDR2 platinum something, which was one of those turnaround sets for OCZ, well-reviewed by Anand. One of the sticks actually failed on me, took me a while to realize what was going on.

It was diagnosing and finding a solution to that problem which finally prompted me to create an account on AT. discovered it was the RAM, got in contact with OCZ rep and a prompt replacement, all through AT forums. For that, I've always liked them because of customer support. Whenever I do spring for an SSD or SSD-cache solution, it will likely be OCZ.

I currently run 4gb of their black edition optimized for Phenom II, or whatever it was. I wanted to double up on it, but as they have exited that market, I don't think I will be able to find it reasonably-priced. Then again, I wonder if going for 8gb of the popular GSkill stuff is a better option, anyway.

:hmm:

OCZs SSDs are good, it's their other products I shy away from and their DDR2 ram was good. As for G.skill their ram is very good for the most part. Can't really go wrong with G.skill, corsair or Kingston RAM. If you need stability beyond all else go with Kingston.

 

[Ichinisan]

antec sucks big time, shoddy products.

i have their antec 900 gaming case, the headphone jack never worked, ground loop noise, completely unusable, and it's a known issue with this case. antec doesn't do shit about it, if you call them up, they'll just send you a replacement front panel with the same problem.

just a few month ago, the 200mm fan bearings failed, and is now making a grinding noise, another common problem because antec cheaped out and used inferior bearings.
it's gonna be a pita to rip this thing out.

my next case is gonna be some cheap no name junk, and it'll be better than this.

I've used the Antec 900 since ~2007. Never had any of the problems you described. Still use two of them. A friend and a relative have two more. They're all great (if you can stand the gaudiness and don't mind a bit of modding to keep things tidy).

 

[BoomerD]

Yeah OEM's make lost of power supplies for all kinds of companies. I'm not familiar really with which company makes which power supplies for whom but I'm well aware of the fact. I know Seasonic makes corsair's PSUs and both of those are very good on average.

Actually, Seasonic only makes SOME of Corsair's PSU line-up...

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page447.htm