What are some lesser known hardware manufacturers that have good quality items?

[Filingo]

For example while looking for a RTX 3070 I came across Gainward, and after asking a few people they said they are using some of their GPUs for years without problem. Any others?

 

[PiberiusWilde]

I think Gainward is the Europe branch of Palit, which is one the top AIB for Nvidia cards here in Asia

[Filingo]

Oh nice, by the way also heard of one called "INNO3D"

 

[Wojciech S]

Biostar's motherboards are pretty good for the price as well but I used to have one and it's voltage readings were all over the place.

[PiberiusWilde]

1 minute ago, Filingo said:

Oh nice, by the way also heard of one called "INNO3D"

 

Also well known AIB in Asia. They cooler design is crazy AF

[PiberiusWilde]

2 minutes ago, WojciechSasky said:

Biostar's motherboards are pretty good for the price as well but I used to have one and it's voltage readings were all over the place.

Biostar used to be very popular here in Asia. But since kaby lake their product stack is kinda meh... And fell out of favor with ASRock

[Wojciech S]

4 minutes ago, PiberiusWilde said:

Biostar used to be very popular here in Asia. But since kaby lake their product stack is kinda meh... And fell out of favor with ASRock

I used to have Biostar X570GT8 - very solid mobo for the price, but it's voltage readings were all over the place so I returned it. I also had Z270GT8 but I sold it to my friend, he's still rocking it with i7 6700k.

[NineEyeRon]

GSkill never get the love they deserve.

[Filingo]

how about Galax?

[Wheresmehammer]

Gainward.

KFA2

Club3D

Foxconn (motherboards)

Point of View

[RTX 3090]

Xiaomi make good phones although they are no longer lesser known and are pretty famous now

[Filingo]

KFA2 website looks suspiciously similar to GALAX https://www.galax.com/en/

[Wheresmehammer]

1 minute ago, Filingo said:

KFA2 website looks suspiciously similar to GALAX https://www.galax.com/en/

European GALAX

[Filingo]

haha makes sense

[charlie_root]

On the network side, I like PC Engines for small fanless devices, and Lanner Inc. for more powerful systems. 

[wkdpaul]

For accessories and peripherals ;

 

Havit (bought a mouse)

Mpow (bought headphones)

TaoTronics(never bought anything)

Anker (bought tons of stuff)

Ugreen (bought tons of stuff)

Aukey (never bought anything)

[demonix00]

On 11/14/2020 at 3:51 PM, PiberiusWilde said:

I think Gainward is the Europe branch of Palit, which is one the top AIB for Nvidia cards here in Asia

Fraid not as palit cards have been available in the UK for years.

[Giganthrax]

Kingston SATA SSDs have served me well so far, and they tend to cost less than the more known brands. 

[trag1c]

On 11/14/2020 at 9:27 AM, NineEyeRon said:

GSkill never get the love they deserve.

One thing I've never liked about GSkil RAM is I find a lot of the aesthetic to be gamer grade. I am sure the product quality is fine but I like the more subdued aesthetic of the Non RGB Corsair Vengeance or Kingston HyperX.

[BigRom]

1 hour ago, trag1c said:

One thing I've never liked about GSkil RAM is I find a lot of the aesthetic to be gamer grade. I am sure the product quality is fine but I like the more subdued aesthetic of the Non RGB Corsair Vengeance or Kingston HyperX.

They do make stuff that isn't unicorn vomit, the Ripjaws/Flare & Sniper X/Fortis were non-RGB RAM

Even the original Trident Z were pretty minimalist looking, until they went crazy with the Trident Z RGB/Royal/Neo 

[Wheresmehammer]

On 11/14/2020 at 5:26 PM, wkdpaul said:

For accessories and peripherals ;

 

Havit (bought a mouse)

Mpow (bought headphones)

TaoTronics(never bought anything)

Anker (bought tons of stuff)

Ugreen (bought tons of stuff)

Aukey (never bought anything)

Agree with this list, i have used Anker & UGreen (Bought s replacement camera battery from Ugreen)

[Raniyah]

I don't know if someone is already aware of "UMIDIGI" who produces smartphones and smart wearables. I recently go to know about them and it seems that they have good products. I haven't purchased anything form this brand yet. But keep searching since I need to buy a smartphone.

[valdyrgramr]

16 hours ago, demonix00 said:

Fraid not as palit cards have been available in the UK for years.

Well, Palit bought them and their Euro division back in 2005.   However yes, Palit cards can be found in the UK too.

[HairyChickens]

Has anyone had a bad experience with Galax? Here in Australia Galax graphics cards are always a bit cheaper than most well known brands and I'm considering purchasing a Galax card but I am a bit apprehensive.

[DavidKalinowski]

geil (i used their RAM back in the Core2 days. it still works to this day arpox 12 years later. (along with the gigabyte motherboard)