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What brands for each of the components below do you think are the best/your favourite?

Template below;

Monitor:
Speakers:
Mouse:
Keyboard:
Microphone:
Headphones:
Mouse mat:

Case:
GPU:
Motherboard:
CPU:
RAM:
PSU:
HDD:
Optical:

Camcorder:
Webcam:
Headset:

You can answer how ever many you like I just thought it could be interesting. For me it would be;

Monitor: Samsung
Speakers: Logitech
Mouse: Razer
Keyboard: Razer
Microphone: Rode
Headphones: Sennheiser
Mouse mat: Steelseries/Razer

Case: Corsair
GPU: Evga
Motherboard: asus
CPU: intel
RAM: corsair
PSU: corsair
HDD: western digital
Optical: western digital

Camcorder: canon
Webcam: logitech
Headset: sennheiser
 
So basically we all just vote for what we own?

So it goes something like,

Monitor: Samsung
Speakers: Logitech
Mouse: Corsair
Keyboard: Corsair
Microphone: Dont have one
Headphones: Sennheiser
Mouse mat: Gigabyte (came free with a board)

Case: BitFenix (sent to me free)
GPU: Gigabyte
Motherboard: Gigabyte
CPU: intel
RAM: Kingston
PSU: Antec
HDD: Seagate HDD and Intel/Samsung SSD
Optical: Samsung

Camcorder: Aint got one.
Webcam: See above
Headset: sennheiser
 
Monitor:.Dell/LG
Speakers:All pc speakers are meh but logitech
Mouse:logitech
Keyboard:microsoft
Microphone:meh take your pick
Headphones:Goldring
Mouse mat:wood

Case:silverstone
GPU:gigabyte
Motherboard:Msi
CPU:Intel
RAM:kingston
PSU:corsair
HDD:crucial/western digital
Optical:whatever
 
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In here are the makes i can remmember testing and i dont own most of them, but they are great companies who care about the customers and quality of the product!


Monitor: BenQ, Asus, Samsung but only because their monitors last for ages.
Speakers: MicroLabs
Mouse: Logitech, Microsoft
Keyboard: Logitech, Microsoft
Microphone: Zalman ZM-MIC1, Blue Yeti and Sinn7 mPod
Headphones: Grado, Beyerdynamics, Superlux basically any good audio headphones are ideal for gaming...
Mouse mat: Steelseries, Qpad, Ice mat...

Case: Fractal, Corsair
GPU: Gigabyte
Motherboard: Asrock
CPU: Intel
RAM: Kingston, Corsair.
PSU: BeQuite, Crosair, Seasonic
HDD: Western Digital
Optical: Any

Camcorder:
Webcam:Logitech
Headset:Grado, Beyerdynamics, Superlux basically any good audio headphones
 
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Monitor: Samsung
Speakers: Logitech
Mouse: Logitech
Keyboard: IBM
Microphone: Plantronics
Headphones: Plantronics
Mouse mat: 50p ASDA
Case: Antec
GPU: Asus
Motherboard: MSI
CPU: Intel
RAM: Teamskill
PSU: OCZ
HDD: Western Digital
Optical: Samsung
Camcorder: IDK
Webcam: IDK
Headset: IDK
 
How so!??1?

hook, line, and sinker.

Monitor: LG
Mouse mat: Puretrack Talent.
Case: Fractal R4 / Coolermaster Storm Stryker.
GPU: Asus GTX 670 DirectCU TOP.
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme.
CPU: i5-3570K.
Cooler : Thermalright SilverArrow.
RAM: Samsung Green.
PSU: Corsair 1200i.
HDD: Samsung F4.
SSD: Samsung 830.
Optical: Sony Optiarc.

But really, you would have to be a pro tester who's seen it all to comment in that. This is mostly a wish list.
 
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Monitor: Dell
Speakers: Acoustic Energy AEGO.
Mouse: Logitech
Keyboard: Logitech
Microphone: N/A
Headphones: N/A
Mouse mat: Boogie Bug

Case: Corsair
GPU: Gigabyte
Motherboard: Gigabyte
CPU: Intel
RAM: Kingston
PSU: Corsair
HDD: Samsung
Optical: Samsung
 
Monitor: Samsung
Speakers: Meh
Mouse: Razer
Keyboard: Meh
Microphone: meh
Headphones: meh
Mouse mat: meh

Case: silverstone / lian-li
GPU: msi
Motherboard: gigabyte (z77)
CPU: intel
RAM: corsair
PSU: corsair
HDD: intel
Optical: meh

Camcorder: meh
Webcam: meh
Headset: meh
 
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