Which is your favorite PC component manufacturer?

CPU: Intel, none else. Only strayed once with and AMD apu in a laptop. What a piece of....
RAM: Kingston
Mobo: Asrock
PSU: Cooler Master
Coolers: Noctua (both case and cpu)
SSD: Samsung
HDD: Western Digital
Keyboard/mouse: Logitech
GPU: nVidia chip. Graphics card manufacturer are not as important, tried a few. Currently Gigabyte with their windforce coolers.
Cases: Enermax or Fractal design
Monitor: no preference, as long as picture is excellent.

Just keep the coffee hot and the computer cool, then I'm satisfied :)
 
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My current desktop has an ASUS M5A93 board with an AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition CPU. I built my system back in summer 2012, though. I've grown a bit of a fondness for MSI hardware though. I have two entry-level systems with MSI boards in them and they've been rock solid (even with faulty PSU's in both systems for a period of time). I'd love to see what some of their higher-end boards can do. My current video card is an MSI Geforce GTX 950. I might be a dragon lover, too, so that draws me in. Heh.

I have no preference on CPU manufacturer. I went with AMD back when I built my systems because of the price and I wasn't as experienced with putting systems together and finding the components. (The lower end systems run an Athlon II and a A4 FM1 APU [don't remember the model])

For GPU, I've always used Nvidia. I had a laptop with AMD graphics and they were nothing but trouble. The APU in my HTPC had some issues with graphics, too. After installing I believe it was Catalyst 13.2, it would freeze during video playback, so I ended up putting an old Zotac GT520 in until I upgraded it to a fanless MSI GT710.

To answer the question, I'd have to say MSI.
My current rig:
Asus M5A97 (the 1st version) motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE W/ Hyper212 EVO cooler
8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 RAM
MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 950
OCZ 750watt PSU-semi-modular (overkill, I know. I didn't know better when I built it.)
NZXT H440 white case (recently upgraded from CoolerMaster Elite 430)
Crucial M4 SSD 256GB
WD Caviar Black 500GB
WD Scorpio Blue 250GB (old spare drive using for storage)
 
I'm not a fan of any one brand when it comes to components, it's six of one and a half dozen of the other, I choose the one that suits me the best at that time (and my wallet of course) but when it comes to peripherals I always buy Roccat (or try to) and PSU's must be Seasonic branded units.
 
ASUS - mobo, laptop, audio card, router, video card, monitor
Corsair - psu
Gskill - memory
Samsung - SSD
WD - HDD
 
Mobo Asus or Gigabyte
CPU - Intel
GPU - ATI - Saphire, Asus or Gigabyte
RAM - Corsair or Kingston
PSU - Enermax
HD - Western Digital
SSD - Samsung
Monitor - Samsung
Network - D-link
 
Don't have a favorite PC component manufacturer but ASUS seems pretty solid. Nvidia borks their old cards with new drivers.
 
Processor: AMD because Intel is either too expensive or quality is crap (like pastegate or missing vt-x)
Video card: AMD uses open standards, Nvidia scrambles games with non working proprietary BS (like Gameworks) and Nvidia drivers are bad except for newest models
SSD: I avoid all TLC drives. And also avoid Samsung SSD's as Samsung has some kind of fanclub despite quality has proven to be very bad

Keyboard, mouse, RAM, PSU, hard disk, monitor, case, fans, cooler: no preference
 
Part 2:
Corsair K70 Vengeance keyboard
Logitech for the mouse
first time (for me) liquid cpu cooling: Corsair H110i GTX
Dell U2412Mb monitor (16:10 displayport1920 x 1200)
Corsair Obsidian 650D case
 
People seem to love Corsair.
IMO some of their power supplies are dodgy but still seen as godlike. If they are decent, then they are expensive as hell with so many better alternatives (EVGA, Seasonic).
Their water cooling AIO's(like all water cooling TBH) and MEMORY to are overpriced as hell and not worth it.
My opinion is law BTW
 
Razer mice, I just don't trust other companies for my a gaming mouse. Some stats that razer shows other companies don't reveal, even if you contact them.

I also prefer nvidia but will buy the best bang for the buck.

Intel due to its single threaded CPU performance.

Power Supply OCZ: they really came through when my psu stopped working a month before my warranty ended. They replaced it no problem with a 700 watt psu to replace my 600w.
 
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I tend to have no specific preference towards major hardware vendors, but I usually prefer those with 'better' RMA terms. Only for CPU and Mobo I stick to Intel and Gigabyte respectively. For networking I'm usually on TP-Link (budget) but I like Linksys too.

While we're at it, these I hated: Lenovo, VAIO, Toshiba notebook and specifically HP (from inkjet crap to notebooks). I prefer Acer for its notebooks.
 
Samsung, crucial, corsair, Asus but not all the time, nvidia, evga for video cards, but can buy cheaper ones too. . I have two aerocool cases one Silverstone sff and two corsair. I want to try gigabyte or msi for my next upgrade to see if there is any reason of buying Asus mobos on a premium.
 
A long time ago: DFI, Foxconn for mobo, now MSI and Gigabyte, even ASRock for unlocking cores and overall a better ratio price/ performance than Asus, the parent company.Arctic Cooling for CPU and Thermaltake for power, AMD/ATI for video cards and Logitech for peripherals (even for desktop audio)Crucial for RAM and Samsung for SSD and along time ago for HDD.And some 2TB Western Digital HDD.
 
Whatever's on sale and has a good warranty. Dell, XFX, MSI, G.Skill. Of course everyone is going to have Intel as their CPU of "choice", a monopoly doesn't give you any options.
 
In terms of motherboards gigabyte is the solidest I have ever used. good mentions are asus asrock and evga.
as for ssd its either kingston or samsung. other components vary but corsair, kingston hyperx, kingpin, ripjaws are versions of product that I always look out for. and of course intel cpus are the number one especiall Core i7's
 
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