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Hi all, since ya'll are self hosters, I'm sure you all deal with all sorts of different pieces of hardware, accessories, peripherals, and what not; just wondering if you could please share your favorite, solid, "go to" brands for overall things you need for your setup such as cables (all types), adapters, dongles, power accessories, hubs & docks, flash drives, you name it! I'm sure it varies depending on exactly what type of equipment you're looking for but just looking for overall good brands to stick with for such things. I obviously know the main ones like Anker, Cable Matters, Ugreen, maybe Belkin, Idk. Would love to hear your recommendations! Thank you

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Asus. Seems to always be quality.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

They just laid off a shit ton of employees and the RMA has gone downhill recently. Shame evga are not around in the gpu space.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Bought 3 laptop from them, all had QA issues. Never again.

My only Asus hardware that works with no issue is my current access point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That's always a recommended brand. Never had much luck with their laptops, but had a real old Asus router that I liked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yep. I'm sure they've made some duds, but they are my go to brand. Have been impressed in one way or another with everything I've had from them.

My number two is Lenovo.

For smaller things I'm a fan of Anker, and I admit for cables I usually just find something cheapish on Amazon that gets good reviews.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

my last 4 or 5 computer builds have been Asus motherboards and i;ve had great luck with them, and my mini-pcs are all Asus PN50/51 Ryzen based NUC-alikes, they are excellent. I use one as my main workstation modded into a fanless case.

I feel like their quality slipped lately however, might be part of their cost cutting before they restructured recently. will have to keep an eye on how they do in the future.

For ultra-budget laptops however, I lean towards Lenovo they have been so good to me over the years.