PC Components Failure Rates - Dec 2010

[Johnny87au]

i have ocz memory, an asrock board and a seasonic psu. whelpppp

I wouldnt worry this survey seems to be off by a huge margin, ive had some old OCZ ram for few years now and still running strong in my HTPC

Can agree OCZ memory sucks..too many bad experiences with their quality control. The Power supply one is really surprising. The first and last (antec and seasonic) seems hard to believe. I think their sample data might be questionable.

totally agree about the power supplies and seasonic & corsair are the best in the business, and having owned the 620hx 1000hx 750tx none have failed so it doesnt make any sense!

Whee, DeathStar wins!

Quite odd data... Thermaltake and Fotron ahead of Seasonic and Corsair?

Oh joy, sucks to be you!

Dont shatter his heart

wont be getting ocz ram I guess

Wow, really?

Dont let a stupid survey change your opinions, i have never had any issues with ocz ram.. tbh more g skills have failed on me..

Seasonic and OCZ fails the most; that can't be right!
Maxtor?!

Definately agree, this survey is pure fail

[Dainas]

Amen, but then again studies like these have never meant much after the end all study that went after what type of people different brands attracted. Big surprise; but what the study found was that Hyundai owner were neglectful and y, Honda owners were better at servicing their car and less likely to complain about failures, more than enough to make up for the slim margins above.

[RedBull78]

I worked in a computer store as tech for most of last year, and I can vouch for the accuracy of most of these graphs. Especially where OCZ is concerned. Had so, so many problems with it. Hard drive is pretty close, too, although power supplies have me a bit confused. Didn't expect corsair so high up on the graph.

My Corsair HX620W died just last week. RMA'ing it on Monday.

[Hornet331]

fail. need more units in sample survey.

This.... 500 samples max is a joke.

[saaya]

i have ocz memory, an asrock board and a seasonic psu. whelpppp

good luck man!

what rma numbers are these though?
from customers back to the shop (basically customers dont like the product but it works fine) or rmas to the distri/manufacturer?

[JohnZS]

Although BFG have gone into liquidation it would have been nice to see what their failure rate was too, because I had no end of problems with BFG products
Looking at the chart I am slightly worried as I do have OCZ RAM and an Enermax PSU!
My OCZ RAM was RMA'd a while back due to it randomly becoming defective at ANY speed. (even at 1066Mhz it would fail memtest). 1 out of 4 sticks was defective, but I returned all 4 as the heat spreaders were coming lose on all 4 and OCZ advised as a precaution to get them all RMA'd
Replacement 8GB is running happily, but one heat spreader is starting to come lose
Perhaps the issue is not with OCZ RAM per say, but the heat spreaders they put on those Platinum modules.
John

[Humminn55]

Since these statistics were simply returns to an etailer in France, which being part of the EU has to allow a no-questions-asked 14 day right of return for any product purchased, these stats provided are rather meaningless as they are only returns, not failures exclusively. And we all know buyers who get buyer's remorse.......or find a better "deal" the day after buying.....or find out the motherboard/video card/cpu/whatever they bought doesn't overclock as well as thought.....or the RAM doesn't look pretty like in the photo......or the cables on the power supply aren't long enough to reach in their case.....or on and on and on.

We all know of people who've purchased a video card/power supply/motherboard/whatever after weeks of agonizing over the decision, only to see their "other choice" go on sale the day after they've received it and return the original product for the "better" on-sale item.

Meaningless statistics with only the information provided.....unless simple return rates to a retailer for whatever reason turns you on.

[CrazyNutz]

HDD chart is wrong. My company makes DVR's and we have used Hitachi for the last 7years, and they almost always (%99) last > 3 years. DVR use is very hard on HDD's, we've tried every manufacture, and Hitachi was/is the best (reliability wise), with WD a close second.

[nn_step]

We need more data

[Confuzzled]

I have been running a Corsair HX620 for nearly three years 24/6 still running strong.

Same with an ASUS board.

[ericware]

Well Kingston ramz does not fail because nobody OC's it

I wonder if the have taken into consideration total units sold worldwide

Agreed.

The same goes for maxtor, I don't think a lot of people around use maxtor.


No data for PC Power & Cooling

[Humminn55]

No data for PC Power & Cooling

Not surprised. PCP&C isn't really even a blip on the EU's sales charts in power supplies......almost exclusively an American brand.

Of course, why would one even care these days....PCP&C isn't even a ghost of what they once were. Now, it's only a name OCZ slaps on some average/mediocre performing units built by less-than-top flight ps manufacturers.

[sin0822]

Yea PC&P is no more, OCZ brand. You know if these are based on returns it makes sense, I would return the most expensive PSU after finding out that it is the same thing as that cheaper corsair or XFX! you know? But for mobos, I think it makes perfect sense, you don't return a mobo unless its broke, just like ram you don't return unless its broke. All in all this is a terrible terrible sample size, I hope this site doesn't write reviews.

[xBanzai89]

I don't know why everyone been knocking OCZ recently. I have had the same 2x2GB DDR2 kit from them now for 3 years. No issues.

[Aphex_Tom_9]

I don't know why everyone been knocking OCZ recently. I have had the same 2x2GB DDR2 kit from them now for 3 years. No issues.

you can't base your opinion on one set of ram lasting a while. (though technically you can, and sometimes that's all one can do, but it doesn't really make sense)

[STEvil]

I've got a pair of 600w Powerstreams and a 1000w Proxtreme working fine, and some DDR2, and even one of those 30gb SSD's based on the crappy controller. Some people just have bad luck.

My Antec 1000w on the other hand is dead.. so yeah.


CrazyNutz - tried the Seagate 500gb "video survelence" drives?

[SoulsCollective]

In this thread - sheeple learn the definition of sample size and statistical significance.

[Revv23]

No surprise higher perfermance parts have higher failure rates, its like comparing a blown mustang to a camry in reliabilty.

[safan80]

I wonder how Evga's motherboard department would compare to this. I'm not surprised with OCZ memory the kit I bought from them was DOA and I just returned it for a refund. Corsair, kingston, and G skill are good brands.