Components return rates by brand names

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Components return rates by brand names

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For what it is worth, of course...

The whole article (May 2010) :
http://www.behardware.com/articles/788- ... rates.html

The previous one (October 22, 2009 )
http://www.behardware.com/articles/773- ... rates.html

For example, RAM return rates (compared with the last review), see comment and analysis in the article:

- Kingston 0.37% (against 0.47%)
- Crucial 0.78% (against 1.70%)
- G.Skill 1.53% (against 1.46%)
- Corsair 1.66% (against 2.19%)
- OCZ 2.76% (against 2.56%)

Graphic cards returns by GPU:
- Radeon HD 4770 0.80%
- Radeon HD 4830 1.82%
- Radeon HD 4870 1.94%
- GeForce 9800 GTX 2.22%
- GeForce GTS 250 2.9%
- GeForce GTX 275 3.05%
- Radeon HD 4850 3.23%
- Radeon HD 4890 3.36%
- GeForce 9800 GT 3.51%
- GeForce GTX 260 3.70%
- GeForce GTX 280 4.6%
- GeForce GTX 285 4.71%
- GeForce GTX 295 4.72%
- Radeon HD 4870 X2 12.34%

Graphic cards returns by brand name:
- MSI 1.24% (against 2.05%)
- Gigabyte 1.28% (against 2.63%)
- ASUS 1.51% (against 1.71%)
- Sapphire 2.02% (against 2.7%)
- Gainward 2.33% (against 3.15%)
- PNY 3.1% (against 1.69%)
- Point Of View 3.35% (against 4.67%)

And much more...

You'll see that the Seagate return rates are still impacted by the stupid firmware bug we explained here as soon it was known, although it can be quite easily fixed:
http://www.athenpaladins.org/forums/vie ... =45&t=4625
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