PC hardware quality

loco

loco

loco

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Hi i was wondering if i am potentially just unlucky or there is just a lack of quality in the build of today's current hardware components.
i have bought a new pc with high quality parts.
and in 4 months of owning my system it has had 3 hardware faults.
i have had my monitor go back for repair twice to acer with half a black screen,
and some other issue yet to told what it is.
and my pc graphics card potentially faulty on my build
also i bought a brand new zotac 970gtx for my spare pc
this also seems to be faulty.
am i just having major bad luck or is the standard of components just not what it once was,
i recall my old pc i built it in the 90's it lasted 8 years with out a single glitch
or a faulty part needed replacing.
i also had an acer 120hz monitor over 6yrs without a single problem
i just dont know what is going on with component quality these days.
has anyone else suffered such hasstle with new kit.. :)
 
From my own experience I'd say you have just been very unlucky recently.

I've been building PC's since the early 90's and have far fewer problems these days than back then although quite a few of the problems back then were HDD related which isn't as much of an issue with SSD's.

At a guess I'd say that less than 1 in 20 components I buy develop a fault.
 
Older products were likely more robust, less heat stressed, wider tracks etc. But the failure rate is probably better now than previous. A failure rate of <0.01% should be readily achievable (1 in 10000 units).

Contributory to the failure rate is means of delivery, multiple courier journeys. In the '90s, most of the purchases were bricks and mortar shops, some were mail order from PC Mags, but I remember Saturday mornings, queuing at the counter, for latest hardware.

Also injudicious overclocking by user or factory. Most of my failed kit has been user error or just pushing too hard and usually CPU's which now have a failsafe mechanism. Graphics cards do seem to be the most fragile of any component though.

SSD's are more reliable than HDD's in my opinion. I have not had an SSD fail but had several HDD's fail. Deathstars one case in point. Further time will tell though.

TFT/IPS monitors are a problem my Samsung 1920 x 1200 failed at 3 years and a month with the usual power supply etc. problem I had it repaired only because it had a decent resolution and colour and it was cheaper than a new 1200 deep screen. It was done at a local TV repair shop.
 
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