[GreenLanternCorps]

I build my own computers. This is one reason why.

There is no excuse for selling faulty product once the problem is known.

[throwback]

Me too. There's no guarantee building your own, but you know who the manufacturers of the parts are and have some idea of the quality. OEM's have to shave pennies wherever they can get away with it. Many times they stick in non-standard proprietary stuff that you can't replace or upgrade either. They make'm to go in the dump in 2 years.

[FreePaul]

I build my own computers. This is one reason why.

No protection for you. These capacitors were used throughout the industry. I built a computer in 2003 which used capacitors from this supplier. Most of those I know who used the same board have had failures. Someone else is using my old computer now and haven't had any failures. I was one of the lucky ones. Electronic items other than computers have failed because of these capacitors.

[Kirkwood]

Eh, just because you build your own computer, there is no way to know if the individual components on the MBs and cards are going to last or not. You can’t escape it unless you maybe decide to build with out of date components with a track record,

[mowowie]

“I build my own computers”

Me too.
The computers i build for myself you could never buy in a store, and i save a bundle.
It starts witha a top shelf, award winning motherboard with only the features that i want.
An Intel proccesor that is budget minded but highly over-clockable.
A real sweet heat-sink for that proccesor. 20 bucks.
Not the most expensive video card but the video card that was the most expensive last year.
Hand-picked memory...
Etc, etc....