how often do you get DOA parts?

[Carango772]

I want to build my first decent gaming rig and i been reading a lot about different components and retailers but something always bugs my mind, DOA parts, wich are not really that much of a worriy if you live in the US of Canada, but i have to face a serious issue, i live in colombia and many components are can not be shipped to my place directly.

To actually get the product i would have to use a courrier service wich voids the amazon warrantry... in that case a DOA product would be pretty much a complete loss of my investment and thats something i fear with all my soul... so i was wondering:
-how often does this things happen?
-wich parts are more likely to be DOA?
-wich manufacturers are more reliable?
-would i still get the manufacturers warrantry if i use the aforementioned mothod to get my parts?

Thanks for your help

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

I do not get DOA parts often. The last one I got was some bad RAM and that was years ago. It does not happen often and with newegg or amazon you can return parts often times.

 

[martinch]

DOA parts should be pretty rare.

I've had it happen to me three times in ~15 years (bad mounting magnets on a SCSI CD-RW drive, bad motherboard, and a scratched monitor).

 

[drtoast]

one build, one part, buckled motherboard and bent socket pins, wasnt a doa board technically, the seller bent it into a smaller than standard box... THAT should not happen at all.

 

[madmatt30]

Ocz ram once - that's it in probably 10 grand+ worth of components

 

[mrmike_49]

out of maybe 15 builds/upgrades in the last 20 years: 1 bad stick of RAM.

btw, interesting that of the responders, 3 had a bad RAM stick

 

[ko888]

Hardware.fr publishes return rates due to product defects every six months. The statistics come from data mining a large French e-retailer's (i.e. LDLC.com) database. Only brands that are sold by LDLC.com are shown in the data. It's in French so you may need to run it through Google Translate to a language you understand.

This list was published a week ago on May 19, 2015:
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/934-1/taux-retour-composants-12.html

 

[Carango772]

Hardware.fr publishes return rates due to product defects every six months. The statistics come from data mining a large French e-retailer's (i.e. LDLC.com) database. Only brands that are sold by LDLC.com are shown in the data. It's in French so you may need to run it through Google Translate to a language you understand.

This list was published a week ago on May 19, 2015:
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/934-1/taux-retour-composants-12.html

Thats great... it kinda follows the trend i noticed in amazon reviews... radeon card are most likely to be DOA, z97 gaming 5 wich was my original choise was in the top of the list so i think i will go for the gaming 7 or a second hand gaming 5 wich i just found in a local shop for like 160 USD (wich is an amazing price considering new one cost 300 USD). thanks to your response i will stick with an nvidia/intel solution and buy a mobo here in colombia (wich is actually the only part amazon can not ship to my country), thank you very much

 

[Carango772]

out of maybe 15 builds/upgrades in the last 20 years: 1 bad stick of RAM.

btw, interesting that of the responders, 3 had a bad RAM stick

not a single video card and most important not a single CPU its seems that CPUs are a sure shot