Motherboards

- MSI 1.5% (as against 2.3%)
- Gigabyte 1,6% (as against 1.6%)
- ASRock 2.1% (as against 2.0%)
- ASUS 2.2% (as against 1.9%)
These rates are pretty stable, with the exception of those for MSI which are significantly down. This is however very much linked to the fact that sales of MSI boards are down sharply with our etailer and the statistics are therefore biased – 80% of MSI sales were for entry level G31 Express models, which had a returns rate of 0.8%.
If we look purely at the rates for Intel Series 5 chipset motherboards, we get the following (MSI sales were under the minimum sample of 500 parts required to qualify):
- Gigabyte 1.8%
- ASUS 1.9%
- ASRock 2.2%
To refine the results even more, several models had returns rates of over 5%:
- 7.77%: ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4
- 7.00%: ASRock 790GX Pro
- 5.85%: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro
- 5.44%: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
- 5.06%: ASUS AT5NM10-I