Return rates of power supplies Posted on 12/03/2009 at 09:55 by Marc
After the news on motherboard return rates, here are the figures for returns on power supplies given by a major online French retailer. These statistics conern power supplies sold from March to August 2008, or in other words 6 months to 1 year of functioning. The statistics per brand are based on a minimum sample of 500 units sold.
In terms of the statistics published a year ago, Enermax and Corsair still have the best returns rates but are significantly up on the 1 and 1.1% scored then respectively. On the other hand, Antec and Seasonic are doing better, as is Hiper, which is nevertheless still in last place!
If you look more closely at the least weak models with high sales rates (over 100 units), first place goes to the Antec TruePower Trio 550W (5.8%) followeed by the Hiper HPU-4S425-PU and HPU-4M530 with 4.8%, 4.4% and the CoolerMaster RealPower M1000W with 4.3%
After the news on motherboard return rates, here are the figures for returns on power supplies given by a major online French retailer. These statistics conern power supplies sold from March to August 2008, or in other words 6 months to 1 year of functioning. The statistics per brand are based on a minimum sample of 500 units sold.