Question about a myth

[Somenoob]

"Hardware malfunction from customised boxes is more probable than hardware to malfunction from pre-built factory boxes"

Seen this several times(or something of this nature) how true is it?

[Bachstelze]

Must be true. When you build it yourself, he chances of you messing it up are obviously higher.

[ticopelp]

It depends on who's building it, I would imagine. If you don't know what you're doing and don't take care to avoid things like static charge, then yeah, you're more prone to hardware failure.

[Somenoob]

A custom machine with compatible components is more likely to fail than a box put together by a company, that's what I meant not how it's built or who did it.

[Dokatz]

You gotta take alot of things into account.

1. Quality of parts for hobbyist builders compared to pre-fab machines. LIKELY, The parts going into pre-fab will be much lower quality than those made for the mass (And I mean MASSSS) market. Pre-fab companies skimp on this stuff sometimes to save on cost. I've seen alot of 'Wtf is this standard' and '...HOW DO I PRONOUNCE THAT' type companies when opening up some pre-fab rigs.

This isn't always the case.

2. Human error, Generally will be a more serious problem when working at home as a non-professional as opposed to it being put together by machines or people pretending to be machines, Whom have been doing it for 6 hours already, And are hoping for their last break more than anything.

3. The USER and the Definition of failure is a serious problem as well. If someone is very new to computers, They won't be able to pin down hardware problems and might blame it on software. Thus making pre-fab computers in some cases SEEM to break less often. A hobbyist builder (Like myself) usually works to diagnose problems immediately (Because we are geeks usually, Or at least really comfortable around technology we birthed (in part) ourselves)).

[ticopelp]

A custom machine with compatible components is more likely to fail than a box put together by a company, that's what I meant not how it's built or who did it.

Uh. Not to be picky, but this sentence contradicts itself.

[DoctorMO]

people pretending to be machines

Pah they always break.