Ambient temps, airborne particulates, frequency of cleaning/maintenance, state of household electric supply, apc or straight power, ambient humidity just to name a few.

There's so many extraneous variables to realistically count. If you are talking about physical time in components, that's impossible to really determine. Person bought a 980 Ti, complained GTA V didn't run at the FPS he saw in 980 Ti benchmarks. So yeah, people are stupid, and you can't trust most user reviews. Random stupid person gives the i7 4790k 1 star because he killed it attempting to delid it, and when he tried to RMA it, they sent it back to him. Random stupid person gives the i7 4790k 1 star because his self proclaimed 'Beast Build' got horrible fps in all games because 'the i7 sucks' when his video card was a GTX750.ĥ. Random stupid person rates EVERY part 1 star because his CX430 failed in less than a week in his FX8350 + R9 290x build and performance was not good when it did work.Ĥ. Random stupid person gives a Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 1 star because it did not fit inside his case.ģ.

Random stupid person gives an i7 3770k 1 star because it did not work in his AM3+ motherboard.Ģ. I'm sure you have all encountered some serious user stupidity but here are a few of my favorites in no particular order-ġ. Most poor ratings come from pure user stupidity. People give great products 1 star because shipping was slow or they didn't receive their rebate, and they give crap products 5 starts because 'I plugged it in and it worked'. The average consumer is so stupid and ignorant they shouldn't be allowed to give a rating. Click to expand.OMG I hate user reviews from online retailers.

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