[Spleenharvester]

A work in progress. Credit to Daveskater, Spleenharvester, Albert Lionheart, wektech, Joshuashawharvey and howard_hopkinso.

Motherboards
Good: MSI, Asus**, ECS, eVGA, DFI
Average: Gigabyte
Bad: PC chips, Jetway, eMachines, Asus RMAs, Abit

PSUs
Good: Enermax, Antec, Corsair, Jeantech, OCZ, Seasonic, Casecom 300w (provided it is not heavily loaded)
Average: Casecom, HEC
Bad*: Q-tec, Sweex, Emachines/Bestec, "Extra Value" own-brand PSUs, Coolermaster, Trust, TaurusX
Not sure: Arctic Power, Hiper (now defunct, anyhow), Jeantech
Look here for more.

RAM
Good: Corsair, Kingston, PNY, Mushkin, OCZ, Crucial, Geil, Patriot, Ebuyer, Nanya
Average: ByteStor

Video Cards
Good: Sapphire, eVGA, BFG, PowerColor, PNY/Verto
Average: XFX 48xx/5xxx series (known for memory issues)
Try and avoid budget brands

Hard Disks
Good: Western Digital, Maxtor/Seagate, IBM, Samsung
Average: Hitachi
Not sure: Fujitsu Siemens

Heatsink and Fan combos
Good: Startech, Zalman, Asus, Akasa, Skythe, Thermalright, Tuniq, Arctic Cooling
Bad/Average: Speeze (also known as Spire)

Cases
Good: Antec, Akasa, Jeantech, Alienware, Lian Li, Thermaltake, Coolermaster, Casecom, Ebuyer MATX Cubes, AOpen
Debateable: Thermaltake V9 (thin flexible metal)

Keyboards/Mice
Good: Microsoft, Dell, Logitech
Bad: Technika

Printers
Good: Canon, Epson, HP, Brother, Lexmark X83
Average: Epson Stylus C60
Bad: Lexmark

Cartridges
Good: Official Carts
Bad: non OEM Carts, Jettec

Generally Bad Manufacturers
Bad: Emachines, Gateway, Blitzz, Packard Bell, Sweex (except soundcards)

Service Providers (Special thanks to wektech)
Bad: AccountSupport, BizLand, BlueDomino, DomainHost, eHost, EntryHost, FatCow, FreeYellow, HostCentric, HostYourSite, HyperMart, ImOutDoors, iPowerWeb (iPower), NetWorksHosting, PowWeb, PureHost, ReadyHosting, USAnetHosting, VirtualAve, Xeran
Very Bad: Inverdigm Inc. dba Hostingplex

Routers
Good: Linksys, Netgear, 3Com, Draytech, D-Link, Dynamode
Average: Epic, Safecom, Zoom, Belkin
Debateable: BT

Customer service
Good: Kingston, HP
Average: Ebuyer
Bad: Antec, ViewSonic (UK)

Headsets
Good: Logitech
Not Sure: Advent

The sections which should take extra consideration on your part are coloured in RED.
[b]*- Most cheap PSUs are bad, many (but not all) no-name brands are bad.
** - The BIOS update tool is flaky, ONLY update if necessary, and try not to update from within Windows.

If you disagree then please say in the thread further down.

[Daveskater]

This list is for companies/manufacturers that, in our experience, have a good or a bad RMA process or customer support. Links are provided wherever possible.

Good
Kingston
Ebuyer

Bad
Antec

[Daveskater]

Any comments or suggestions for additions to these lists should be posted here:
Good/Bad Brands List Discussion/Suggestions

[Howard]

Good idea Dave.

Please note folks. Any further posts in this thread are likely to be deleted.

Regards Howard