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Ask HN: Review my webapp PCPartPicker: pick parts, build a pc, compare prices

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Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp PCPartPicker: pick parts, build a pc, compare prices

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Post by acgourley »

pcarmichael wrote: post #8
wccrawford wrote: post #3

I like it. It could be more ajax-y and not have as many page refreshes. It could also provide more info on individual parts. I do a LOT of spec-reading when I buy hardware. Customer reviews usually factor in as well. I would like to be able to pick which retailers I want it to use prices from. I only shop a few places, so some of them wouldn't really be the best price for me. I didn't have any confidence that it matc…

Thanks for the feedback! I agree - the individual parts do need more information, and that's something I plan on augmenting. Regarding compatibility - I'm slowly getting to the point where I can guarantee compatibility. There's a lot of combinations and data points to fill in. It gets a little complicated with things like CPU/Motherboard compatibility, which can vary depending on bios revision. I've been working on b…

Error on the side of caution and require qualified editors to fill in cases like bios revisions. There are so many parts to pick from, it's okay if you error safe and exclude 10%.

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp PCPartPicker: pick parts, build a pc, compare prices

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Post by zdw »

Two things:

1. If you could somehow get ratings on quality/reliability of parts from other sites, that would greatly help in picking individual parts.

2. If you could also make it group the parts into a small set of vendors so that you wouldn't have to buy from more than X (user defined int) companies, that would be nice.

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp PCPartPicker: pick parts, build a pc, compare prices

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Post by pcarmichael »

smiler wrote: post #5

Congrats on launching this, it's great. I'm in the UK so obviously my first suggestion is UK webshop integration =) The site is simple, clean and easy to use. I noticed that a lot of the small touches of UI which add to the experience were there as well - eg a little tick next to each component when you've selected it and then it does go away again when you click remove. (Sounds straight forward I know, but great att…

Wow, lots of feedback - much appreciated.

Re: 1: This is becoming a common theme, so it's definitely something I need to address. I like your suggestions on how to break it down into more manageable sub-categories.

Re: 2: Changed it, thanks.

Re: 3, 4, 6, 8, 10: All definitely on the roadmap.

Re: 5: On the System Build page, there's a tab for viewing the price breakdown by merchant. Is that along the lines of what you were thinking? -- http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/by_merchant/

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp PCPartPicker: pick parts, build a pc, compare prices

#15

Post by ohyes »

It would be nice to have something where it searches pre built systems with 'specs like this'.

Sometimes it is cheaper to buy a pre built system with all (or most) of the right parts than it is to build it yourself.

Another option would be to let users spec out the system and then let manufacturers bid on delivering a system with those or similar specs.

A manufacturer that buys parts wholesale will be able to give a significant price reduction over buying all of the parts on ebay or amazon or egghead. (And any parts they have sitting around are just wasted capital, so they want to move parts as long as they can make money on them... you could even let them sell excess parts).

You could take a cut of the money saved through the bid process/whoesaling.

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp PCPartPicker: pick parts, build a pc, compare prices

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Post by mickeyben »

Congrats it's great.

Some vendors in France have this kind of in-house services to build a PC with a subset of parts.

Here some links, so you can see it (it's in french but you should find your way) :

http://www.pcbysurcouf.com/Configurateur/configurateur.aspx?...

http://www.ldlc.com/assistants/devis.html

Re: Ask HN: Review my webapp PCPartPicker: pick parts, build a pc, compare prices

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Post by fharper1961 »

Great work!

I really loved the Price/performance CPU chart. I do find it hard to believe that the Intel Core i5-661 3.33Ghz Dual-Core Processor is much faster than the AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor. But I guess it depends on how TomsHardware, etc. did the benchmarks.

One nitpick, the warning about not having enough slots on the motherboard for the amount of RAM is not visible enough because it's at the bottom of the page and in a gray font.

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