The hardest part for me about building a pc is making sure I get the proper RAM config, and this doesn't seem to help much. I want LOTS of ram (32gb), so let me pick a motherboard with 4 slots easily, and then make sure the selections have to be compatible. Same sort of issue with a video card. I want dual DVI for output to 2 monitors, that is more important than speed for me.
Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC
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Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC
#112Beautiful execution and a well-done site. Nice visual choices and a good responsive layout. Great example of waiting until a product has some polish before a Show HN. Yesterday, Forbes did an article[1] about how console gamers are moving towards PC. I think you could really knock it out of the park if you capitalized on that trend and added a portion of your site for folks looking to migrate. Something that shows ho…
> $400.00 PC from your service could rival or beat a console. I recently got the itch to buy the Xbox One. I had the 360 before it with the Kinect and it was a passable party game machine, but I usually game on an old-ish desktop that maybe I've invested $600 in over the past four years. i5, 7000 series AMD card, 8gb ram, etc. Seems to handle any modern game I can throw at it. With a copy of Watchdogs that Xbox turne…
> I'm just surprised there isn't a competitive $199 console out there.
Well, there's the Ouya, which is a nice little platform. You can get one an second controller and most of the games available for that price point :)
Specs and SDKs at https://www.ouya.tv/develop/
hth, adric
Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC
#113Incase you were unaware, these guys (http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc) _are_ your target audience. And your main competitor is pcpartpicker
Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC
#114I've been looking for a site like this for a while. The only issue I had was picking the $605 configuration and wanting 16 gig of memory and blue ray. What you initially choose sometimes limits capacity later, though not with hard drives.
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#115Your obvious rival here is PCPartPicker. Having used that extensively, here's some things I don't like about yours:
Expert mode removes compatibility checks. This shouldn't be the case - as soon as I select an item, it should cull the results and show me only the intersection of items that are now compatible with my chosen piece of hardware.
The lack of an ability to filter. Maybe I want to splurge more on a graphics card, but I need one that has at least 4 mini-display port outputs to drive my monitors. Right now there doesn't seem to be a way to say "show me only gpus that are nvidia, above $500, and can drive at least 4 monitors".
One of the biggest things for me: lack of reviews. You have a pangoly score. That's great and all, but you're a brand I don't (yet) trust. If I'm buying a component that costs multiple hundreds of dollars, I want more than a single score from a company I haven't heard of. I want to know what the reliability is like, and I want to hear it from people who have had hands on experience with it. I want to know how loud the fans are, what temperature it runs at passively and actively, etc.
Visually your site is really nice, but your expert mode leaves a lot to be desired, and I think you have a ways to go before you catch up with the competition. If I were you I would try and find your niche - either target users who are switching over from console gaming, and want to build their first computer, or build out a bunch of more expert features and target regular hobbyists.
Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC
#116Your obvious rival here is PCPartPicker. Having used that extensively, here's some things I don't like about yours: Expert mode removes compatibility checks. This shouldn't be the case - as soon as I select an item, it should cull the results and show me only the intersection of items that are now compatible with my chosen piece of hardware. The lack of an ability to filter. Maybe I want to splurge more on a graphics…
www.logicalincrements.com presents similar info in IMO a better format as well.
Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, it really is technically inferior to a gaming PC. And I say this as somebody who owns several consoles and does not own a gaming PC. In making that choice, I had to accept that I would get less power than a PC user, at least for most of the console's lifespan. I use a console because that's what I'm comfortable with and it lets me play with my friends, not because I want to be at the cutting edge of gaming tech…
There are more axes to gaming quality than simply polygon performance. You have to be specific about what is superior.
I really can't name any technological aspect in which consoles are more powerful than a PC. That's kind of the point I was driving at.
Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC
#118I've been looking for a site like this for a while. The only issue I had was picking the $605 configuration and wanting 16 gig of memory and blue ray. What you initially choose sometimes limits capacity later, though not with hard drives.
Are you familiar with http://pcpartpicker.com?
Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC
#119Very nice.
I'm sure I'm not alone in having kicked around ideas for something like this for a long time.
Comparing PC builds has been an informal competition / game on various forums for many years.
I expect having more in the way of features to share, compare and feature/track builds could be very popular.
There are people who take great pride in meticulous builds. Giving them a platform to share their work would be great.
Likewise, have a look at any 'Lets Play' vid on YouTube or whatever and you'll see dozens of questions about the configuration that produced the video.
Hooking up with a popular 'caster such that they link to 'their' builds on Pangoly could be a great source of traffic.
Looking forward to seeing how this pans out.
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#120Here's some advice: I can never remember any details regarding the Intel chipsets. Is a given CPU a Haswell processor? Ivy bridge? Should I wait for Broadwell? Am I misremembering code words entirely? I would love it if this site helped me figure out which chipset I'll be getting, in case I care.
For the record, the naming scheme is something like this: e.g. i7 4770K
i[digit] is the series, i3 means starter, i5 mainstream and i7 performance (that's not entirely accurate but it is accurate enough).
Then the four digit number is of no obvious logic across the generations. But, the first digit shows the generation, so 4 means haswell, which is the fourth Core iX generation. 3 is ivy bridge, 2 is sandy bridge and the lack of it means nehalem. And beyond that, the higher the number, the more powerful it is.
The last letter is optional. K means unlocked, S or T mean low power consumption.