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Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC

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Post by vacri »

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #106
randomdrake wrote: post #77

Beautiful 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…

Gaming segments are weird. Console gamers generally pay 'full price', PC gamers generally want to pay half that, and mobile gamers have trouble with the concept of shelling out double digits.

Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC

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Post by vacri »

gknoy wrote: post #140
chc wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The secret power of consoles is that the hardware doesn't change over the course of the console's life in a significant way. If I buy an XBox 360 on ebay, I know that ANY xbox-360 game will run on it. In contrast, PC gaming is a mess of compatibility questions. If I want to play the new Wolfenstein, or Watch Dogs, or any "new" game, chances are my 2 year old PC will not be able to run it well (unless I spent $$$$ on…

If I want to play the new Wolfenstein, or Watch Dogs, or any "new" game, chances are my 2 year old PC

My 5-year-old PC, which was nice at the time, hasn't hit a problem yet, with the exception of some games from the 90s. How many console games from the 90s does the XBox 360 take?

If I want to play a new game with all the dials turned up to 9 (or 11)

That's an unfair comparison, because the XBox most certainly, most definitely, and most absolutely does not have 'all the dials turned up to 9', let alone 11. The simpler, coarser graphics on the xbox are a common meme that's made fun of.

Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC

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Post by vacri »

It really needs a section for "Operating System". Windows isn't free, and most build-your-owns will be a Windows machine. Other appropriate options should be available (linux/bsd/etc) along with a 'no OS' options, for people who might already have a free license.

Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC

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Post by danwiding »

chc wrote: post #121
danwiding wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't it better to have passionate users who love using your service along with haters that love to hate you as opposed to having a market that just kinda likes you. That said you can tone down the nazi-ism while having dog whistle trigerring http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics with something like PC Master Build or PC Uber Class (I'm not in marketing but there's something that works in there).

I don't think I would characterize the reaction "Those PC gamers are really off-putting and I do not wish to associate with them" as "I just love to hate PC gamers."

As counterpoint a lot of the comments in this very discussion are on the distaste or appreciation of the concept of PC master race. Clearly it is a subject that gets people talking.

Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC

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Post by walterbell »

ejjpi wrote: post #3

Thanks! I'm the owner, so here's a brief overview of the available features: - Build configuration starting from user's preferred budget. The suggested components are always safe to be used in the same build and it's also possible to add optional parts like peripherals. - Automatic build creation starting from user's preferred component. - Sharing: once the build is completed it's possible to share it on the most pop…

How would one search for processor + motherboard support for VT-d or vPro?

Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC

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Post by newman314 »

ejjpi wrote: post #3

Thanks! I'm the owner, so here's a brief overview of the available features: - Build configuration starting from user's preferred budget. The suggested components are always safe to be used in the same build and it's also possible to add optional parts like peripherals. - Automatic build creation starting from user's preferred component. - Sharing: once the build is completed it's possible to share it on the most pop…

So... Nice site so far but it would be nice if you offer some additional features over your competitors.

I personally do not need the latest and greatest, however it would be nice to help me optimize on a different set of factors.

For example, I have a lot of interest in building power efficient machines. Rather than having to look up power consumption for individual parts, it would be great if you had the ability to generate optimal configurations given power and noise considerations.

Similarly, if you could have a generator for minimally different Hackintoshes (eg OS X running with minimum hacks), I think you would find a lot of interest from that particular user base.

PS. Playing around with the various configurators for different parts, it seems that there are options missing. For example:

1) Can't find 16GB Ballastix Sport Low Profile memory

2) Can't find Intel low power processors; T-series

3) Can't filter on 80 Plus level for power supplies

4) For a low(er) power build, I do not want the largest power supply. Conversely, I want the lowest capable of powering my setup.

5) Ability to easily find a video card meeting my needs: single slot GPU Nvidia Maxwell suitable for HTPC.

Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC

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Post by elktea »

sirodoht wrote: post #120
nathanb wrote: post #97

Here'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…

K also means virtualization features are missing. Hugely important, these days.

Re: Show HN: Pangoly – Build your shiny new PC

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Post by anonbanker »

jsmthrowaway wrote: post #131
adricnet wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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

He said "competitive." The Ouya is dead.

[citation needed]
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