Show HN: I built a tool that prices a pre-built PC part by part

creativeSlumber

Hey, cool project. Whenever I've seen a deal on a pre-built PC I've always wondered, hey, how much would this cost if I built it myself from parts. Some feedback on your website. I would suggest moving the "try it" from the bottom of the page towards the top of the page so that visitors don't have to look for it.

BatFastard

Great site! Nicely laid out, clear results. I was disappointed to see Costco selling high margin PCs.

adlep

Thank you for nice comments. This is just a self financed prototype that will get better with use! I appreciate your time with testing/using the site. Lets not get ripped off! I expect the supply to get even tighter and prices going higher unfortunately. Local AI models, GIS/digital twins uses, robot training, VR, of course gamers, content creators, casual users, and of course people overseas all will be competing for similar hardware.

SirFatty

Very cool... appreciate the work put into this!

robinpie

I really appreciate the lightweight website!

chrisgarand

I like the idea, I tried using it, however it gave me the following error: New photo and listing checks are currently available in the United States. More regions coming soon. You can still view saved reports. At first I tried with a Canadian website, so I tried with a US url (the message confused me), but it still gave me the error, I checked the response and got the following: { "error": "New photo and listing checks are currently available in the United States. More regions coming soon. You can still view saved reports.", "code": "read_region_unavailable", "recovery": "region" } I figur it checks the requester's ip location.

fhn

I thought about building this a long time ago. Can you add used prices as well - perhaps source from ebay, craigslist, facebook marketplace.

onceandfuture

would love to see support for B&H as a store, integrated graphics as a gpu option, and the intel wildcat lake series of chips

adamkumpf

Super useful. I think everyone is swimming in the overpriced PC era due to the memory shortages and desire to run local AI when possible. Is this something you want to support long-term?

rgbrgb

is there a way to find good deals other people have checked? seems like a nice data play if so and you could do affiliate links to monetize on some. I don't think people would mind you sharing the deals they found (could be a "share with community" checkbox too).

blue_green_maps

Is this similar to https://pcpartpicker.com ?

xnx

Cool idea. Promising, but failed for me on https://www.amazon.com/Dell-XPS-8950-Desktop-i7-1TB/dp/B0BR9... I got pretty good results when I asked an agent to put components to build an equivalent PC in a cart for me.

tamimio

It doesn’t work, I put some specs and a price and I get error > New photo and listing checks are currently available in the United States.

adlep

Btw, some components will not be in the database on occasion but you can suggest them to be added. First priority for us was to add "current" PC hardware classes.

adlep

Apologies in advance for any usage quota messages. I have set a daily $$$ limit.

gianlucaromano2

i think you have the potential

sama004

lmaoo good work fuck the people who will overcharge their clients without any reason, i agree labour cost is there but add that straight up rather than ripping off money via parts too

adlep

We’ve added a note on the homepage clarifying that new checks are currently available to US visitors and use US retailer listings and market prices

jeswin

> New checks currently require a US connection. I can't seem to get any further. You're requiring my ip address itself to be based in the US?

freediddy

Respectfully, taking a URL and pasting that into chatgpt and asking it whether this is a good deal gives an excellent response and much faster. It also works in multiple regions. If this is a just a fun side project, then very cool but if you are looking to monetize this, I don't think you should be investing in it.