pc-kombo
Consumer and social
pc build recommender
SHOW HN2017
66points
48comments
#657of 2,242 in 2017
Top 30%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.34.
Execution: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 4 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple budget-to-build workflow
From 3 comments
As someone who wants to build a pc but doesn't want to worry about doing all the research to the components, this is very simple and wonderful. Thank you.
HiroshiSan on HNAs someone who hasn't built a PC in a decade, I appreciate a site that stack ranks components. PC Part Picker still seems to require quite a bit of selection. While most…
sf_rob on HNOk, I can see the value added as entering the page to a fully-built PC without necessarily needing to know all the components needed for a PC. I guess it's just API integrations…
PascLeRasc on HN
Swapping parts with one click
From 1 comment
Firstly, t his looks great! I really like just being able to upgrade/downgrade each component with just one click. A couple is issues I found though - the cheapest graphics card…
GordonS on HN
Objections
Missing filters and too few components
From 2 comments
The filters are lacking seriously and the amount of component that are listed is quite poor. The recommendation is nice, but without better filtering and more component…
touristtam on HNLooks great! I appreciate the new ability to swap parts. A few comments: 1. Most of your swap pages have less than 100 parts, but display 50 by default. I wish this would default…
LeifCarrotson on HN
Broken layout or failures in Safari and iOS
From 3 comments
Very useful tool, will definitely send people who want a new computer here as their first stop. Unfortunately the website doesn't open very nicely in Safari - seems fine in…
dgelks on HNThis is pretty great. I do have a few issues though: 1. Your part picker seems to remove some symbols; for example if you change your video card to the 'Sapphire Radeon RX 480…
danudey on HNHmm. Seems pretty badly broken on iOS. ;(
bradknowles on HN
Bad or stale part links and pricing bugs
From 2 comments
Some concerns: Can you make the titlebar change as the price changes? Why is the cheapest case $108 and PSU $70? You've got some bad links, like this one I excitedly clicked…
PascLeRasc on HNFirstly, t his looks great! I really like just being able to upgrade/downgrade each component with just one click. A couple is issues I found though - the cheapest graphics card…
GordonS on HN
Requests
Add M.2 and PCIe SSDs
From 1 comment
Looks great! I appreciate the new ability to swap parts. A few comments: 1. Most of your swap pages have less than 100 parts, but display 50 by default. I wish this would default…
LeifCarrotson on HN
Sort and filter by more specs
From 2 comments
Looks great! I appreciate the new ability to swap parts. A few comments: 1. Most of your swap pages have less than 100 parts, but display 50 by default. I wish this would default…
LeifCarrotson on HNThe filters are lacking seriously and the amount of component that are listed is quite poor. The recommendation is nice, but without better filtering and more component…
touristtam on HN
Filter by ECC RAM
From 1 comment
I would love an option that allows you to filter by ECC ram.
GuruPower on HN
Add motherboard size filter
From 1 comment
Neat, can you add motherboard size (mini-ITX, microATX, ATX exc.. exc..) to the filters as well?
npezolano on HN
Questions
Why use this over PCPartPicker
From 2 comments
A genuinely curious question; How is this an improvement on pcpartpicker.com? With them, I can see completed builds and pictures, compare benchmarks and prices as well as…
RationPhantoms on HNSome concerns: Can you make the titlebar change as the price changes? Why is the cheapest case $108 and PSU $70? You've got some bad links, like this one I excitedly clicked…
PascLeRasc on HN
Where the parts data comes from
From 2 comments
May I ask where one can find data about pc parts? Is there a DB you can buy?
thomasz on HNWhere do you pull product reviews from? How much views/income do you get?
dabadoo on HN
Alternatives named
PCPartPicker
From 2 comments
Some concerns: Can you make the titlebar change as the price changes? Why is the cheapest case $108 and PSU $70? You've got some bad links, like this one I excitedly clicked…
PascLeRasc on HNA genuinely curious question; How is this an improvement on pcpartpicker.com? With them, I can see completed builds and pictures, compare benchmarks and prices as well as…
RationPhantoms on HN
Logical Increments
From 1 comment
i think this service is better compared with http://www.logicalincrements.com/
kbar13 on HN