Pcpartpicker Reviews

It s a mediocre to poor site period

It s a mediocre to poor site to piece together your PC build it s not all peaches and cream as most folks make it out to be Most of my builds are not my own I build rigs for other people by word of mouth but I don t save or display them on the site because I don t want to steal there glory so to speak Should they wish to display there brand new shiny rig on PCPartPicker they won t get harassed for using a build from someone else So far four of my builds that I built for someone else have managed to find there way onto there site and displayed by them I do display my own builds though One thing to note is that their parts picker is wrong on quite a few occasions I ve pieced together a build only to get the parts in and find that they actually don t work together I have to actually double check with the manufacturer s website whether two three or even four parts will fit together and it s very tedious work but it has to be done because on quite a few occasions I ve had to pay for return shipping on parts that their website said were compatible with each other So don t hold their parts picker as gospel Also their pricing system is not that good almost on every part I ve found a cheaper deal by using Google Shopping sometimes by quite a bit too If you want to pay 25- 175 more use strictly their website and nothing else if you want the best deals go to Google Shopping it will spider the web and find you the best deals period For a long time I stayed silent and only used their parts picker but lately I ve been kind of active on their forums This was a big mistake because it seems as though the owner Philip pulls favoritism over facts and doesn t believe in the First Amendment What I mean is he evidently has certain people that are his favorites and whether their wrong or right if you cross them or disagree with them in any way you are in the wrong and you will be warned not to do so in the future Even if you report that person as trolling your reprimanded for reporting them in the first place asking you not to report that person as they did nothing wrong most likely his favorites obviously Also Philip s so called Favorites give out bad information collected from websites that have been proven to give falsified and bogus reviews and they regard it as gospel so anything you ask on there these guys will give you bad info that can cost you in the end You can t argue the truth with them either because they hide behind Philip s wall of I can say no wrong type of people All I try to do is offer my help my knowledge to others asking for help and I was told to be silent and not to participate here those were Philip s words there goes my First Amendment right out the window This place is NOT a good place in my opinion my advice to anyone seeking advice about their website find another place to express yourself about your build like Redditt or another forum If you do venture into their forums do NOT engage with anyone there as eventually you will overstay your welcome and be set in your rightful place as a NON favorite or someone who is not welcome there MY ADVICE STAY AWAY AT ALL COST

totally unreliable almost every

totally unreliable almost every videocard is compatible with a certain motherboard yeah right check your motherboard on its own site and compare compatibility thats the only way to choose your videocard

No longer reliable or accurate

Used to be a great site and really reliable but used it recently for a new pc build and it was wrong about almost every part being compatible I had to run back and forth to best buy in the worst of times because it was wrong

Long-time computer builder here

Long-time computer builder here I ve relied upon Pcpartpicker com almost exclusively over the years and it had always been reliable Not so with my latest build So far there have been three incompatible components in my new build and I m still in trouble These have been very costly errors For future consideration I will research what I want out of a computer and follow the motherboards manufacturer s recommendations

The best way to build a PC

I wouldn t even contemplate building a PC without PCPartPicker - an incredibly useful resource

litterally perfect

literally the perfect website for if you want to pick parts for a PC

My friend helped me build my first

My friend helped me build my first gaming PC with this site You ve got everything here - from mobos CPUs GPUs to mouse pads and keyboards And what more u can check if the stuff you have picked are compatibile with each other

This is a brilliant website

This is a brilliant website thank you so much for setting up and maintaining such a useful site Absolutely invaluable for building a pc A couple of small suggestions at least one of the retailers Newegg com do not include GST in their pricing with area set to Australia as they are not Australian based They also charge pretty extortionate postage so the pricing is not very indicative of true cost They look like the cheapest but are actually the most expensive once these factors are taken into account It is easy to remove them from the merchant list though so not a huge deal It would be good if it was indicated which sellers charge for freight and which do not there is a shipping column but it is mostly empty Also if I could recommend an Australian seller missing - cplonline com au If you need volunteers to help maintain information accuracy I would be happy to Cheers

Simply love it

5 star Things to improve - more frequent catalog update- adding custom parts with photos- automatic redirection to regional website sometimes I forget and add a part on the US website and it puts USD as currency to my build