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24 alternatives to A better PC builder for the US, more parts and Ryzen (Ask HN follow-up)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G, , 16 GB Ram, ASRock X570 Taichi, AMD X570…
PC Kombo is a PC builder tool that helps users in the US configure custom computers with expanded component selection, including AMD Ryzen processors. The platform allows builders to select parts like the Ryzen 7 5700G… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A better PC builder for the US, more parts and Ryzen (Ask HN follow-up) launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Pangoly's custom PC builder helps you pick the best hardware and check compatibility for your new PC build, according to your budget and personal needs.
2014 · pangoly.com · its alternatives →
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Motherboard▲388I started working on my ideas a few months ago. I've shipped 4 apps so far. I love my numbers, so every morning I'd go through the payments dashboard, analytics, bug reports, feature requests, and everything else for each app. I wished for a single place to view it all, so I built Motherboard. It runs locally in the browser and tracks any visible data point from any website with just a click. A single dashboard for everything. Life's good.
2025 · trymotherboard.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! You know when you wanna build a new PC, and need to watch a bunch of videos to find the best parts, and then tweak your shopping cart to fit your budget? Well, this new app can help you. It recommends the best hardware for your usage (gaming or work), and considers your budget. It's really helpful, even when you got expertise on hardware. Check it out, and feel free to suggest stuff! Hope you like it! https://www.pcbuilderai.com/
2023 · pcbuilderai.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I'm kinda involved in some retrogaming and with some experiments I ran into the following question: "It would be possible to run transformer models bypassing the cpu/ram, connecting the gpu to the nvme?" This is the result of that question itself and some weekend vibecoding (it has the linked library repository in the readme as well), it seems to work, even on consumer gpus, it should work better on professional ones tho
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Steam Deck▲117The most powerful, full-featured handheld gaming PC
2021 · steamdeck.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · assembleyourpc.net · its alternatives →
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RAM Prices▲241I was inspired by this discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39066480 about diskprices.com last month, and decided to go ahead and make a site for RAM. It's my first time building anything like this! Any tips / suggestions / calls for complete overhaul are welcome :)
2024 · ramstickprices.com · its alternatives →
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A while back I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator (which is considered the Hello, World! of emulators and is more accurately a virtual machine since historically CHIP-8 was an interpreted language running on top of the COSMAC VIP to make game programming easier). But a few months ago I got really interested in embedded software, so decided it would be neat to port my emulator to a STM32 MCU and design a console around it as a learning experience, since CHIP-8 never existed as a physical system. I didn't know much about embedded software when I began, and even less about electronics, but I managed to…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built ChipBuilder to make computer architecture more approachable through interactive puzzles. You start with basic logic gates like AND, OR, and NOT, then gradually combine them into adders, multiplexers, memory, an ALU, and eventually a complete CPU. Once you've built the hardware, you can write assembly programs that run on the processor you created. The game is inspired by courses like Nand2Tetris, but everything runs directly in the browser with a visual circuit editor, simulations, and progressively harder challenges.
Jul 2026 · select.supply · its alternatives →
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Steam Machine▲186A tiny, powerful PC for big-screen gaming
Jun 2026 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
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Hi! me and my friends together built an 8 bit CPU implemented in Logisim purely from scratch. The control unit of this system does not implement the generic microcode ROM or any kind of RAM. This was made purely from discrete logic gates and coded the system to run different programs. key features: Custom 16-instruction Harvard ISA, 8-bit fixed format, 4 general purpose registers Hardwired control unit built entirely from AND/OR gate logic matrix Dual-phase clocking to eliminate race conditions Bootstrap Control Unit that cold-boots via ROM-to-RAM transfer Early-exit conditional…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The overall idea is to chart out the thousands of Mini PCs by benchmark and reveal the Pareto Front so you can get the most Compute per Dollar. Definitely a labor of love as I have a number of Mini PCs for my "homelab" (TrueNAS, piHole, Plex, basic stuff). It uses Gemini to extract specs from listings (since they're not often strongly categorized). Quick blog post here: https://luke.zip/posts/pareto-pcs/
Jun 2026 · minipcs.zip · its alternatives →
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All the resources you need to build your Hardware startup
2015 · its alternatives →
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BuildMyPC▲11Custom PC Part Picker Tool & Compatibility Checker
2025 · buildmypc.net · its alternatives →
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Aorus 15P▲77Portable gaming laptop by Gigabyte designed for esports pros
2020 · gigabyte.com · its alternatives →
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Everest AI▲100Building the world’s fastest IPMI single board computer
Mar 2026 · everest.us.com · its alternatives →
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