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⚡ The Ultimate PC Hardware Value Calculator

Find hardware that fits the job — then see if the price is worth it.

Every part is graded S–F for each use — price excluded, so the grade doesn’t move when prices do. Then Value adds today’s price back in, weighted by your priorities.

Open GPU calculator → Compare CPUs

Free · no signup · works in your browser. For publishers: embeddable widgets →

Live market · 1440p Gaming Updated 2026-07-27
1 RX 9070 XT 1420 perf · 16GB · 304W Best valueBest under $754 S#7 100VALUE From $70043 offers 2 RX 9060 XT 950 perf · 16GB · 160W Cheapest A-tier A#23 94VALUE From $43024 offers 3 RTX 5090 2383 perf · 32GB · 575W Highest capability S#1 60VALUE From $380022 offers
Tier = how well it handles the job, price excluded. Value = how good today's price is for that. See all tiers →

Spec sheets lie. Value doesn’t.

Three problems every PC buyer hits — and how The Comparator fixes each.

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A spec sheet won’t tell you if it’s a good deal.
We turn specs + today’s price into one Value Score, so you see the deal, not just the numbers.
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Reviews go stale; prices move weekly.
Every offer is a dated snapshot with a “checked” timestamp — you always know how fresh it is.
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Everyone’s priorities are different.
Set your own weights or pick a preset. There’s no single “best” — there’s the best for you.

A flexible value engine — not a spec database

The differentiator: you decide what “good” means, and the engine re-ranks instantly.

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Your weights, your ranking
Slide price, performance, VRAM, power, warranty and freshness. Or pick a preset: 1440p, 4K, ray tracing, AI/LLM, efficiency, budget…
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Fresh offer snapshots
Prices are editorial snapshots with visible timestamps and freshness rules — never a stale number pretending to be live.
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Used-market aware
Paste a listing, autofill specs, add the price — instantly see if a used card is a real deal, with risk, warranty and power factored in.
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Total cost of ownership
Optional TCO adds 3 years of electricity by TDP — a cheap-but-power-hungry card stops looking cheap.
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Transparent methodology
Value Score is an estimate with a versioned formula and dataset — reproducible, explainable, never an “official” rating.
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Embeddable everywhere
Turn any ranking into a live widget for your blog or store — same engine, with attribution and your own affiliate IDs.
value = ( performance · rt · ai · vram · warranty · freshness ) ÷ ( price · power )
Each factor carries your weight. Raise price’s weight → cheaper parts win. Raise performance → the fastest win. Simple, honest, yours.

One value engine, every PC part

GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, RAM and motherboards are live — each with scenario tiers, a value calculator and a tier list. The architecture is multi-category by design; the rest of the build follows, then peripherals and prebuilts.

🎮 GPUsLive → ⚙️ CPUsLive → 💾 SSDs & storageLive → 🧠 RAMLive → 🔲 MotherboardsLive →
🔋 Power suppliesPlanned
❄️ CoolingPlanned
🖥️ MonitorsPlanned
💻 LaptopsPlanned
🖱️ PeripheralsPlanned
📦 Prebuilt PCsPlanned
➕ …and morePlanned

Built for how you actually buy

GPU · Used
Used-market hunter
Found a card on a marketplace? Paste it, autofill specs, drop in the asking price — know in seconds if it’s a steal or a trap, before it’s gone.
GPU · CPU
New-build budgeter
Set a budget and your preset, and let value ranking surface the parts that punch above their price — no fanboy noise.
Widgets
Publisher / creator
Drop a live value block into your review or roundup. It updates itself, keeps attribution, and can carry your own affiliate IDs.
For publishers & stores

Live value widgets for your site

Embed a self-updating value block — a deal monitor, a top-N ranking or an inline badge. Fresh data, built-in attribution, optional white-label and your own affiliate IDs.

  • ✓ Free live iframe — always fresh, zero maintenance
  • ✓ Creator — SEO-friendly static export + your affiliate IDs
  • ✓ Pro — white-label, publisher tracking, priority refresh
Explore widgets →
Deal Monitor · Best valueExample
RX 9070 XT
16GB · Value 91/100
$599
Good value
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Find the value. Skip the regret.

Independent, data-driven, buyer-first. Value Score is an estimate based on current data and your weights, not an official product rating or a price forecast. Read the methodology.

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